diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 19d3395a49..6187b90732 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'time-util.h',
         'tmpfile-util.c',
         'tmpfile-util.h',
+        'uid-range.c',
+        'uid-range.h',
         'umask-util.h',
         'unaligned.h',
         'unit-def.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/uid-range.c b/src/basic/uid-range.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/uid-range.c
rename to src/basic/uid-range.c
diff --git a/src/shared/uid-range.h b/src/basic/uid-range.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/uid-range.h
rename to src/basic/uid-range.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index abac8a7eb8..e805e9b898 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'udev-util.h',
         'uid-alloc-range.c',
         'uid-alloc-range.h',
-        'uid-range.c',
-        'uid-range.h',
         'user-record-nss.c',
         'user-record-nss.h',
         'user-record-show.c',