diff --git a/giambio/core.py b/giambio/core.py
index f43b819..3c77d3c 100644
--- a/giambio/core.py
+++ b/giambio/core.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 # Import libraries and internal resources
 import types
-import socket
 from itertools import chain
 from timeit import default_timer
 from giambio.context import TaskManager
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ from giambio.exceptions import (InternalError,
                                 TooSlowError
                                 )
 
-# TODO: Take into account SSLWantReadError and SSLWantWriteError
-IOInterrupt = (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError)
 # TODO: Right now this value is pretty much arbitrary, we need some testing to choose a sensible default
 IO_SKIP_LIMIT = 5
 
diff --git a/giambio/socket.py b/giambio/socket.py
index ddb8fe3..3f56ab6 100644
--- a/giambio/socket.py
+++ b/giambio/socket.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ from giambio.run import get_event_loop
 from giambio.exceptions import ResourceClosed
 from giambio.traps import want_write, want_read
 
+# TODO: Take into account SSLWantReadError and SSLWantWriteError
+IOInterrupt = (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError)
+
 
 class AsyncSocket:
     """
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ class AsyncSocket:
         await want_read(self.sock)
         try:
             return self.sock.recv(max_size)
-        except BlockingIOError:
+        except IOInterrupt:
             await want_read(self.sock)
         return self.sock.recv(max_size)
 
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ class AsyncSocket:
         await want_read(self.sock)
         try:
             to_wrap = self.sock.accept()
-        except BlockingIOError:
+        except IOInterrupt:
             # Some platforms (namely OSX systems) act weird and handle
             # the errno 35 signal (EAGAIN) for sockets in a weird manner,
             # and this seems to fix the issue. Not sure about why since we
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ class AsyncSocket:
             await want_write(self.sock)
             try:
                 sent_no = self.sock.send(data)
-            except BlockingIOError:
+            except IOInterrupt:
                 await want_write(self.sock)
                 sent_no = self.sock.send(data)
             data = data[sent_no:]
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ class AsyncSocket:
         await want_write(self.sock)
         try:
             self.sock.close()
-        except BlockingIOError:
+        except IOInterrupt:
             await want_write(self.sock)
             self.sock.close()
         self.loop.selector.unregister(self.sock)
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ class AsyncSocket:
         await want_write(self.sock)
         try:
             self.sock.connect(addr)
-        except BlockingIOError:
+        except IOInterrupt:
             await want_write(self.sock)
             self.sock.connect(addr)