diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixCreationTime.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixCreationTime.tsx
index 41e344aac6..7dd5136d8b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixCreationTime.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixCreationTime.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import log from "@/base/log";
 import type { ParsedMetadataDate } from "@/media/file-metadata";
+import { FileType } from "@/media/file-type";
 import { PhotoDateTimePicker } from "@/new/photos/components/PhotoDateTimePicker";
-import {
-    updateDateTimeOfEnteFiles,
-    type FixOption,
-} from "@/new/photos/services/fix-exif";
+import downloadManager from "@/new/photos/services/download";
+import { extractExifDates } from "@/new/photos/services/exif";
 import { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 import { fileLogID } from "@/new/photos/utils/file";
 import DialogBox from "@ente/shared/components/DialogBox/";
@@ -22,20 +21,30 @@ import { useFormik } from "formik";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { GalleryContext } from "pages/gallery";
 import React, { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-
-export interface FixCreationTimeAttributes {
-    files: EnteFile[];
-}
+import {
+    changeFileCreationTime,
+    updateExistingFilePubMetadata,
+} from "utils/file";
 
 /** The current state of the fixing process. */
 type Status = "running" | "completed" | "completed-with-errors";
 
+export type FixOption =
+    | "date-time-original"
+    | "date-time-digitized"
+    | "metadata-date"
+    | "custom";
+
 interface FormValues {
     option: FixOption;
     /* Only valid when {@link option} is "custom-time". */
     customDate: ParsedMetadataDate | undefined;
 }
 
+export interface FixCreationTimeAttributes {
+    files: EnteFile[];
+}
+
 interface FixCreationTimeProps {
     isOpen: boolean;
     hide: () => void;
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ const FixCreationTime: React.FC<FixCreationTimeProps> = ({
     const onSubmit = async (values: FormValues) => {
         console.log({ values });
         setStatus("running");
-        const completedWithErrors = await updateDateTimeOfEnteFiles(
+        const completedWithErrors = await updateFiles(
             attributes.files,
             values.option,
             values.customDate,
@@ -282,3 +291,61 @@ const updateFiles = async (
     }
     return hadErrors;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Update the date associated with a given {@link enteFile}.
+ *
+ * This is generally treated as the creation date of the underlying asset
+ * (photo, video, live photo) that this file stores.
+ *
+ * -   For images, this function allows us to update this date from the Exif and
+ *     other metadata embedded in the file.
+ *
+ * -   For all types of files (including images), this function allows us to
+ *     update this date to an explicitly provided value.
+ *
+ * If an Exif-involving {@link fixOption} is passed for an non-image file, then
+ * that file is just skipped over. Similarly, if an Exif-involving
+ * {@link fixOption} is provided, but the given underlying image for the given
+ * {@link enteFile} does not have a corresponding Exif (or related) value, then
+ * that file is skipped.
+ *
+ * Note that metadata associated with an {@link EnteFile} is immutable, and we
+ * instead modify the mutable metadata section associated with the file. See
+ * [Note: Metadatum] for more details.
+ */
+export const updateEnteFileDate = async (
+    enteFile: EnteFile,
+    fixOption: FixOption,
+    customDate: ParsedMetadataDate,
+) => {
+    let newDate: ParsedMetadataDate | undefined;
+    if (fixOption === "custom") {
+        newDate = customDate;
+    } else if (enteFile.metadata.fileType == FileType.image) {
+        const stream = await downloadManager.getFile(enteFile);
+        const blob = await new Response(stream).blob();
+        const file = new File([blob], enteFile.metadata.title);
+        const { DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized, MetadataDate, DateTime } =
+            await extractExifDates(file);
+        switch (fixOption) {
+            case "date-time-original":
+                newDate = DateTimeOriginal ?? DateTime;
+                break;
+            case "date-time-digitized":
+                newDate = DateTimeDigitized;
+                break;
+            case "metadata-date":
+                newDate = MetadataDate;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (newDate && newDate.timestamp !== enteFile.metadata.creationTime) {
+        const updatedFile = await changeFileCreationTime(
+            enteFile,
+            newDate.timestamp,
+        );
+        updateExistingFilePubMetadata(enteFile, updatedFile);
+    }
+};
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/fix-exif.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/fix-exif.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d7452e942..0000000000
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/fix-exif.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import type { ParsedMetadataDate } from "@/media/file-metadata";
-import {
-    changeFileCreationTime,
-    updateExistingFilePubMetadata,
-} from "@/media/file-metadata";
-import { FileType } from "@/media/file-type";
-import downloadManager from "@/new/photos/services/download";
-import type { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
-import { extractExifDates } from "./exif";
-
-export type FixOption =
-    | "date-time-original"
-    | "date-time-digitized"
-    | "metadata-date"
-    | "custom";
-
-/**
- * Update the date associated with a given {@link enteFile}.
- *
- * This is generally treated as the creation date of the underlying asset
- * (photo, video, live photo) that this file stores.
- *
- * -   For images, this function allows us to update this date from the Exif and
- *     other metadata embedded in the file.
- *
- * -   For all types of files (including images), this function allows us to
- *     update this date to an explicitly provided value.
- *
- * If an Exif-involving {@link fixOption} is passed for an non-image file, then
- * that file is just skipped over. Similarly, if an Exif-involving
- * {@link fixOption} is provided, but the given underlying image for the given
- * {@link enteFile} does not have a corresponding Exif (or related) value, then
- * that file is skipped.
- *
- * Note that metadata associated with an {@link EnteFile} is immutable, and we
- * instead modify the mutable metadata section associated with the file. See
- * [Note: Metadatum] for more details.
- */
-export const updateEnteFileDate = async (
-    enteFile: EnteFile,
-    fixOption: FixOption,
-    customDate: ParsedMetadataDate,
-) => {
-    let newDate: ParsedMetadataDate | undefined;
-    if (fixOption === "custom") {
-        newDate = customDate;
-    } else if (enteFile.metadata.fileType == FileType.image) {
-        const stream = await downloadManager.getFile(enteFile);
-        const blob = await new Response(stream).blob();
-        const file = new File([blob], enteFile.metadata.title);
-        const { DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized, MetadataDate, DateTime } =
-            await extractExifDates(file);
-        switch (fixOption) {
-            case "date-time-original":
-                newDate = DateTimeOriginal ?? DateTime;
-                break;
-            case "date-time-digitized":
-                newDate = DateTimeDigitized;
-                break;
-            case "metadata-date":
-                newDate = MetadataDate;
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (newDate && newDate.timestamp !== enteFile.metadata.creationTime) {
-        const updatedFile = await changeFileCreationTime(
-            enteFile,
-            newDate.timestamp,
-        );
-        updateExistingFilePubMetadata(enteFile, updatedFile);
-    }
-};