diff --git a/.luacov b/.luacov
index f8eb28e3f7..da48a1e746 100644
--- a/.luacov
+++ b/.luacov
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ return {
     '^[^/\\.]',
   },
   modules = {
-    ['vim'] = 'runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua'
+    ['vim'] = 'runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua'
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua
rename to runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_init_packages.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_init_packages.lua
index e015315f0f..b5c0a0f603 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_init_packages.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_init_packages.lua
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if vim.api then
 end
 
 -- builtin functions which always should be available
-require('vim.shared')
+require('vim._core.shared')
 
 vim._submodules = {
   inspect = true,
diff --git a/src/gen/gen_vimdoc.lua b/src/gen/gen_vimdoc.lua
index 60a5f6f644..e90158d502 100755
--- a/src/gen/gen_vimdoc.lua
+++ b/src/gen/gen_vimdoc.lua
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ local config = {
     files = {
       'runtime/lua/vim/_core/editor.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/_core/options.lua',
+      'runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/_core/system.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/_extui.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/_inspector.lua',
@@ -211,7 +212,6 @@ local config = {
       'runtime/lua/vim/pos.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/range.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/secure.lua',
-      'runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/snippet.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/text.lua',
       'runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua',
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ local config = {
       'runtime/lua/vim/version.lua',
     },
     fn_xform = function(fun)
-      if contains(fun.module, { 'vim.uri', 'vim.shared', 'vim._core.editor' }) then
+      if contains(fun.module, { 'vim.uri', 'vim._core.shared', 'vim._core.editor' }) then
         fun.module = 'vim'
       end
 
diff --git a/src/gen/preload_nlua.lua b/src/gen/preload_nlua.lua
index 8d685f2ca1..8980984738 100644
--- a/src/gen/preload_nlua.lua
+++ b/src/gen/preload_nlua.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package.path = (srcdir .. '/src/?.lua;')
   .. (gendir .. '/?.lua;')
   .. package.path
 
-_G.vim = require 'vim.shared'
+_G.vim = require 'vim._core.shared'
 _G.vim.inspect = require 'vim.inspect'
 _G.vim.iter = require 'vim.iter'
 package.cpath = package.cpath .. ';' .. nlualib
diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c6207ee8b..9714a6496a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ set(LUA_INIT_PACKAGES_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/_init_packages.l
 set(LUA_INSPECT_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/inspect.lua)
 set(LUA_KEYMAP_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/keymap.lua)
 set(LUA_LOADER_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/loader.lua)
-set(LUA_SHARED_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/shared.lua)
 set(LUA_TEXT_MODULE_SOURCE ${NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR}/lua/vim/text.lua)
 
 # Find all Lua modules in the _core/ directory.
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@ add_custom_command(
       ${LUA_F_MODULE_SOURCE} "vim.F"
       ${LUA_KEYMAP_MODULE_SOURCE} "vim.keymap"
       ${LUA_LOADER_MODULE_SOURCE} "vim.loader"
-      ${LUA_SHARED_MODULE_SOURCE} "vim.shared"
       ${LUA_TEXT_MODULE_SOURCE} "vim.text"
       ${LUA_CORE_COMMAND_ARGS}
   DEPENDS
@@ -653,7 +651,6 @@ add_custom_command(
     ${LUA_F_MODULE_SOURCE}
     ${LUA_KEYMAP_MODULE_SOURCE}
     ${LUA_LOADER_MODULE_SOURCE}
-    ${LUA_SHARED_MODULE_SOURCE}
     ${LUA_TEXT_MODULE_SOURCE}
     ${LUA_CORE_MODULE_SOURCES}
   VERBATIM
diff --git a/test/functional/core/main_spec.lua b/test/functional/core/main_spec.lua
index e3fde5c891..400b27a278 100644
--- a/test/functional/core/main_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/core/main_spec.lua
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ describe('vim._core', function()
       'vim._core.exrc',
       'vim._core.options',
       'vim._core.server',
+      'vim._core.shared',
       'vim._core.stringbuffer',
       'vim._core.system',
       'vim._core.util',
@@ -233,7 +234,6 @@ describe('vim._core', function()
       'vim.inspect',
       'vim.keymap',
       'vim.loader',
-      'vim.shared',
       'vim.text',
     }
     if n.exec_lua [[return not not _G.jit]] then
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
index e8ba0b9fcc..c752be128a 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
@@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@ describe('lua: builtin modules', function()
       '+qa!',
     }):gsub('\r\n', '\n')
     eq(1, eval('v:shell_error'))
-    matches("'vim%.shared' not found", out)
+    matches("'vim%._core.shared' not found", out)
   end)
 end)