diff --git a/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/chassis.py b/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/chassis.py
index 6d5ed91581..e737dae1c3 100644
--- a/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/chassis.py
+++ b/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/chassis.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ try:
     import json
     import syslog
     from sonic_platform_base.chassis_base import ChassisBase
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
     from sonic_platform.fan import Fan
     from sonic_platform.psu import Psu
     from sonic_platform.component import Component
diff --git a/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index 2871172755..5033c2adf9 100644
--- a/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/device/accton/x86_64-accton_as7116_54x-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ try:
     import os
     import time
     import subprocess
-    import sonic_device_util
     import syslog
     from ctypes import create_string_buffer
     from sonic_platform_base.sfp_base import SfpBase
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ try:
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.sff8436 import sff8436Dom
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.sff8436 import sff8436InterfaceId
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.sfputilhelper import SfpUtilHelper
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
 except ImportError as e:
     raise ImportError(str(e) + "- required module not found")
 
diff --git a/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_e1031-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_e1031-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index 83ac8b2bfe..5932b30c32 100644
--- a/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_e1031-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_e1031-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess
-import sonic_device_util
 from ctypes import create_string_buffer
 
 try:
diff --git a/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_seastone-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_seastone-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index 73ea26a0b0..09c965a9b9 100644
--- a/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_seastone-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/device/celestica/x86_64-cel_seastone-r0/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess
-import sonic_device_util
 from ctypes import create_string_buffer
 
 try:
diff --git a/device/mellanox/x86_64-mlnx_msn2700-r0/plugins/eeprom.py b/device/mellanox/x86_64-mlnx_msn2700-r0/plugins/eeprom.py
index c9ae1a3354..fbfe0d99ae 100644
--- a/device/mellanox/x86_64-mlnx_msn2700-r0/plugins/eeprom.py
+++ b/device/mellanox/x86_64-mlnx_msn2700-r0/plugins/eeprom.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ try:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
     from sonic_eeprom import eeprom_base
     from sonic_eeprom import eeprom_tlvinfo
-    from sonic_device_util import get_machine_info
+    from sonic_py_common.device_info import get_machine_info
     import subprocess
 except ImportError, e:
     raise ImportError (str(e) + "- required module not found")
diff --git a/files/image_config/process-reboot-cause/process-reboot-cause b/files/image_config/process-reboot-cause/process-reboot-cause
index c9d57fd77b..7762250ae6 100755
--- a/files/image_config/process-reboot-cause/process-reboot-cause
+++ b/files/image_config/process-reboot-cause/process-reboot-cause
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ try:
     import syslog
     import re
 
-    import sonic_device_util
+    from sonic_py_common import device_info
 except ImportError as err:
     raise ImportError("%s - required module not found" % str(err))
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def find_software_reboot_cause():
 
     if os.path.isfile(FIRST_BOOT_PLATFORM_FILE):
         if software_reboot_cause == REBOOT_CAUSE_UNKNOWN:
-            version_info = sonic_device_util.get_sonic_version_info()
+            version_info = device_info.get_sonic_version_info()
             build_version = version_info['build_version'] if version_info else "unknown"
             software_reboot_cause += " (First boot of SONiC version {})".format(build_version)
         os.remove(FIRST_BOOT_PLATFORM_FILE)
diff --git a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-inventec/d7054q28b/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-inventec/d7054q28b/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index 4d71424ccf..760aa179c2 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-inventec/d7054q28b/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-inventec/d7054q28b/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess
-import sonic_device_util
 from ctypes import create_string_buffer
 
