diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt.go b/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2de69a8e79..0000000000
--- a/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/imagefilter"
-)
-
-type FilteredResultFormatter interface {
-	Output(io.Writer, []imagefilter.Result) error
-}
-
-func NewFilteredResultFormatter(format string) (FilteredResultFormatter, error) {
-	switch format {
-	case "", "text":
-		return &textFilteredResultFormatter{}, nil
-	case "json":
-		return &jsonFilteredResultFormatter{}, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported formatter %q", format)
-	}
-}
-
-type textFilteredResultFormatter struct{}
-
-func (*textFilteredResultFormatter) Output(w io.Writer, all []imagefilter.Result) error {
-	var errs []error
-	for _, res := range all {
-		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s arch:%s type:%s\n", res.Distro.Name(), res.Arch.Name(), res.ImgType.Name()); err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		return errors.Join(errs...)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-type jsonFilteredResultFormatter struct{}
-
-// XXX: consider adding more details to the output
-type filteredResultJSON struct {
-	Distro struct {
-		Name string `json:"name"`
-	} `json:"distro"`
-	Arch struct {
-		Name string `json:"name"`
-	} `json:"arch"`
-	ImgType struct {
-		Name string `json:"name"`
-	} `json:"image_type"`
-}
-
-func (*jsonFilteredResultFormatter) Output(w io.Writer, all []imagefilter.Result) error {
-	var out []filteredResultJSON
-
-	for _, res := range all {
-		out = append(out, filteredResultJSON{
-			Distro: struct {
-				Name string `json:"name"`
-			}{
-				Name: res.Distro.Name(),
-			},
-			Arch: struct {
-				Name string `json:"name"`
-			}{
-				Name: res.Arch.Name(),
-			},
-			ImgType: struct {
-				Name string `json:"name"`
-			}{
-				Name: res.ImgType.Name(),
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
-	return enc.Encode(out)
-}
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt_test.go b/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 99750733aa..0000000000
--- a/cmd/image-builder/filters_fmt_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package main_test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/cmd/image-builder"
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/distrofactory"
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/imagefilter"
-)
-
-func TestFitleredResultFormatter(t *testing.T) {
-	fac := distrofactory.NewTestDefault()
-
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		formatter             string
-		distro, arch, imgType string
-		expectsOutput         string
-	}{
-		{"", "test-distro-1", "test_arch3", "qcow2", `test-distro-1 arch:test_arch3 type:qcow2` + "\n"},
-		{"text", "test-distro-1", "test_arch3", "qcow2", `test-distro-1 arch:test_arch3 type:qcow2` + "\n"},
-		{"json", "test-distro-1", "test_arch3", "qcow2", `[{"distro":{"name":"test-distro-1"},"arch":{"name":"test_arch3"},"image_type":{"name":"qcow2"}}]` + "\n"},
-	} {
-		// XXX: it would be nice if TestDistro would support constructing
-		// like GetDistro("rhel-8.1:i386,amd64:ami,qcow2") instead of
-		// the current very static setup
-		di := fac.GetDistro(tc.distro)
-		require.NotNil(t, di)
-		ar, err := di.GetArch(tc.arch)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		im, err := ar.GetImageType(tc.imgType)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		res := []imagefilter.Result{
-			{Distro: di, Arch: ar, ImgType: im},
-		}
-		fmter, err := main.NewFilteredResultFormatter(tc.formatter)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		err = fmter.Output(&buf, res)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectsOutput, buf.String(), tc)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/list_images.go b/cmd/image-builder/list_images.go
index faebd47b5f..9622b007ba 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/list_images.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/list_images.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"io"
+
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/imagefilter"
 )
 
 func listImages(out io.Writer, format string, filterExprs []string) error {
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ func listImages(out io.Writer, format string, filterExprs []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmter, err := NewFilteredResultFormatter(format)
+	fmter, err := imagefilter.NewResultsFormatter(imagefilter.OutputFormat(format))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}