diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
index 472f4aaf3..1463bb100 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 mod bindings;
 mod scope;
-mod spans;
 
 use codemap::Span;
 use path_clean::PathClean;
@@ -31,11 +30,11 @@ use crate::chunk::Chunk;
 use crate::errors::{Error, ErrorKind, EvalResult};
 use crate::observer::CompilerObserver;
 use crate::opcode::{CodeIdx, Count, JumpOffset, OpCode, UpvalueIdx};
+use crate::spans::ToSpan;
 use crate::value::{Closure, Lambda, Thunk, Value};
 use crate::warnings::{EvalWarning, WarningKind};
 
 use self::scope::{LocalIdx, LocalPosition, Scope, Upvalue, UpvalueKind};
-use self::spans::ToSpan;
 
 /// Represents the result of compiling a piece of Nix code. If
 /// compilation was successful, the resulting bytecode can be passed
@@ -99,6 +98,12 @@ struct Compiler<'observer> {
     observer: &'observer mut dyn CompilerObserver,
 }
 
+impl Compiler<'_> {
+    pub(super) fn span_for<S: ToSpan>(&self, to_span: &S) -> Span {
+        to_span.span_for(&self.file)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Compiler construction
 impl<'observer> Compiler<'observer> {
     pub(crate) fn new(
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs b/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
index 847447cc8..b4ffd2585 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod eval;
 pub mod observer;
 mod opcode;
 mod source;
+mod spans;
 mod upvalues;
 mod value;
 mod vm;
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/spans.rs b/tvix/eval/src/spans.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from tvix/eval/src/compiler/spans.rs
rename to tvix/eval/src/spans.rs
index 6c11961e0..c17ad2102 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/spans.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/spans.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-//! Utilities for dealing with span tracking in the compiler.
+//! Utilities for dealing with span tracking in the compiler and in
+//! error reporting.
 
-use super::*;
 use codemap::{File, Span};
+use rnix::ast;
 use rowan::ast::AstNode;
 
 /// Trait implemented by all types from which we can retrieve a span.
-pub(super) trait ToSpan {
+pub trait ToSpan {
     fn span_for(&self, file: &File) -> Span;
 }
 
@@ -76,9 +77,3 @@ expr_to_span!(ast::Select);
 expr_to_span!(ast::Str);
 expr_to_span!(ast::UnaryOp);
 expr_to_span!(ast::With);
-
-impl Compiler<'_> {
-    pub(super) fn span_for<S: ToSpan>(&self, to_span: &S) -> Span {
-        to_span.span_for(&self.file)
-    }
-}