diff --git a/build-files.txt b/build-files.txt
index 1944066..3a9ec14 100644
--- a/build-files.txt
+++ b/build-files.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 source/dub/internal/sdlang/util.d
 source/dub/internal/tinyendian.d
 source/dub/internal/undead/xml.d
+source/dub/internal/temp_files.d
 source/dub/internal/utils.d
 source/dub/internal/vibecompat/core/file.d
 source/dub/internal/vibecompat/data/json.d
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/temp_files.d b/source/dub/internal/temp_files.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddfaf34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/dub/internal/temp_files.d
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+	Provides methods to generate temporary file names and folders and
+	automatically clean them up on program exit.
+
+	Copyright: © 2012 Matthias Dondorff, © 2012-2023 Sönke Ludwig
+	License: Subject to the terms of the MIT license, as written in the included LICENSE.txt file.
+	Authors: Matthias Dondorff, Sönke Ludwig, Jan Jurzitza
+*/
+module dub.internal.temp_files;
+
+import std.file;
+
+import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
+
+NativePath getTempDir()
+{
+	return NativePath(std.file.tempDir());
+}
+
+NativePath getTempFile(string prefix, string extension = null)
+{
+	import std.uuid : randomUUID;
+	import std.array: replace;
+
+	string fileName = prefix ~ "-" ~ randomUUID.toString() ~ extension;
+
+	if (extension !is null && extension == ".d")
+		fileName = fileName.replace("-", "_");
+
+	auto path = getTempDir() ~ fileName;
+	temporary_files ~= path;
+	return path;
+}
+
+private NativePath[] temporary_files;
+
+static ~this()
+{
+	foreach (path; temporary_files)
+	{
+		auto spath = path.toNativeString();
+		if (spath.exists)
+			std.file.remove(spath);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/utils.d b/source/dub/internal/utils.d
index 538f034..fe3b4e7 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/utils.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/utils.d
@@ -30,28 +30,7 @@
 	public import std.net.curl : HTTPStatusException;
 }
 
-
-private NativePath[] temporary_files;
-
-NativePath getTempDir()
-{
-	return NativePath(std.file.tempDir());
-}
-
-NativePath getTempFile(string prefix, string extension = null)
-{
-	import std.uuid : randomUUID;
-	import std.array: replace;
-
-	string fileName = prefix ~ "-" ~ randomUUID.toString() ~ extension;
-
-	if (extension !is null && extension == ".d")
-		fileName = fileName.replace("-", "_");
-
-	auto path = getTempDir() ~ fileName;
-	temporary_files ~= path;
-	return path;
-}
+public import dub.internal.temp_files;
 
 /**
  * Obtain a lock for a file at the given path.
@@ -99,16 +78,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static ~this()
-{
-	foreach (path; temporary_files)
-	{
-		auto spath = path.toNativeString();
-		if (spath.exists)
-			std.file.remove(spath);
-	}
-}
-
 bool isWritableDir(NativePath p, bool create_if_missing = false)
 {
 	import std.random;