diff --git a/src/core/List.pm b/src/core/List.pm
index 27289aa5544..9bab4089d80 100644
--- a/src/core/List.pm
+++ b/src/core/List.pm
@@ -819,29 +819,7 @@ my class List does Iterable does Positional { # declared in BOOTSTRAP
         Seq.new(Rakudo::Internals.IterateKeyValueFromIterator(self.iterator))
     }
     multi method pairs(List:D:) {
-        Seq.new(class :: does Iterator {
-            has Mu $!iter;
-            has int $!key;
-
-            method !SET-SELF(\iter) { $!iter := iter; $!key = -1; self }
-            method new(\iter) { nqp::create(self)!SET-SELF(iter) }
-
-            method pull-one() is raw {
-                nqp::if(
-                  nqp::eqaddr((my $pulled := $!iter.pull-one),IterationEnd),
-                  IterationEnd,
-                  Pair.new(($!key = nqp::add_i($!key,1)),$pulled)
-                )
-            }
-            method push-all($target --> IterationEnd) {
-                my $pulled;
-                my int $key = -1;
-                nqp::until(
-                  nqp::eqaddr(($pulled := $!iter.pull-one),IterationEnd),
-                  $target.push(Pair.new(($key = nqp::add_i($key,1)),$pulled))
-                )
-            }
-        }.new(self.iterator))
+        Seq.new(Rakudo::Internals.IteratePairFromIterator(self.iterator))
     }
     multi method antipairs(List:D:) {
         my $laze = self.is-lazy;
diff --git a/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm b/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
index 9a9ae1036f2..f1df51f2aa1 100644
--- a/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
+++ b/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
@@ -659,6 +659,33 @@ my class Rakudo::Internals {
         }.new(iterator)
     }
 
+    # iterate 1dimensional Pair from iterator
+    method IteratePairFromIterator(\iterator) {
+        class :: does Iterator {
+            has Mu $!iter;
+            has int $!key;
+
+            method !SET-SELF(\iter) { $!iter := iter; $!key = -1; self }
+            method new(\iter) { nqp::create(self)!SET-SELF(iter) }
+
+            method pull-one() is raw {
+                nqp::if(
+                  nqp::eqaddr((my $pulled := $!iter.pull-one),IterationEnd),
+                  IterationEnd,
+                  Pair.new(($!key = nqp::add_i($!key,1)),$pulled)
+                )
+            }
+            method push-all($target --> IterationEnd) {
+                my $pulled;
+                my int $key = -1;
+                nqp::until(
+                  nqp::eqaddr(($pulled := $!iter.pull-one),IterationEnd),
+                  $target.push(Pair.new(($key = nqp::add_i($key,1)),$pulled))
+                )
+            }
+        }.new(iterator)
+    }
+
     method EmptyIterator() {
         BEGIN class :: does Iterator {
             method new() { nqp::create(self) }