diff --git a/src/field_theory/polynomial_galois_group.lean b/src/field_theory/polynomial_galois_group.lean
index dd73712774cc3..9d7a487de5b6c 100644
--- a/src/field_theory/polynomial_galois_group.lean
+++ b/src/field_theory/polynomial_galois_group.lean
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2020 Thomas Browning, Patrick Lutz. All rights reserved.
 Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
 Authors: Thomas Browning, Patrick Lutz
 -/
-
-import group_theory.perm.cycle_type
 import analysis.complex.polynomial
 import field_theory.galois
+import group_theory.perm.cycle.type
 
 /-!
 # Galois Groups of Polynomials
diff --git a/src/group_theory/p_group.lean b/src/group_theory/p_group.lean
index cd1ac4f63fb67..62f64b0aeaca3 100644
--- a/src/group_theory/p_group.lean
+++ b/src/group_theory/p_group.lean
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Authors: Chris Hughes, Thomas Browning
 import data.zmod.basic
 import group_theory.index
 import group_theory.group_action.conj_act
-import group_theory.perm.cycle_type
+import group_theory.perm.cycle.type
 import group_theory.quotient_group
 
 /-!
diff --git a/src/group_theory/perm/cycles.lean b/src/group_theory/perm/cycle/basic.lean
similarity index 100%
rename from src/group_theory/perm/cycles.lean
rename to src/group_theory/perm/cycle/basic.lean
diff --git a/src/group_theory/perm/concrete_cycle.lean b/src/group_theory/perm/cycle/concrete.lean
similarity index 99%
rename from src/group_theory/perm/concrete_cycle.lean
rename to src/group_theory/perm/cycle/concrete.lean
index 7fa849d181429..4e20b7e894866 100644
--- a/src/group_theory/perm/concrete_cycle.lean
+++ b/src/group_theory/perm/cycle/concrete.lean
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2021 Yakov Pechersky. All rights reserved.
 Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
 Authors: Yakov Pechersky
 -/
-import group_theory.perm.list
 import data.list.cycle
-import group_theory.perm.cycle_type
+import group_theory.perm.cycle.type
+import group_theory.perm.list
 
 /-!
 
diff --git a/src/group_theory/perm/cycle_type.lean b/src/group_theory/perm/cycle/type.lean
similarity index 99%
rename from src/group_theory/perm/cycle_type.lean
rename to src/group_theory/perm/cycle/type.lean
index cfbe9e16a14bc..2fc9421fd85e2 100644
--- a/src/group_theory/perm/cycle_type.lean
+++ b/src/group_theory/perm/cycle/type.lean
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Authors: Thomas Browning
 
 import algebra.gcd_monoid.multiset
 import combinatorics.partition
-import group_theory.perm.cycles
+import group_theory.perm.cycle.basic
 import ring_theory.int.basic
 import tactic.linarith
 
diff --git a/src/group_theory/perm/fin.lean b/src/group_theory/perm/fin.lean
index 8873c22971ebb..a80671f99906b 100644
--- a/src/group_theory/perm/fin.lean
+++ b/src/group_theory/perm/fin.lean
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2021 Eric Wieser. All rights reserved.
 Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
 Authors: Eric Wieser
 -/
-import group_theory.perm.cycle_type
+import group_theory.perm.cycle.type
 import group_theory.perm.option
 import logic.equiv.fin
 import logic.equiv.fintype