diff --git a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
index 447d459435..0f36808b4a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
@@ -139,41 +139,13 @@ pub struct DeletionQueueClient {
     tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<FrontendQueueMessage>,
     executor_tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<ExecutorMessage>,
 
-    lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
+    lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
 }
 
 mod deletion_list;
 use deletion_list::*;
 
-struct PendingLsn {
-    projected: Lsn,
-    result_slot: Arc<AtomicLsn>,
-}
-
-struct TenantLsnState {
-    timelines: HashMap<TimelineId, PendingLsn>,
-
-    // In what generation was the most recent update proposed?
-    generation: Generation,
-}
-
-struct VisibleLsnUpdates {
-    tenants: HashMap<TenantId, TenantLsnState>,
-}
-
-impl VisibleLsnUpdates {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            tenants: HashMap::new(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for VisibleLsnUpdates {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "VisibleLsnUpdates({} tenants)", self.tenants.len())
-    }
-}
+mod lsn_visibility;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum DeletionQueueError {
@@ -189,7 +161,9 @@ impl DeletionQueueClient {
         Self {
             tx,
             executor_tx,
-            lsn_table: Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(VisibleLsnUpdates::new())),
+            lsn_table: Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(
+                lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates::new(),
+            )),
         }
     }
 
@@ -241,10 +215,14 @@ impl DeletionQueueClient {
             .write()
             .expect("Lock should never be poisoned");
 
-        let tenant_entry = locked.tenants.entry(tenant_id).or_insert(TenantLsnState {
-            timelines: HashMap::new(),
-            generation: current_generation,
-        });
+        let tenant_entry =
+            locked
+                .tenants
+                .entry(tenant_id)
+                .or_insert(lsn_visibility::TenantLsnState {
+                    timelines: HashMap::new(),
+                    generation: current_generation,
+                });
 
         if tenant_entry.generation != current_generation {
             // Generation might have changed if we were detached and then re-attached: in this case,
@@ -255,7 +233,7 @@ impl DeletionQueueClient {
 
         tenant_entry.timelines.insert(
             timeline_id,
-            PendingLsn {
+            lsn_visibility::PendingLsn {
                 projected: lsn,
                 result_slot,
             },
@@ -419,7 +397,9 @@ impl DeletionQueue {
         // happen in the backend (persistent), not in this queue.
         let (executor_tx, executor_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(16);
 
-        let lsn_table = Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(VisibleLsnUpdates::new()));
+        let lsn_table = Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(
+            lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates::new(),
+        ));
 
         // The deletion queue has an independent cancellation token to
         // the general pageserver shutdown token, because it stays alive a bit
@@ -1034,7 +1014,7 @@ pub mod mock {
         executed: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
         remote_storage: Option<GenericRemoteStorage>,
         consumer: std::sync::Mutex<ConsumerState>,
-        lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
+        lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
     }
 
     impl MockDeletionQueue {
@@ -1050,7 +1030,9 @@ pub mod mock {
                 executed,
                 remote_storage,
                 consumer: std::sync::Mutex::new(ConsumerState { rx, executor_rx }),
-                lsn_table: Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(VisibleLsnUpdates::new())),
+                lsn_table: Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(
+                    lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates::new(),
+                )),
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/backend.rs b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/backend.rs
index 7777ded893..88334f5f88 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/backend.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/backend.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ use crate::metrics::DELETION_QUEUE_DROPPED;
 use crate::metrics::DELETION_QUEUE_ERRORS;
 
 use super::executor::ExecutorMessage;
+use super::lsn_visibility;
 use super::DeletionHeader;
 use super::DeletionList;
 use super::DeletionQueueError;
 use super::FlushOp;
-use super::VisibleLsnUpdates;
 
 // After this length of time, do any validation work that is pending,
 // even if we haven't accumulated many keys to delete.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ where
     // Lsn validation state: we read projected LSNs and write back visible LSNs
     // after validation.  This is the LSN equivalent of `pending_validation_lists`:
     // it is drained in [`validate`]
-    lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
+    lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
 
     cancel: CancellationToken,
 }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ where
         rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<BackendQueueMessage>,
         tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<ExecutorMessage>,
         control_plane_client: Option<C>,
-        lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
+        lsn_table: Arc<std::sync::RwLock<lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates>>,
         cancel: CancellationToken,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ where
 
         let pending_lsn_updates = {
             let mut lsn_table = self.lsn_table.write().expect("Lock should not be poisoned");
-            let mut pending_updates = VisibleLsnUpdates::new();
+            let mut pending_updates = lsn_visibility::VisibleLsnUpdates::new();
             std::mem::swap(&mut pending_updates, &mut lsn_table);
             pending_updates
         };
diff --git a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/lsn_visibility.rs b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/lsn_visibility.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33ff78c7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue/lsn_visibility.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use utils::id::TenantId;
+
+use utils::generation::Generation;
+
+use utils::id::TimelineId;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use utils::lsn::AtomicLsn;
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
+
+pub(crate) struct PendingLsn {
+    pub(crate) projected: Lsn,
+    pub(crate) result_slot: Arc<AtomicLsn>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct TenantLsnState {
+    pub(crate) timelines: HashMap<TimelineId, PendingLsn>,
+
+    // In what generation was the most recent update proposed?
+    pub(crate) generation: Generation,
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct VisibleLsnUpdates {
+    pub(crate) tenants: HashMap<TenantId, TenantLsnState>,
+}
+
+impl VisibleLsnUpdates {
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tenants: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for VisibleLsnUpdates {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "VisibleLsnUpdates({} tenants)", self.tenants.len())
+    }
+}