diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 5577c6bc78..1decb4827f 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'terminal-util.c',
         'time-util.c',
         'tmpfile-util.c',
+        'uid-alloc-range.c',
         'uid-range.c',
         'unit-def.c',
         'unit-file.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/uid-alloc-range.c b/src/basic/uid-alloc-range.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/uid-alloc-range.c
rename to src/basic/uid-alloc-range.c
diff --git a/src/shared/uid-alloc-range.h b/src/basic/uid-alloc-range.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/uid-alloc-range.h
rename to src/basic/uid-alloc-range.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index b34d218c1e..ff5435876b 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'tomoyo-util.c',
         'tpm2-util.c',
         'udev-util.c',
-        'uid-alloc-range.c',
         'user-record-nss.c',
         'user-record-show.c',
         'user-record.c',