diff --git a/src/core/metadata_parser.js b/src/core/metadata_parser.js
index 5d60f5c8c..8d65cd32c 100644
--- a/src/core/metadata_parser.js
+++ b/src/core/metadata_parser.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { SimpleXMLParser } from "../shared/xml_parser.js";
+import { SimpleXMLParser } from "./xml_parser.js";
 
 class MetadataParser {
   constructor(data) {
diff --git a/src/core/writer.js b/src/core/writer.js
index 555c5f034..b94db0094 100644
--- a/src/core/writer.js
+++ b/src/core/writer.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { bytesToString, escapeString, warn } from "../shared/util.js";
 import { Dict, isDict, isName, isRef, isStream, Name } from "./primitives.js";
 import { escapePDFName, parseXFAPath } from "./core_utils.js";
-import { SimpleDOMNode, SimpleXMLParser } from "../shared/xml_parser.js";
+import { SimpleDOMNode, SimpleXMLParser } from "./xml_parser.js";
 import { calculateMD5 } from "./crypto.js";
 
 function writeDict(dict, buffer, transform) {
diff --git a/src/core/xfa/parser.js b/src/core/xfa/parser.js
index c0dddc003..7af2bd27c 100644
--- a/src/core/xfa/parser.js
+++ b/src/core/xfa/parser.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 import { $clean, $finalize, $onChild, $onText } from "./xfa_object.js";
-import { XMLParserBase, XMLParserErrorCode } from "../../shared/xml_parser.js";
+import { XMLParserBase, XMLParserErrorCode } from "../xml_parser.js";
 import { Builder } from "./builder.js";
 import { warn } from "../../shared/util.js";
 
diff --git a/src/shared/xml_parser.js b/src/core/xml_parser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/xml_parser.js
rename to src/core/xml_parser.js
diff --git a/test/unit/xml_spec.js b/test/unit/xml_spec.js
index f7fbbc94f..1b653fa84 100644
--- a/test/unit/xml_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/xml_spec.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 import { parseXFAPath } from "../../src/core/core_utils.js";
-import { SimpleXMLParser } from "../../src/shared/xml_parser.js";
+import { SimpleXMLParser } from "../../src/core/xml_parser.js";
 
 describe("XML", function () {
   describe("searchNode", function () {