diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ee2dbe9da..bdf0465d2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ set (ERESSEA_SRC
   summary.c
   travelthru.c
   monsters.c
-  pofile.c
   wormhole.c
   xmlreader.c
   ${SPELLS_SRC}
diff --git a/src/jsonconf.c b/src/jsonconf.c
index f1e781cb0..995e84af2 100644
--- a/src/jsonconf.c
+++ b/src/jsonconf.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ without prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
 #include "util/message.h"
 #include "util/nrmessage.h"
 #include "util/path.h"
+#include "util/pofile.h"
 #include "util/strings.h"
 #include "util/xml.h"
 
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ without prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
 #include "keyword.h"
 #include "move.h"
 #include "prefix.h"
-#include "pofile.h"
 #include "skill.h"
 
 /* external libraries */
diff --git a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
index dce14684a..19f9b608b 100644
--- a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ nrmessage.c
 parser.c
 password.c
 path.c
+pofile.c
 rand.c
 resolve.c
 strings.c
diff --git a/src/pofile.c b/src/util/pofile.c
similarity index 98%
rename from src/pofile.c
rename to src/util/pofile.c
index 7cb1a5460..63ee6dcc8 100644
--- a/src/pofile.c
+++ b/src/util/pofile.c
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "pofile.h"
-
-#include "util/log.h"
-#include "util/strings.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "strings.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/pofile.h b/src/util/pofile.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pofile.h
rename to src/util/pofile.h