diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/file/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java
similarity index 97%
rename from server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java
rename to server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/file/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java
index 444cde45d6961..6da0845a7c7ba 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/file/MasterNodeFileWatchingService.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-package org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service;
+package org.elasticsearch.common.file;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.file.AbstractFileWatchingService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java
index 2d13af0248a73..83676925a3ae7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ReservedStateMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.file.MasterNodeFileWatchingService;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParserConfiguration;