diff --git a/src/components/PlayerBar.tsx b/src/components/PlayerBar.tsx
index 190db3b0..e289bb4f 100644
--- a/src/components/PlayerBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PlayerBar.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import PlaybackDelayModal from './PlaybackDelayModal';
 import { usePlaybackScheduleRemaining } from '../utils/format/playbackScheduleFormat';
 import { usePreviewStore } from '../store/previewStore';
 import { usePerfProbeFlags } from '../utils/perf/perfFlags';
-import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/features/artist';
+import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/lib/api/openArtistRefs';
 import { resolveTrackArtistRefs } from '../utils/playback/trackArtistRefs';
 import { PlayerTrackInfo } from './playerBar/PlayerTrackInfo';
 import { PlayerTransportControls } from './playerBar/PlayerTransportControls';
diff --git a/src/features/album/utils/deriveAlbumHeaderArtistRefs.ts b/src/features/album/utils/deriveAlbumHeaderArtistRefs.ts
index bb5bec4c..1dc58d5b 100644
--- a/src/features/album/utils/deriveAlbumHeaderArtistRefs.ts
+++ b/src/features/album/utils/deriveAlbumHeaderArtistRefs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { SubsonicAlbum, SubsonicOpenArtistRef, SubsonicSong } from '@/lib/api/subsonicTypes';
-import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/features/artist';
+import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/lib/api/openArtistRefs';
 
 function nonEmpty(refs: SubsonicOpenArtistRef[]): refs is SubsonicOpenArtistRef[] {
   return refs.length > 0;
diff --git a/src/features/artist/index.ts b/src/features/artist/index.ts
index ec53dacf..4928cd58 100644
--- a/src/features/artist/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/artist/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export * from './store/artistAlbumYearSortStore';
 export * from './store/artistBrowseSessionStore';
 export * from './store/artistLayoutStore';
 export * from './utils/artistsHelpers';
-export * from './utils/openArtistRefs';
 export * from './utils/runArtistDetailActions';
 export * from './utils/runArtistDetailPlay';
 export * from './utils/sortArtistAlbums';
diff --git a/src/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs.test.ts b/src/lib/api/openArtistRefs.test.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from src/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs.test.ts
rename to src/lib/api/openArtistRefs.test.ts
index 5cceed4c..702d02b2 100644
--- a/src/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/openArtistRefs.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs';
+import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/lib/api/openArtistRefs';
 
 describe('coerceOpenArtistRefs', () => {
   it('returns an empty array for nullish input', () => {
diff --git a/src/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs.ts b/src/lib/api/openArtistRefs.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/features/artist/utils/openArtistRefs.ts
rename to src/lib/api/openArtistRefs.ts
diff --git a/src/utils/playback/songToTrack.ts b/src/utils/playback/songToTrack.ts
index f1de11c2..70bc21f1 100644
--- a/src/utils/playback/songToTrack.ts
+++ b/src/utils/playback/songToTrack.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { SubsonicSong } from '@/lib/api/subsonicTypes';
 import type { Track } from '../../store/playerStoreTypes';
-import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/features/artist';
+import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/lib/api/openArtistRefs';
 import { activeServerProfileId } from './trackServerScope';
 
 export function songToTrack(song: SubsonicSong): Track {
diff --git a/src/utils/playback/trackArtistRefs.ts b/src/utils/playback/trackArtistRefs.ts
index b49898a4..3eb39c0e 100644
--- a/src/utils/playback/trackArtistRefs.ts
+++ b/src/utils/playback/trackArtistRefs.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { SubsonicOpenArtistRef } from '@/lib/api/subsonicTypes';
 import type { Track } from '../../store/playerStoreTypes';
-import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/features/artist';
+import { coerceOpenArtistRefs } from '@/lib/api/openArtistRefs';
 
 type TrackArtistFields = Pick<Track, 'artist' | 'artistId' | 'artists'>;