 try:
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/chassis.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/chassis.py
index 8986b1dbc2..d67f8be141 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/chassis.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/chassis.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 try:
     from sonic_platform_base.chassis_base import ChassisBase
     from sonic_platform_base.component_base import ComponentBase
-    from sonic_device_util import get_machine_info
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common import device_info
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
     from os import listdir
     from os.path import isfile, join
     from glob import glob
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Chassis(ChassisBase):
         # Initialize SKU name and Platform name
         self.sku_name = self._get_sku_name()
         self.platform_name = self._get_platform_name()
-        mi = get_machine_info()
+        mi = device_info.get_machine_info()
         if mi is not None:
             self.name = mi['onie_platform']
         else:
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/psu.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/psu.py
index 9652fcab62..bce1773122 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/psu.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/psu.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 try:
     import os.path
     from sonic_platform_base.psu_base import PsuBase
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
     from sonic_platform.fan import Fan
 except ImportError as e:
     raise ImportError (str(e) + "- required module not found")
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index 271174b396..f9d19c5ad1 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ try:
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.inf8628 import inf8628InterfaceId
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.qsfp_dd import qsfp_dd_InterfaceId
     from sonic_platform_base.sonic_sfp.qsfp_dd import qsfp_dd_Dom
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
     from python_sdk_api.sxd_api import *
     from python_sdk_api.sx_api import *
 
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp_event.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp_event.py
index 859e411fb0..29f2aee64d 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp_event.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp_event.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import os
 import time
 import select
 from python_sdk_api.sx_api import *
-from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
 
 # SFP status from PMAOS register
 # 0x1 plug in
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/thermal.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/thermal.py
index f1ad5d86e3..1a7d7b8a5c 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/thermal.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/thermal.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 try:
     from sonic_platform_base.thermal_base import ThermalBase
-    from sonic_daemon_base.daemon_base import Logger
+    from sonic_py_common.logger import Logger
     from os import listdir
     from os.path import isfile, join
     import io
diff --git a/rules/sonic-config.mk b/rules/sonic-config.mk
index 854b577b33..3adb460f58 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-config.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-config.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE = sonic_config_engine-1.0-py2-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-config-engine
-$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2)
+$(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2) $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-ledd.mk b/rules/sonic-ledd.mk
index 056f0f6c9b..c9d66b113d 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-ledd.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-ledd.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 SONIC_LEDD = python-sonic-ledd_1.1-1_all.deb
 $(SONIC_LEDD)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-ledd
+$(SONIC_LEDD)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_LEDD)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-psud.mk b/rules/sonic-psud.mk
index 0249115359..404b18d2fe 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-psud.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-psud.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 SONIC_PSUD = python-sonic-psud_1.0-1_all.deb
 $(SONIC_PSUD)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-psud
+$(SONIC_PSUD)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_PSUD)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-py-common.mk b/rules/sonic-py-common.mk
index b730ef5585..bf42559376 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-py-common.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-py-common.mk
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3 = sonic_py_common-1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-py-common
 $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY3)
+# Synthetic dependency to avoid building the Python 2 and 3 packages
+# # simultaneously and any potential conflicts which may arise
+$(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)_DEPENDS += $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-syseepromd.mk b/rules/sonic-syseepromd.mk
index 8f7a6e5e90..b8c6817957 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-syseepromd.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-syseepromd.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 SONIC_SYSEEPROMD = python-sonic-syseepromd_1.0-1_all.deb
 $(SONIC_SYSEEPROMD)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-syseepromd
+$(SONIC_SYSEEPROMD)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_SYSEEPROMD)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
index eba618d051..d6d2b5f477 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 
 SONIC_UTILS = python-sonic-utilities_1.2-1_all.deb
 $(SONIC_UTILS)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
-$(SONIC_UTILS)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)
+$(SONIC_UTILS)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2) $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE)
 SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_UTILS)
diff --git a/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk b/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
index b97f8dd11b..c4b6016f1a 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 SONIC_XCVRD = python-sonic-xcvrd_1.0-1_all.deb
 $(SONIC_XCVRD)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-xcvrd
+$(SONIC_XCVRD)_WHEEL_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SONIC_XCVRD)
diff --git a/rules/sonic_bgpcfgd.mk b/rules/sonic_bgpcfgd.mk
index 650874b619..32abbd5af9 100644
--- a/rules/sonic_bgpcfgd.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic_bgpcfgd.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 SONIC_BGPCFGD = sonic_bgpcfgd-1.0-py2-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_BGPCFGD)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-bgpcfgd
-$(SONIC_BGPCFGD)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2)
+# These dependencies are only needed becuase they are dependencies
+# of sonic-config-engine and bgpcfgd explicitly calls sonic-cfggen
+# as part of its unit tests.
+# TODO: Refactor unit tests so that these dependencies are not needed
+$(SONIC_BGPCFGD)_DEPENDS += $(SWSSSDK_PY2) $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2)
 $(SONIC_BGPCFGD)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_BGPCFGD)
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
index 6d4ea6a1ad..b2fb836ddc 100644
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from lxml import etree as ET
 from lxml.etree import QName
 
