diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 124a3e9f84..4cd6911da9 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         refcnt.h
         replace-var.c
         replace-var.h
+        rlimit-util.c
+        rlimit-util.h
         rm-rf.c
         rm-rf.h
         securebits.h
diff --git a/src/shared/rlimit-util.c b/src/basic/rlimit-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/rlimit-util.c
rename to src/basic/rlimit-util.c
diff --git a/src/shared/rlimit-util.h b/src/basic/rlimit-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/rlimit-util.h
rename to src/basic/rlimit-util.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 85c546eb5b..b03ae287b2 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         reboot-util.h
         resolve-util.c
         resolve-util.h
-        rlimit-util.c
-        rlimit-util.h
         seccomp-util.h
         securebits-util.c
         securebits-util.h