diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index a674eba98f..1b287ee10f 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ use std::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use self::config::TenantConf;
-use self::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
 use self::metadata::LoadMetadataError;
 use self::metadata::TimelineMetadata;
 use self::remote_timeline_client::RemoteTimelineClient;
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ use crate::tenant::storage_layer::ImageLayer;
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::Layer;
 use crate::InitializationOrder;
 
+use crate::tenant::timeline::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::uninit::cleanup_timeline_directory;
 use crate::virtual_file::VirtualFile;
 use crate::walredo::PostgresRedoManager;
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ mod remote_timeline_client;
 pub mod storage_layer;
 
 pub mod config;
-pub mod delete;
 pub mod mgr;
 pub mod tasks;
 pub mod upload_queue;
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
index aeecc88602..25c5e3f2e0 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::{InitializationOrder, IGNORED_TENANT_FILE_NAME};
 use utils::fs_ext::PathExt;
 use utils::id::{TenantId, TimelineId};
 
-use super::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
+use super::timeline::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
 
 /// The tenants known to the pageserver.
 /// The enum variants are used to distinguish the different states that the pageserver can be in.
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 1002595909..4f9c0b08b8 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod delete;
 mod eviction_task;
 pub mod layer_manager;
 mod logical_size;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ use crate::METADATA_FILE_NAME;
 use crate::ZERO_PAGE;
 use crate::{is_temporary, task_mgr};
 
+use self::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
 pub(super) use self::eviction_task::EvictionTaskTenantState;
 use self::eviction_task::EvictionTaskTimelineState;
 use self::layer_manager::LayerManager;
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ use self::logical_size::LogicalSize;
 use self::walreceiver::{WalReceiver, WalReceiverConf};
 
 use super::config::TenantConf;
-use super::delete::DeleteTimelineFlow;
 use super::remote_timeline_client::index::IndexPart;
 use super::remote_timeline_client::RemoteTimelineClient;
 use super::storage_layer::{
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/delete.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/delete.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from pageserver/src/tenant/delete.rs
rename to pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/delete.rs
index eeaaf15c32..d99ca2d292 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/delete.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/delete.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,17 @@ use utils::{
 use crate::{
     config::PageServerConf,
     task_mgr::{self, TaskKind},
-    tenant::{remote_timeline_client, DeleteTimelineError},
+    tenant::{
+        metadata::TimelineMetadata,
+        remote_timeline_client::{
+            self, PersistIndexPartWithDeletedFlagError, RemoteTimelineClient,
+        },
+        CreateTimelineCause, DeleteTimelineError, Tenant,
+    },
     InitializationOrder,
 };
 
-use super::{
-    metadata::TimelineMetadata,
-    remote_timeline_client::{PersistIndexPartWithDeletedFlagError, RemoteTimelineClient},
-    CreateTimelineCause, Tenant, Timeline,
-};
+use super::Timeline;
 
 /// Now that the Timeline is in Stopping state, request all the related tasks to shut down.
 async fn stop_tasks(timeline: &Timeline) -> Result<(), DeleteTimelineError> {