 from portconfig import get_port_config
-from sonic_device_util import get_npu_id_from_name
+from sonic_py_common.device_info import get_npu_id_from_name
 
 """minigraph.py
 version_added: "1.9"
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
index c75a5b5a03..f08577234c 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ setup(name='sonic-config-engine',
       url='https://github.com/Azure/sonic-buildimage',
       py_modules=['portconfig', 'minigraph', 'openconfig_acl', 'sonic_device_util', 'config_samples', 'redis_bcc', 'lazy_re'],
       scripts=['sonic-cfggen'],
-      install_requires=['lxml', 'jinja2>=2.10', 'netaddr', 'ipaddr', 'pyyaml', 'pyangbind==0.6.0'],
+      install_requires=[
+          'ipaddr',
+          'jinja2>=2.10',
+          'lxml',
+          'netaddr',
+          'pyyaml',
+          'pyangbind==0.6.0',
+          'sonic-py-common'
+      ],
       test_suite='setup.get_test_suite',
       data_files=[
         ('/usr/share/sonic/templates', glob.glob('data/*')),
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
index 0a94b810a1..b8e63e32ca 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ from minigraph import parse_xml
 from minigraph import parse_device_desc_xml
 from minigraph import parse_asic_sub_role
 from portconfig import get_port_config
-from sonic_device_util import get_machine_info
-from sonic_device_util import get_platform_info
-from sonic_device_util import get_system_mac
-from sonic_device_util import get_npu_id_from_name
-from sonic_device_util import get_npu_device_id
-from sonic_device_util import is_multi_npu
+from sonic_py_common.device_info import get_platform, get_system_mac
+from sonic_py_common.device_info import get_npu_id_from_name, get_npu_device_id, is_multi_npu
 from config_samples import generate_sample_config
 from config_samples import get_available_config
 from swsssdk import SonicV2Connector, ConfigDBConnector, SonicDBConfig 
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ def main():
     group.add_argument("-K", "--key", help="Lookup for a specific key")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    platform = get_platform_info(get_machine_info())
+    platform = get_platform()
 
     db_kwargs = {}
     if args.redis_unix_sock_file != None:
diff --git a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/device_info.py b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/device_info.py
index 99f818b0f2..56ae1755fe 100644
--- a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/device_info.py
+++ b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/device_info.py
@@ -247,6 +247,31 @@ def get_npu_id_from_name(npu_name):
         return None
 
 
+def get_npu_device_id(npu_id):
+    platform = get_platform_info(get_machine_info())
+    if not platform:
+        return None
+
+    asic_conf_file_path = os.path.join(SONIC_DEVICE_PATH, platform, ASIC_CONF_FILENAME)
+    if not os.path.isfile(asic_conf_file_path):
+        return None
+
+    # In a multi-npu device we need to have the file "asic.conf" updated with the asic instance
+    # and the corresponding device id which could be pci_id. Below is an eg: for a 2 ASIC platform/sku.
+    # DEV_ID_ASIC_0=03:00.0
+    # DEV_ID_ASIC_1=04:00.0
+    device_str = "DEV_ID_ASIC_{}".format(npu_id)
+
+    with open(asic_conf_file_path) as asic_conf_file:
+        for line in asic_conf_file:
+            tokens = line.split('=')
+            if len(tokens) < 2:
+               continue
+            if tokens[0] == device_str:
+                device_id = tokens[1].strip()
+                return device_id
+
+
 def get_namespaces():
     """
     In a multi NPU platform, each NPU is in a Linux Namespace.