diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 7cf2ff09ca6..95122213682 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         def.h
         dirent-util.c
         dirent-util.h
-        dlfcn-util.c
-        dlfcn-util.h
         dns-def.h
         efivars.c
         efivars.h
@@ -396,8 +394,7 @@ libbasic = static_library(
                         libcap,
                         libseccomp,
                         libselinux,
-                        libm,
-                        libdl],
+                        libm],
         c_args : ['-fvisibility=default'],
         install : false)
 
diff --git a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c b/src/shared/dlfcn-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
rename to src/shared/dlfcn-util.c
diff --git a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h b/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
rename to src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index c478d46f31e..9de167f4cf3 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         discover-image.h
         dissect-image.c
         dissect-image.h
+        dlfcn-util.c
+        dlfcn-util.h
         dm-util.c
         dm-util.h
         dns-domain.c