diff --git a/src/basic/btrfs-util.c b/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
index bc1fb8d29d0..adf9d03eb90 100644
--- a/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "btrfs-util.h"
 #include "chattr-util.h"
 #include "copy.h"
-#include "device-nodes.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 18084875bdf..034f30093d7 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         creds-util.c
         creds-util.h
         def.h
-        device-nodes.c
-        device-nodes.h
         dirent-util.c
         dirent-util.h
         dlfcn-util.c
diff --git a/src/basic/device-nodes.c b/src/shared/device-nodes.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/device-nodes.c
rename to src/shared/device-nodes.c
diff --git a/src/basic/device-nodes.h b/src/shared/device-nodes.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/device-nodes.h
rename to src/shared/device-nodes.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 6ecdf576ab8..8d9cb323559 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         daemon-util.h
         dev-setup.c
         dev-setup.h
+        device-nodes.c
+        device-nodes.h
         devnode-acl.h
         discover-image.c
         discover-image.h