diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 6167e7b17d..2100845ce2 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += fsdev/
 
 common-obj-y += migration/
-common-obj-y += page_cache.o #aio.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SPICE) += spice-qemu-char.o
 
diff --git a/migration/Makefile.objs b/migration/Makefile.objs
index 480dd493a9..c1920b6fc0 100644
--- a/migration/Makefile.objs
+++ b/migration/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 common-obj-y += migration.o socket.o fd.o exec.o
 common-obj-y += tls.o
 common-obj-y += colo-comm.o colo.o colo-failover.o
-common-obj-y += vmstate.o
+common-obj-y += vmstate.o page_cache.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file-channel.o
 common-obj-y += xbzrle.o postcopy-ram.o
diff --git a/page_cache.c b/migration/page_cache.c
similarity index 100%
rename from page_cache.c
rename to migration/page_cache.c
diff --git a/include/migration/page_cache.h b/migration/page_cache.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/migration/page_cache.h
rename to migration/page_cache.h
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 16ff8f399f..4277597e93 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ tests/test-thread-pool$(EXESUF): tests/test-thread-pool.o $(test-block-obj-y)
 tests/test-iov$(EXESUF): tests/test-iov.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-hbitmap$(EXESUF): tests/test-hbitmap.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-x86-cpuid$(EXESUF): tests/test-x86-cpuid.o
-tests/test-xbzrle$(EXESUF): tests/test-xbzrle.o migration/xbzrle.o page_cache.o $(test-util-obj-y)
+tests/test-xbzrle$(EXESUF): tests/test-xbzrle.o migration/xbzrle.o migration/page_cache.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-cutils$(EXESUF): tests/test-cutils.o util/cutils.o
 tests/test-int128$(EXESUF): tests/test-int128.o
 tests/rcutorture$(EXESUF): tests/rcutorture.o $(test-util-obj-y)