diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 0175a454104..ed1609c5c8d 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         nss-util.h
         ordered-set.c
         ordered-set.h
+        pager.c
+        pager.h
         parse-util.c
         parse-util.h
         path-util.c
diff --git a/src/shared/pager.c b/src/basic/pager.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/pager.c
rename to src/basic/pager.c
diff --git a/src/shared/pager.h b/src/basic/pager.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/pager.h
rename to src/basic/pager.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 060b7f95a0d..d0cb38650b6 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ shared_sources = '''
         nsflags.h
         output-mode.c
         output-mode.h
-        pager.c
-        pager.h
         path-lookup.c
         path-lookup.h
         ptyfwd.c