diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/GenerationFileHandler.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/GenerationFileHandler.java
index 21c3d12e..747d9de0 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/GenerationFileHandler.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/GenerationFileHandler.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
 import java.util.logging.Formatter;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 
-import org.archive.crawler.io.Preformatter;
 import org.archive.util.FileUtils;
 
 
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/Preformatter.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/Preformatter.java
similarity index 97%
rename from engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/Preformatter.java
rename to commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/Preformatter.java
index b0a3c596..dcd31bb6 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/Preformatter.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/Preformatter.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  *  limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.archive.crawler.io;
+package org.archive.io;
 
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/UriProcessingFormatter.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/UriProcessingFormatter.java
index fc0ac5d8..d463aefd 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/UriProcessingFormatter.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/io/UriProcessingFormatter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.logging.Formatter;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 
+import org.archive.io.Preformatter;
 import org.archive.modules.CoreAttributeConstants;
 import org.archive.modules.CrawlURI;
 import org.archive.util.ArchiveUtils;