diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
index 28aa2223b7..fa3f4959e5 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ import {
     CollectionsSortBy,
 } from "@/new/photos/services/collection/ui";
 import { getLocalFiles, sortFiles } from "@/new/photos/services/files";
-import { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
-import { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "@/new/photos/types/magicMetadata";
+import { EncryptedMagicMetadata, EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 import { batch } from "@/utils/array";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import HTTPService from "@ente/shared/network/HTTPService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/fileService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/fileService.ts
index 688835985d..85ba3c5341 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/fileService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/fileService.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
     setLocalFiles,
     sortFiles,
 } from "@/new/photos/services/files";
+import type { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 import {
     EncryptedEnteFile,
     EnteFile,
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import {
     REQUEST_BATCH_SIZE,
     setCollectionLastSyncTime,
 } from "./collectionService";
-import type { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "@/new/photos/types/magicMetadata";
 
 /**
  * Fetch all files of the given {@link type}, belonging to the given
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/upload-service.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/upload-service.ts
index 0e565258fc..d130041c1e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/upload-service.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/upload-service.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     UPLOAD_RESULT,
 } from "@/new/photos/services/upload/types";
 import {
+    EncryptedMagicMetadata,
     EnteFile,
     MetadataFileAttributes,
     S3FileAttributes,
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import {
     type FilePublicMagicMetadata,
     type FilePublicMagicMetadataProps,
 } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
-import { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "@/new/photos/types/magicMetadata";
 import { detectFileTypeInfoFromChunk } from "@/new/photos/utils/detect-type";
 import { readStream } from "@/new/photos/utils/native-stream";
 import { ensure, ensureInteger, ensureNumber } from "@/utils/ensure";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/collection.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/collection.ts
index 9195de9f07..62b1e4ce4b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/collection.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/collection.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import {
     CollectionMagicMetadataProps,
     CollectionPublicMagicMetadataProps,
     CollectionType,
+    SUB_TYPE,
 } from "@/media/collection";
 import { ItemVisibility } from "@/media/file-metadata";
 import { getAllLocalFiles, getLocalFiles } from "@/new/photos/services/files";
 import { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
-import { SUB_TYPE } from "@/media/collection";
 import { safeDirectoryName } from "@/new/photos/utils/native-fs";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { LS_KEYS, getData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/magicMetadata/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/magicMetadata/index.ts
index 467e3cf04c..dccd8109a5 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/magicMetadata/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/magicMetadata/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { sharedCryptoWorker } from "@/base/crypto";
 import type { Collection } from "@/media/collection";
 import { ItemVisibility } from "@/media/file-metadata";
-import { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
-import { MagicMetadataCore } from "@/new/photos/types/magicMetadata";
+import { EnteFile, MagicMetadataCore } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 
 export function isArchivedFile(item: EnteFile): boolean {
     if (!item || !item.magicMetadata || !item.magicMetadata.data) {
diff --git a/web/packages/media/collection.ts b/web/packages/media/collection.ts
index c1d0015ba4..10303f9621 100644
--- a/web/packages/media/collection.ts
+++ b/web/packages/media/collection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 import {
     type EncryptedMagicMetadata,
     type MagicMetadataCore,
-} from "@/new/photos/types/magicMetadata";
+} from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 
 // TODO: Audit this file
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
index 03055cbf25..f2e7a80abb 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 import { type Metadata, ItemVisibility } from "@/media/file-metadata";
-import {
-    type EncryptedMagicMetadata,
-    type MagicMetadataCore,
-} from "./magicMetadata";
 
 export interface MetadataFileAttributes {
     encryptedData: string;
@@ -18,6 +14,15 @@ export interface FileInfo {
     thumbSize: number;
 }
 
+export interface MagicMetadataCore<T> {
+    version: number;
+    count: number;
+    header: string;
+    data: T;
+}
+
+export type EncryptedMagicMetadata = MagicMetadataCore<string>;
+
 export interface EncryptedEnteFile {
     id: number;
     collectionID: number;
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/types/magicMetadata.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/types/magicMetadata.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dcf6d2413..0000000000
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/types/magicMetadata.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-export interface MagicMetadataCore<T> {
-    version: number;
-    count: number;
-    header: string;
-    data: T;
-}
-
-export type EncryptedMagicMetadata = MagicMetadataCore<string>;