diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/audit_logger.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_audit_logger.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/audit_logger.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_audit_logger.ts
index 731bd2e74f4c8..bec3ab4a5d025 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/audit_logger.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_audit_logger.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 import type { KibanaRequest } from '@kbn/core-http-server';
 import type { AuditLogger, CoreAuditService } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import type { MlClient, MlClientParams } from './lib/ml_client/types';
+import type { MlClient, MlClientParams } from './types';
 import {
   getADJobIdsFromRequest,
   getDFAJobIdsFromRequest,
   getDatafeedIdsFromRequest,
   getModelIdsFromRequest,
-} from './lib/ml_client/ml_client';
+} from './ml_client';
 
 type TaskTypeAD =
   | 'put_ad_job'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_client.ts
index fb5fec9506c2b..44788a532b063 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_client/ml_client.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import type {
   MlGetDatafeedParams,
   MlGetTrainedModelParams,
 } from './types';
-import type { MlAuditLogger } from '../../audit_logger';
+import type { MlAuditLogger } from './ml_audit_logger';
 
 export function getMlClient(
   client: IScopedClusterClient,