diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 58f5615a..7775324d 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 use proxmox::api::schema::{ApiStringFormat, Schema, StringSchema};
 use proxmox::const_regex;
 
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR { () => { r"(?:[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*)" }; }
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! BACKUP_ID_RE { () => (r"[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*") }
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! BACKUP_TYPE_RE { () => (r"(?:host|vm|ct)") }
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! BACKUP_TIME_RE { () => (r"[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z") }
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX_STR {
+    () => (
+        concat!(r"(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_TIME_RE!(), r")")
+    );
+}
+
 #[macro_use]
 mod userid;
 pub use userid::Authid;
@@ -12,14 +36,19 @@ pub use userid::{Tokenname, TokennameRef};
 pub use userid::{Username, UsernameRef};
 pub use userid::{PROXMOX_GROUP_ID_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME_SCHEMA};
 
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR {
-    () => {
-        r"(?:[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*)"
-    };
-}
-
 const_regex! {
+    pub BACKUP_TYPE_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), r")$");
+
+    pub BACKUP_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), r"$");
+
+    pub BACKUP_DATE_REGEX = concat!(r"^", BACKUP_TIME_RE!() ,r"$");
+
+    pub GROUP_PATH_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), r")$");
+
+    pub BACKUP_FILE_REGEX = r"^.*\.([fd]idx|blob)$";
+
+    pub SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX = concat!(r"^", SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX_STR!(), r"$");
+
     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.
@@ -51,3 +80,5 @@ pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
 pub const SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Comment (single line).")
     .format(&SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT)
     .schema();
+
+pub const BACKUP_ID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat = ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&BACKUP_ID_REGEX);
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
index 34c7a09f..08335b93 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ 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)!
diff --git a/src/backup/backup_info.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/backup_info.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/backup/backup_info.rs
rename to pbs-datastore/src/backup_info.rs
diff --git a/src/backup/manifest.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/manifest.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/backup/manifest.rs
rename to pbs-datastore/src/manifest.rs
diff --git a/src/api2/types/mod.rs b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
index 820d9618..652d7bf4 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
@@ -41,17 +41,6 @@ pub const FILENAME_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat = ApiStringFormat::VerifyFn(|name| {
     Ok(())
 });
 
-macro_rules! BACKUP_ID_RE { () => (r"[A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9._\-]*") }
-macro_rules! BACKUP_TYPE_RE { () => (r"(?:host|vm|ct)") }
-macro_rules! BACKUP_TIME_RE {
-    () => (r"[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z")
-}
-macro_rules! SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX_STR {
-    () => (
-        concat!(r"(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_TIME_RE!(), r")")
-    );
-}
-
 macro_rules! DNS_LABEL { () => (r"(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?)") }
 macro_rules! DNS_NAME { () => (concat!(r"(?:(?:", DNS_LABEL!() , r"\.)*", DNS_LABEL!(), ")")) }
 
@@ -101,18 +90,6 @@ const_regex!{
 
     pub UUID_REGEX = r"^[0-9a-f]{8}(?:-[0-9a-f]{4}){3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$";
 
-    pub BACKUP_TYPE_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), r")$");
-
-    pub BACKUP_ID_REGEX = concat!(r"^", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), r"$");
-
-    pub BACKUP_DATE_REGEX = concat!(r"^", BACKUP_TIME_RE!() ,r"$");
-
-    pub GROUP_PATH_REGEX = concat!(r"^(", BACKUP_TYPE_RE!(), ")/(", BACKUP_ID_RE!(), r")$");
-
-    pub SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX = concat!(r"^", SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX_STR!(), r"$");
-
-    pub BACKUP_FILE_REGEX = r"^.*\.([fd]idx|blob)$";
-
     pub DATASTORE_MAP_REGEX = concat!(r"(:?", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r"=)?", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!());
 
     pub TAPE_RESTORE_SNAPSHOT_REGEX = concat!(r"^", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!(), r":", SNAPSHOT_PATH_REGEX_STR!(), r"$");
@@ -133,9 +110,6 @@ pub const IP_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
 pub const PVE_CONFIG_DIGEST_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&SHA256_HEX_REGEX);
 
-pub const BACKUP_ID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
-    ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&BACKUP_ID_REGEX);
-
 pub const UUID_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat =
     ApiStringFormat::Pattern(&UUID_REGEX);