diff --git a/include/.symlinks.in b/include/.symlinks.in
index 398e8561f..7fd6171e3 100644
--- a/include/.symlinks.in
+++ b/include/.symlinks.in
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 @top_srcdir@/lib/locking/locking.h
 @top_srcdir@/lib/log/log.h
 @top_srcdir@/lib/log/lvm-logging.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/lv.h
 @top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/lv_alloc.h
 @top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/metadata.h
 @top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
index 2c173b3aa..ab944fa36 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ SOURCES =\
 	locking/locking.c \
 	locking/no_locking.c \
 	log/log.c \
+	metadata/lv.c \
 	metadata/lv_manip.c \
 	metadata/merge.c \
 	metadata/metadata.c \
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h b/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
index 86c90fab1..447e4afd7 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "uuid.h"
 #include "pv.h"
 #include "vg.h"
+#include "lv.h"
 
 #define MAX_STRIPES 128U
 #define SECTOR_SHIFT 9L
@@ -291,33 +292,6 @@ struct lv_segment {
 #define seg_pv(seg, s)		(seg)->areas[(s)].u.pv.pvseg->pv
 #define seg_lv(seg, s)		(seg)->areas[(s)].u.lv.lv
 
-struct logical_volume {
-	union lvid lvid;
-	char *name;
-
-	struct volume_group *vg;
-
-	uint64_t status;
-	alloc_policy_t alloc;
-	uint32_t read_ahead;
-	int32_t major;
-	int32_t minor;
-
-	uint64_t size;		/* Sectors */
-	uint32_t le_count;
-
-	uint32_t origin_count;
-	struct dm_list snapshot_segs;
-	struct lv_segment *snapshot;
-
-	struct replicator_device *rdevice;/* For replicator-devs, rimages, slogs - reference to rdevice */
-	struct dm_list rsites;	/* For replicators - all sites */
-
-	struct dm_list segments;
-	struct dm_list tags;
-	struct dm_list segs_using_this_lv;
-};
-
 struct pe_range {
 	struct dm_list list;
 	uint32_t start;		/* PEs */
@@ -744,7 +718,6 @@ char *generate_lv_name(struct volume_group *vg, const char *format,
 */
 int pv_change_metadataignore(struct physical_volume *pv, uint32_t mda_ignore);
 
-uint64_t lv_size(const struct logical_volume *lv);
 
 int vg_check_write_mode(struct volume_group *vg);
 #define vg_is_clustered(vg) (vg_status((vg)) & CLUSTERED)
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.c b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
index 3bf839162..87da5faf3 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -3921,11 +3921,6 @@ int pv_change_metadataignore(struct physical_volume *pv, uint32_t mda_ignored)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-uint64_t lv_size(const struct logical_volume *lv)
-{
-	return lv->size;
-}
-
 /**
  * pv_by_path - Given a device path return a PV handle if it is a PV
  * @cmd - handle to the LVM command instance