diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/index.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/index.ts
index de5350e72d..73c3418090 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 export * from './httpRouter';
+export * from './rootHttpRouter';
 
 export { cacheFactory } from './cacheService';
 export { configFactory } from './configService';
@@ -26,7 +27,5 @@ export { permissionsFactory } from './permissionsService';
 export { schedulerFactory } from './schedulerService';
 export { tokenManagerFactory } from './tokenManagerService';
 export { urlReaderFactory } from './urlReaderService';
-export { rootHttpRouterFactory } from './rootHttpRouterService';
 export { lifecycleFactory } from './lifecycleService';
 export { rootLifecycleFactory } from './rootLifecycleService';
-export type { RootHttpRouterFactoryOptions } from './rootHttpRouterService';
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/index.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b72f17060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { rootHttpRouterFactory } from './rootHttpRouterFactory';
+export type { RootHttpRouterFactoryOptions } from './rootHttpRouterFactory';
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouterService.test.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/rootHttpRouterFactory.test.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouterService.test.ts
rename to packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/rootHttpRouterFactory.test.ts
index fea99b0df9..67b5066fb1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouterService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/rootHttpRouterFactory.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { findConflictingPath } from './rootHttpRouterService';
+import { findConflictingPath } from './rootHttpRouterFactory';
 
 describe('findConflictingPath', () => {
   it('finds conflicts when present', () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouterService.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/rootHttpRouterFactory.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouterService.ts
rename to packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/rootHttpRouter/rootHttpRouterFactory.ts