diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 7aae031d81..b9da0544c2 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'proc-cmdline.c',
         'process-util.c',
         'procfs-util.c',
+        'psi-util.c',
         'random-util.c',
         'ratelimit.c',
         'recurse-dir.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/psi-util.c b/src/basic/psi-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/psi-util.c
rename to src/basic/psi-util.c
diff --git a/src/shared/psi-util.h b/src/basic/psi-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/psi-util.h
rename to src/basic/psi-util.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index f6689788ee..d8a688b275 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'pcre2-util.c',
         'pkcs11-util.c',
         'pretty-print.c',
-        'psi-util.c',
         'ptyfwd.c',
         'pwquality-util.c',
         'qrcode-util.c',