diff --git a/internal/compactor/compactor.go b/compactor/compactor.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/compactor.go
rename to compactor/compactor.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/compactor_test.go b/compactor/compactor_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/compactor_test.go
rename to compactor/compactor_test.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/doc.go b/compactor/doc.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/doc.go
rename to compactor/doc.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/periodic.go b/compactor/periodic.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/periodic.go
rename to compactor/periodic.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/periodic_test.go b/compactor/periodic_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/periodic_test.go
rename to compactor/periodic_test.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/revision.go b/compactor/revision.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/revision.go
rename to compactor/revision.go
diff --git a/internal/compactor/revision_test.go b/compactor/revision_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/compactor/revision_test.go
rename to compactor/revision_test.go
diff --git a/embed/config.go b/embed/config.go
index 7204130bb..a639df5bb 100644
--- a/embed/config.go
+++ b/embed/config.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/compactor"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/compactor"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/cors"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/netutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/srv"
diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 79d174258..c0505edb8 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/compactor"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v2http/httptypes"
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/alarm"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/auth"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/compactor"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/discovery"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/lease"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/internal/lease/leasehttp"