diff --git a/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e1ceced..d2ae8369 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ set(FALCO_ENGINE_SOURCE_FILES
     falco_engine.cpp
     falco_utils.cpp
     json_evt.cpp
-    ruleset.cpp
-    formats.cpp)
+    ruleset.cpp)
 
 add_library(falco_engine STATIC ${FALCO_ENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
 add_dependencies(falco_engine njson lyaml lpeg string-view-lite)
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
index f473d17b..277b0927 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "falco_utils.h"
 #include "falco_engine_version.h"
 
-#include "formats.h"
-
 extern "C" {
 #include "lpeg.h"
 #include "lyaml.h"
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index 86c35734..aee301ed 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ set(
   event_drops.cpp
   statsfilewriter.cpp
   falco.cpp
+  formats.cpp
 )
 
 set(
diff --git a/userspace/engine/formats.cpp b/userspace/falco/formats.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from userspace/engine/formats.cpp
rename to userspace/falco/formats.cpp
diff --git a/userspace/engine/formats.h b/userspace/falco/formats.h
similarity index 100%
rename from userspace/engine/formats.h
rename to userspace/falco/formats.h