diff --git a/src/shared/dlfcn-util.c b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/dlfcn-util.c
rename to src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
diff --git a/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
rename to src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index a9722d2121cc3..b5c9938370266 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'confidential-virt.c',
         'devnum-util.c',
         'dirent-util.c',
+        'dlfcn-util.c',
         'efivars.c',
         'env-file.c',
         'env-util.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index fe0c9c1f2fa20..7d1dee68ab237 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'device-nodes.c',
         'discover-image.c',
         'dissect-image.c',
-        'dlfcn-util.c',
         'dm-util.c',
         'dns-domain.c',
         'dropin.c',