diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 108c2ee2..125f67c8 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,26 @@
 use proxmox::api::schema::{ApiStringFormat, Schema, StringSchema};
 use proxmox::const_regex;
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR {
+    () => {
+        r"(?:[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*)"
+    };
+}
+
 const_regex! {
     pub FINGERPRINT_SHA256_REGEX = r"^(?:[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F])(?::[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]){31}$";
+
+    /// Regex for safe identifiers.
+    ///
+    /// This
+    /// [article](https://dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html)
+    /// contains further information why it is reasonable to restict
+    /// names this way. This is not only useful for filenames, but for
+    /// any identifier command line tools work with.
+    pub PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"$");
+
+    pub SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX = r"^[[:^cntrl:]]*$";
 }
 
 pub const FINGERPRINT_SHA256_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
@@ -14,3 +32,13 @@ pub const CERT_FINGERPRINT_SHA256_SCHEMA: Schema =
     StringSchema::new("X509 certificate fingerprint (sha256).")
         .format(&FINGERPRINT_SHA256_FORMAT)
         .schema();
+
+pub const PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
+    ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX);
+
+pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
+    ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX);
+
+pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Comment (single line).")
+    .format(&SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT)
+    .schema();
diff --git a/src/api2/types/macros.rs b/src/api2/types/macros.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ee939ecf..00000000
--- a/src/api2/types/macros.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-//! Macros exported from api2::types.
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR {  () => (r"(?:[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*)") }
diff --git a/src/api2/types/mod.rs b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
index 91a64798..2adf974e 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ use crate::{
     config::acl::Role,
 };
 
-#[macro_use]
-mod macros;
-
 #[macro_use]
 mod userid;
 pub use userid::{Realm, RealmRef};
@@ -44,6 +41,12 @@ pub use pbs_api_types::{
     CERT_FINGERPRINT_SHA256_SCHEMA,
     FINGERPRINT_SHA256_FORMAT,
     FINGERPRINT_SHA256_REGEX,
+    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT,
+    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX,
+    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR,
+    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT,
+    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX,
+    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
 };
 
 // File names: may not contain slashes, may not start with "."
@@ -92,22 +95,11 @@ const_regex!{
 
     pub PASSWORD_REGEX = r"^[[:^cntrl:]]*$"; // everything but control characters
 
-    /// Regex for safe identifiers.
-    ///
-    /// This
-    /// [article](https://dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html)
-    /// contains further information why it is reasonable to restict
-    /// names this way. This is not only useful for filenames, but for
-    /// any identifier command line tools work with.
-    pub PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"$");
-
     /// Regex for verification jobs 'DATASTORE:ACTUAL_JOB_ID'
     pub VERIFICATION_JOB_WORKER_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"):");
     /// Regex for sync jobs 'REMOTE:REMOTE_DATASTORE:LOCAL_DATASTORE:ACTUAL_JOB_ID'
     pub SYNC_JOB_WORKER_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"):(", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"):(", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"):");
 
-    pub SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX = r"^[[:^cntrl:]]*$";
-
     pub HOSTNAME_REGEX = r"^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?)$";
 
     pub DNS_NAME_REGEX =  concat!(r"^", DNS_NAME!(), r"$");
@@ -160,18 +152,12 @@ pub const IP_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
 pub const PVE_CONFIG_DIGEST_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&SHA256_HEX_REGEX);
 
-pub const PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
-    ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX);
-
 pub const BACKUP_ID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&BACKUP_ID_REGEX);
 
 pub const UUID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&UUID_REGEX);
 
-pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
-    ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX);
-
 pub const HOSTNAME_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&HOSTNAME_REGEX);
 
@@ -486,10 +472,6 @@ pub const VERIFICATION_OUTDATED_AFTER_SCHEMA: Schema = IntegerSchema::new(
     .minimum(1)
     .schema();
 
-pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Comment (single line).")
-    .format(&SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT)
-    .schema();
-
 pub const HOSTNAME_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Hostname (as defined in RFC1123).")
     .format(&HOSTNAME_FORMAT)
     .schema();
diff --git a/src/api2/types/userid.rs b/src/api2/types/userid.rs
index 7c73e69f..ed9b5f08 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/userid.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/userid.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ use proxmox::api::api;
 use proxmox::api::schema::{ApiStringFormat, Schema, StringSchema};
 use proxmox::const_regex;
 
+use super::PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR;
+
 // we only allow a limited set of characters
 // colon is not allowed, because we store usernames in
 // colon separated lists)!