diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/files-db.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/files-db.ts
index 86f89e10d3..b04c2cd9a9 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/files-db.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/files-db.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  * albums app stores data in keys prefixed with "public-".
  */
 
+import { haveWindow } from "ente-base/env";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
 import {
     CollectionPrivateMagicMetadataData,
@@ -66,10 +67,26 @@ import {
     FilePublicMagicMetadataData,
 } from "ente-media/file-metadata";
 import type { MagicMetadata } from "ente-media/magic-metadata";
-import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
 import { nullishToEmpty, nullToUndefined } from "ente-utils/transform";
+import localForage from "localforage";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
+if (haveWindow()) {
+    localForage.config({
+        name: "ente-files",
+        version: 1.0,
+        storeName: "files",
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reexport localForage for use by (and only by):
+ * - photos-fdb.ts
+ * - public-albums-fdb.ts
+ * - migration.ts
+ */
+export { localForage };
+
 /**
  * Return `true` if we can access IndexedDB.
  *
diff --git a/web/packages/new/albums/services/public-albums-fdb.ts b/web/packages/new/albums/services/public-albums-fdb.ts
index 5a20984e1b..5e940ced6a 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/albums/services/public-albums-fdb.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/albums/services/public-albums-fdb.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 import {
     LocalCollections,
     LocalEnteFiles,
+    localForage,
     LocalTimestamp,
     transformFilesIfNeeded,
 } from "ente-gallery/services/files-db";
 import { type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import type { EnteFile } from "ente-media/file";
-import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
 import { nullToUndefined } from "ente-utils/transform";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/migration.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/migration.ts
index ccce1376f5..0526e8200c 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/migration.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/migration.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { isDesktop } from "ente-base/app";
 import { getKVN, removeKV, setKV } from "ente-base/kv";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
-import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
+import { localForage } from "ente-gallery/services/files-db";
 import { deleteDB } from "idb";
 import { retryIndexingFailuresIfNeeded } from "./ml";
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
index 4c5329d94e..357a30d909 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 import {
     LocalCollections,
     LocalEnteFile,
+    localForage,
     LocalTimestamp,
     transformFilesIfNeeded,
 } from "ente-gallery/services/files-db";
 import { type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import { type EnteFile } from "ente-media/file";
-import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 import type { TrashItem } from "./trash";
 
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage.ts b/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9230ab3fbe..0000000000
--- a/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { haveWindow } from "ente-base/env";
-
-import localForage from "localforage";
-
-if (haveWindow()) {
-    localForage.config({
-        name: "ente-files",
-        version: 1.0,
-        storeName: "files",
-    });
-}
-
-export default localForage;