diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a470b98b49..756eb376f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,17 +163,6 @@ version = "1.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f0e0fee31ef5ed1ba1316088939cea399010ed7731dba877ed44aeb407a75ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "archive-common"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "log",
- "pathdiff",
- "plain",
- "redox-initfs",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -1750,10 +1739,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "redox-initfs"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "archive-common",
- "env_logger",
- "log",
  "plain",
 ]
 
@@ -1762,10 +1747,10 @@ name = "redox-initfs-tools"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "archive-common",
  "clap 4.5.58",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
+ "pathdiff",
  "plain",
  "redox-initfs",
  "twox-hash",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd662d6bdc..f087b5a050 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ members = [
     "daemon",
     "init",
     "initfs",
-    "initfs/archive-common",
     "initfs/tools",
     "ipcd",
     "logd",
diff --git a/initfs/Cargo.toml b/initfs/Cargo.toml
index b7a4fb48da..96980c9654 100644
--- a/initfs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/initfs/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,3 @@ plain = "0.2"
 default = ["std"]
 
 std = []
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-# FIXME remove loggers
-anyhow.workspace = true
-archive-common = {path = "archive-common"}
-env_logger = "0.8"
-log.workspace = true
diff --git a/initfs/archive-common/Cargo.toml b/initfs/archive-common/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 04b681190c..0000000000
--- a/initfs/archive-common/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "archive-common"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["4lDO2 <4lDO2@protonmail.com>", "Kamil Koczurek <koczurekk@gmail.com>"]
-edition = "2021"
-
-[dependencies]
-anyhow.workspace = true
-log.workspace = true
-pathdiff = "0.2.1"
-plain = "0.2"
-redox-initfs = {path = ".."}
diff --git a/initfs/tools/Cargo.toml b/initfs/tools/Cargo.toml
index 8305e5cc36..8c4a263b91 100644
--- a/initfs/tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/initfs/tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 clap = {version = "4", features = ["cargo"]}
 env_logger = "0.8"
 log.workspace = true
+pathdiff = "0.2.1"
 plain = "0.2"
 twox-hash = "1.6"
 
-archive-common = {path = "../archive-common"}
 redox-initfs = {path = ".."}
diff --git a/initfs/data/foo/file-link.txt b/initfs/tools/data/foo/file-link.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from initfs/data/foo/file-link.txt
rename to initfs/tools/data/foo/file-link.txt
diff --git a/initfs/data/foo/file.txt b/initfs/tools/data/foo/file.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from initfs/data/foo/file.txt
rename to initfs/tools/data/foo/file.txt
diff --git a/initfs/tools/out.img b/initfs/tools/out.img
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13de974a37
Binary files /dev/null and b/initfs/tools/out.img differ
diff --git a/initfs/tools/src/bin/archive.rs b/initfs/tools/src/bin/archive.rs
index 5e6291417a..128e2ab6a9 100644
--- a/initfs/tools/src/bin/archive.rs
+++ b/initfs/tools/src/bin/archive.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 
-use archive_common::{self as archive, Args, DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE};
+use redox_initfs_tools::{self as archive, Args, DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE};
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let matches = Command::new("redox-initfs-ar")
diff --git a/initfs/archive-common/src/lib.rs b/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from initfs/archive-common/src/lib.rs
rename to initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/initfs/tests/archive_and_read.rs b/initfs/tools/tests/archive_and_read.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from initfs/tests/archive_and_read.rs
rename to initfs/tools/tests/archive_and_read.rs
index 00880b878a..1a7d8b5365 100644
--- a/initfs/tests/archive_and_read.rs
+++ b/initfs/tools/tests/archive_and_read.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path};
 
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use redox_initfs::{InitFs, InodeKind, InodeStruct};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ fn build_tree<'a>(fs: InitFs<'a>, inode: InodeStruct<'a>) -> anyhow::Result<Node
 fn archive_and_read() -> Result<()> {
     env_logger::init();
 
-    let args = archive_common::Args {
+    let args = redox_initfs_tools::Args {
         destination_path: Path::new("out.img"),
         source: Path::new("data"),
         bootstrap_code: None,
-        max_size: archive_common::DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE,
+        max_size: redox_initfs_tools::DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE,
     };
-    archive_common::archive(&args).context("failed to archive")?;
+    redox_initfs_tools::archive(&args).context("failed to archive")?;
 
     let data = std::fs::read(args.destination_path).context("failed to read new archive")?;
     let filesystem =