2 files changed, 29 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces/__init__.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces/__init__.py
index e9ba7808..52433e16 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import abc
 import six
 
 from cryptography import utils
-from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, padding
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import dsa, ec, rsa
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import base, modes
 
@@ -240,19 +240,15 @@ DSAPublicKeyWithNumbers = utils.deprecated(
 )
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class PaddingContext(object):
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def update(self, data):
-        """
-        Pads the provided bytes and returns any available data as bytes.
-        """
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def finalize(self):
-        """
-        Finalize the padding, returns bytes.
-        """
+PaddingContext = utils.deprecated(
+    padding.PaddingContext,
+    __name__,
+    (
+        "The PaddingContext interface has moved to the "
+        "cryptography.hazmat.primitives.padding module"
+    ),
+    utils.DeprecatedIn08
+)
 
 
 HashContext = utils.deprecated(
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/padding.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/padding.py
index 49cae9d6..8ad64dec 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/padding.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/padding.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
+import abc
+
 import six
 
 from cryptography import utils
 from cryptography.exceptions import AlreadyFinalized
 from cryptography.hazmat.bindings.utils import LazyLibrary, build_ffi
-from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import interfaces
 
 
 TYPES = """
@@ -59,6 +60,21 @@ _ffi = build_ffi(cdef_source=TYPES, verify_source=FUNCTIONS)
 _lib = LazyLibrary(_ffi)
 
 
+@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+class PaddingContext(object):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def update(self, data):
+        """
+        Pads the provided bytes and returns any available data as bytes.
+        """
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def finalize(self):
+        """
+        Finalize the padding, returns bytes.
+        """
+
+
 class PKCS7(object):
     def __init__(self, block_size):
         if not (0 <= block_size < 256):
@@ -76,7 +92,7 @@ class PKCS7(object):
         return _PKCS7UnpaddingContext(self.block_size)
 
 
-@utils.register_interface(interfaces.PaddingContext)
+@utils.register_interface(PaddingContext)
 class _PKCS7PaddingContext(object):
     def __init__(self, block_size):
         self.block_size = block_size
@@ -109,7 +125,7 @@ class _PKCS7PaddingContext(object):
         return result
 
 
-@utils.register_interface(interfaces.PaddingContext)
+@utils.register_interface(PaddingContext)
 class _PKCS7UnpaddingContext(object):
     def __init__(self, block_size):
         self.block_size = block_size