diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
index 274e47271..3cf2da70d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "nix/util/sync.hh"
 #include "nix/store/remote-fs-accessor.hh"
 #include "nix/store/nar-info-disk-cache.hh"
-#include "nix/store/nar-accessor.hh"
+#include "nix/util/nar-accessor.hh"
 #include "nix/util/thread-pool.hh"
 #include "nix/util/callback.hh"
 #include "nix/util/signals.hh"
diff --git a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/meson.build b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/meson.build
index 5d6626ff8..c17d6a9cb 100644
--- a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/meson.build
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ headers = [ config_pub_h ] + files(
   'machines.hh',
   'make-content-addressed.hh',
   'names.hh',
-  'nar-accessor.hh',
   'nar-info-disk-cache.hh',
   'nar-info.hh',
   'outputs-spec.hh',
diff --git a/src/libstore/meson.build b/src/libstore/meson.build
index d1b3666cc..e3425deb5 100644
--- a/src/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore/meson.build
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ sources = files(
   'make-content-addressed.cc',
   'misc.cc',
   'names.cc',
-  'nar-accessor.cc',
   'nar-info-disk-cache.cc',
   'nar-info.cc',
   'optimise-store.cc',
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc b/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
index f7ca28ae2..582599f0d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include "nix/store/remote-fs-accessor.hh"
-#include "nix/store/nar-accessor.hh"
+#include "nix/util/nar-accessor.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/src/libutil/include/nix/util/meson.build b/src/libutil/include/nix/util/meson.build
index 9a606e15d..b6677140e 100644
--- a/src/libutil/include/nix/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/include/nix/util/meson.build
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ headers = files(
   'memory-source-accessor.hh',
   'mounted-source-accessor.hh',
   'muxable-pipe.hh',
+  'nar-accessor.hh',
   'os-string.hh',
   'pool.hh',
   'pos-idx.hh',
diff --git a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/nar-accessor.hh b/src/libutil/include/nix/util/nar-accessor.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libstore/include/nix/store/nar-accessor.hh
rename to src/libutil/include/nix/util/nar-accessor.hh
diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index 8b7a5d977..5290ff2d0 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ sources = [ config_priv_h ] + files(
   'logging.cc',
   'memory-source-accessor.cc',
   'mounted-source-accessor.cc',
+  'nar-accessor.cc',
   'pos-table.cc',
   'position.cc',
   'posix-source-accessor.cc',
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc b/src/libutil/nar-accessor.cc
similarity index 99%
rename from src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
rename to src/libutil/nar-accessor.cc
index 640b77540..6bcdf5f13 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/nar-accessor.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "nix/store/nar-accessor.hh"
+#include "nix/util/nar-accessor.hh"
 #include "nix/util/archive.hh"
 
 #include <map>
diff --git a/src/nix/cat.cc b/src/nix/cat.cc
index bf58bb492..114e8d38e 100644
--- a/src/nix/cat.cc
+++ b/src/nix/cat.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "nix/cmd/command.hh"
 #include "nix/store/store-api.hh"
-#include "nix/store/nar-accessor.hh"
+#include "nix/util/nar-accessor.hh"
 #include "nix/util/serialise.hh"
 #include "nix/util/source-accessor.hh"
 
diff --git a/src/nix/ls.cc b/src/nix/ls.cc
index 9bf3c5996..ca6e20be8 100644
--- a/src/nix/ls.cc
+++ b/src/nix/ls.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "nix/cmd/command.hh"
 #include "nix/store/store-api.hh"
-#include "nix/store/nar-accessor.hh"
+#include "nix/util/nar-accessor.hh"
 #include "nix/main/common-args.hh"
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>