diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
index 0230b5791..cc1a2eda0 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.{ BasicResolver, DependencyResolver }
 import sbt.io.{ IO, PathFinder }
 import sbt.util.{ Logger, ShowLines }
 import sbt.internal.util.{ SourcePosition, LinePosition, RangePosition, LineRange }
-import sbt.librarymanagement._
-import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.syntax._
+import sbt.librarymanagement._, syntax._
 
 final class DeliverConfiguration(val deliverIvyPattern: String, val status: String, val configurations: Option[Vector[Configuration]], val logging: UpdateLogging)
 final class PublishConfiguration(val ivyFile: Option[File], val resolverName: String, val artifacts: Map[Artifact, File], val checksums: Vector[String], val logging: UpdateLogging,
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyRetrieve.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyRetrieve.scala
index 2c8ef1049..fa55c51e3 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyRetrieve.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyRetrieve.scala
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import report.{ ArtifactDownloadReport, ConfigurationResolveReport, ResolveRepor
 import resolve.{ IvyNode, IvyNodeCallers }
 import IvyNodeCallers.{ Caller => IvyCaller }
 import ivyint.SbtDefaultDependencyDescriptor
-import sbt.librarymanagement._
-import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.syntax._
+import sbt.librarymanagement._, syntax._
 
 object IvyRetrieve {
   def reports(report: ResolveReport): Vector[ConfigurationResolveReport] =
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ivyint/CachedResolutionResolveEngine.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ivyint/CachedResolutionResolveEngine.scala
index ddff21597..7159e33e9 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ivyint/CachedResolutionResolveEngine.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ivyint/CachedResolutionResolveEngine.scala
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ import annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import sbt.io.{ DirectoryFilter, Hash, IO }
 import sbt.util.Logger
-import sbt.librarymanagement._
-import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.syntax._
+import sbt.librarymanagement._, syntax._
 import sbt.internal.util.CacheStore
 
 private[sbt] object CachedResolutionResolveCache {
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/syntax.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/syntax.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ddc5d243..000000000
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/syntax.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package sbt
-package internal
-package librarymanagement
-
-import sbt.librarymanagement._
-
-object syntax {
-  implicit def richUpateReport(ur: UpdateReport): RichUpdateReport =
-    new RichUpdateReport(ur)
-}
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/LibraryManagementSyntax.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/LibraryManagementSyntax.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6c43d872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/LibraryManagementSyntax.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package sbt.librarymanagement
+
+trait LibraryManagementSyntax {
+  implicit def richUpdateReport(ur: UpdateReport): RichUpdateReport = new RichUpdateReport(ur)
+}
+
+object syntax extends LibraryManagementSyntax