diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/serialize/serialize.go b/repo/config/serialize/serialize.go
similarity index 100%
rename from repo/fsrepo/serialize/serialize.go
rename to repo/config/serialize/serialize.go
diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/serialize/serialize_test.go b/repo/config/serialize/serialize_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from repo/fsrepo/serialize/serialize_test.go
rename to repo/config/serialize/serialize_test.go
diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
index 8498dc934..3a40e0d18 100644
--- a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
+++ b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/common"
 	config "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/config"
 	mfsr "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/fsrepo/migrations"
-	serialize "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/fsrepo/serialize"
+	serialize "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/config/serialize"
 	dir "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/dir"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"