diff --git a/pbs-datastore/src/lib.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/lib.rs
index fc08d00c..fcc368ff 100644
--- a/pbs-datastore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-datastore/src/lib.rs
@@ -198,3 +198,6 @@ pub use store_progress::StoreProgress;
 
 mod datastore;
 pub use datastore::{check_backup_owner, DataStore};
+
+mod snapshot_reader;
+pub use snapshot_reader::SnapshotReader;
diff --git a/src/backup/snapshot_reader.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/snapshot_reader.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/backup/snapshot_reader.rs
rename to pbs-datastore/src/snapshot_reader.rs
index 03ca45ce..c49cf16f 100644
--- a/src/backup/snapshot_reader.rs
+++ b/pbs-datastore/src/snapshot_reader.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use nix::dir::Dir;
 
-use pbs_datastore::backup_info::BackupDir;
-use pbs_datastore::index::IndexFile;
-use pbs_datastore::fixed_index::FixedIndexReader;
-use pbs_datastore::dynamic_index::DynamicIndexReader;
-use pbs_datastore::manifest::{archive_type, ArchiveType, CLIENT_LOG_BLOB_NAME, MANIFEST_BLOB_NAME};
-use pbs_datastore::DataStore;
+use crate::backup_info::BackupDir;
+use crate::index::IndexFile;
+use crate::fixed_index::FixedIndexReader;
+use crate::dynamic_index::DynamicIndexReader;
+use crate::manifest::{archive_type, ArchiveType, CLIENT_LOG_BLOB_NAME, MANIFEST_BLOB_NAME};
+use crate::DataStore;
 use pbs_tools::fs::lock_dir_noblock_shared;
 
 /// Helper to access the contents of a datastore backup snapshot
diff --git a/src/api2/tape/backup.rs b/src/api2/tape/backup.rs
index aad5968a..7627e35b 100644
--- a/src/api2/tape/backup.rs
+++ b/src/api2/tape/backup.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use pbs_api_types::{
     UPID_SCHEMA, JOB_ID_SCHEMA, PRIV_DATASTORE_READ, PRIV_TAPE_AUDIT, PRIV_TAPE_WRITE,
 };
 
-use pbs_datastore::{DataStore, StoreProgress};
+use pbs_datastore::{DataStore, StoreProgress, SnapshotReader};
 use pbs_datastore::backup_info::{BackupDir, BackupInfo};
 use pbs_tools::{task_log, task_warn, task::WorkerTaskContext};
 use pbs_config::CachedUserInfo;
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ use crate::{
             compute_schedule_status,
         },
     },
-    backup::SnapshotReader,
     tape::{
         TAPE_STATUS_DIR,
         Inventory,
diff --git a/src/backup/mod.rs b/src/backup/mod.rs
index 861010f7..59078c1d 100644
--- a/src/backup/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backup/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@ pub use read_chunk::*;
 
 mod verify;
 pub use verify::*;
-
-mod snapshot_reader;
-pub use snapshot_reader::SnapshotReader;
diff --git a/src/tape/file_formats/snapshot_archive.rs b/src/tape/file_formats/snapshot_archive.rs
index c898dc4a..c2f289d2 100644
--- a/src/tape/file_formats/snapshot_archive.rs
+++ b/src/tape/file_formats/snapshot_archive.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use pbs_tape::{
     PROXMOX_TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE,
     TapeWrite, MediaContentHeader,
 };
-
-use crate::backup::SnapshotReader;
+use pbs_datastore::SnapshotReader;
 
 use crate::tape::file_formats::{
     PROXMOX_BACKUP_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_MAGIC_1_1,
diff --git a/src/tape/pool_writer/mod.rs b/src/tape/pool_writer/mod.rs
index b3f85a6e..eed0d61e 100644
--- a/src/tape/pool_writer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tape/pool_writer/mod.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ use pbs_tape::{
     TapeWrite,
     sg_tape::tape_alert_flags_critical,
 };
-use pbs_datastore::DataStore;
+use pbs_datastore::{DataStore, SnapshotReader};
 use proxmox_rest_server::WorkerTask;
 
 use crate::{
-    backup::SnapshotReader,
     tape::{
         TAPE_STATUS_DIR,
         MAX_CHUNK_ARCHIVE_SIZE,
diff --git a/src/tape/pool_writer/new_chunks_iterator.rs b/src/tape/pool_writer/new_chunks_iterator.rs
index 97203fea..4adf67f9 100644
--- a/src/tape/pool_writer/new_chunks_iterator.rs
+++ b/src/tape/pool_writer/new_chunks_iterator.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
 
-use pbs_datastore::{DataStore, DataBlob};
+use pbs_datastore::{DataStore, DataBlob, SnapshotReader};
 
-use crate::backup::SnapshotReader;
 use crate::tape::CatalogSet;
 
 /// Chunk iterator which use a separate thread to read chunks