diff --git a/src/tools/async_lru_cache.rs b/pbs-tools/src/async_lru_cache.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/tools/async_lru_cache.rs
rename to pbs-tools/src/async_lru_cache.rs
index 62e74fcd..315a7862 100644
--- a/src/tools/async_lru_cache.rs
+++ b/pbs-tools/src/async_lru_cache.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use super::lru_cache::LruCache;
-use super::BroadcastFuture;
+use crate::broadcast_future::BroadcastFuture;
+use crate::lru_cache::LruCache;
 
 /// Interface for asynchronously getting values on cache misses.
 pub trait AsyncCacher<K, V: Clone>: Sync + Send {
diff --git a/pbs-tools/src/lib.rs b/pbs-tools/src/lib.rs
index 075b066b..28950787 100644
--- a/pbs-tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@ pub mod tokio;
 pub mod xattr;
 pub mod zip;
 
+pub mod async_lru_cache;
+pub mod lru_cache;
+
 mod command;
 pub use command::{command_output, command_output_as_string, run_command};
diff --git a/src/tools/lru_cache.rs b/pbs-tools/src/lru_cache.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/lru_cache.rs
rename to pbs-tools/src/lru_cache.rs
diff --git a/src/backup/cached_chunk_reader.rs b/src/backup/cached_chunk_reader.rs
index 3798ae4a..e88003e4 100644
--- a/src/backup/cached_chunk_reader.rs
+++ b/src/backup/cached_chunk_reader.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, ReadBuf};
 use proxmox::io_format_err;
 use proxmox::sys::error::io_err_other;
 
+use pbs_datastore::index::IndexFile;
 use pbs_datastore::read_chunk::AsyncReadChunk;
-use super::IndexFile;
-use crate::tools::async_lru_cache::{AsyncCacher, AsyncLruCache};
+use pbs_tools::async_lru_cache::{AsyncCacher, AsyncLruCache};
 
 struct AsyncChunkCacher<T> {
     reader: Arc<T>,
diff --git a/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs b/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
index f13d1391..f7e758d2 100644
--- a/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
+++ b/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use pxar::accessor::{MaybeReady, ReadAt, ReadAtOperation};
 use pbs_datastore::dynamic_index::DynamicIndexReader;
 use pbs_datastore::read_chunk::ReadChunk;
 use pbs_datastore::index::IndexFile;
+use pbs_tools::lru_cache::LruCache;
 
 struct CachedChunk {
     range: Range<u64>,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct BufferedDynamicReader<S> {
     buffered_chunk_idx: usize,
     buffered_chunk_start: u64,
     read_offset: u64,
-    lru_cache: crate::tools::lru_cache::LruCache<usize, CachedChunk>,
+    lru_cache: LruCache<usize, CachedChunk>,
 }
 
 struct ChunkCacher<'a, S> {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ struct ChunkCacher<'a, S> {
     index: &'a DynamicIndexReader,
 }
 
-impl<'a, S: ReadChunk> crate::tools::lru_cache::Cacher<usize, CachedChunk> for ChunkCacher<'a, S> {
+impl<'a, S: ReadChunk> pbs_tools::lru_cache::Cacher<usize, CachedChunk> for ChunkCacher<'a, S> {
     fn fetch(&mut self, index: usize) -> Result<Option<CachedChunk>, Error> {
         let info = match self.index.chunk_info(index) {
             Some(info) => info,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ impl<S: ReadChunk> BufferedDynamicReader<S> {
             buffered_chunk_idx: 0,
             buffered_chunk_start: 0,
             read_offset: 0,
-            lru_cache: crate::tools::lru_cache::LruCache::new(32),
+            lru_cache: LruCache::new(32),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/mod.rs b/src/tools/mod.rs
index e3c2811a..6653a492 100644
--- a/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ pub use memcom::Memcom;
 
 pub mod logrotate;
 pub mod loopdev;
-pub mod lru_cache;
-pub mod async_lru_cache;
 pub mod serde_filter;
 pub mod statistics;
 pub mod subscription;