diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index d6d5a1069..c8ab989c7 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
 	PaymentInfo, PaymentInfoStorage, PaymentStatus, Wallet,
 };
 
-use crate::io_utils::KVStoreUnpersister;
+use crate::io::KVStoreUnpersister;
 use crate::logger::{log_error, log_info, Logger};
 
 use lightning::chain::chaininterface::{BroadcasterInterface, ConfirmationTarget, FeeEstimator};
diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..680ca9cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+pub(crate) mod utils;
+
+use lightning_persister::FilesystemPersister;
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// Provides an interface that allows a previously persisted key to be unpersisted.
+pub trait KVStoreUnpersister {
+	/// Unpersist (i.e., remove) the writeable previously persisted under the provided key.
+	/// Returns `true` if the key was present, and `false` otherwise.
+	fn unpersist(&self, key: &str) -> std::io::Result<bool>;
+}
+
+impl KVStoreUnpersister for FilesystemPersister {
+	fn unpersist(&self, key: &str) -> std::io::Result<bool> {
+		let mut dest_file = PathBuf::from(self.get_data_dir());
+		dest_file.push(key);
+
+		if !dest_file.is_file() {
+			return Ok(false);
+		}
+
+		fs::remove_file(&dest_file)?;
+		#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+		{
+			let parent_directory = dest_file.parent().unwrap();
+			let dir_file = fs::OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(parent_directory)?;
+			unsafe {
+				// The above call to `fs::remove_file` corresponds to POSIX `unlink`, whose changes
+				// to the inode might get cached (and hence possibly lost on crash), depending on
+				// the target platform and file system.
+				//
+				// In order to assert we permanently removed the file in question we therefore
+				// call `fsync` on the parent directory on platforms that support it,
+				libc::fsync(dir_file.as_raw_fd());
+			}
+		}
+
+		if dest_file.is_file() {
+			return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, "Unpersisting key failed"));
+		}
+
+		return Ok(true);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/io_utils.rs b/src/io/utils.rs
similarity index 65%
rename from src/io_utils.rs
rename to src/io/utils.rs
index b76e514e3..c7acaef88 100644
--- a/src/io_utils.rs
+++ b/src/io/utils.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ use crate::{Config, FilesystemLogger, NetworkGraph, Scorer, WALLET_KEYS_SEED_LEN
 
 use lightning::routing::scoring::{ProbabilisticScorer, ProbabilisticScoringParameters};
 use lightning::util::ser::{Readable, ReadableArgs};
-use lightning_persister::FilesystemPersister;
 
 use rand::{thread_rng, RngCore};
 
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{BufReader, Write};
-use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub(crate) fn read_or_generate_seed_file(keys_seed_path: &str) -> [u8; WALLET_KEYS_SEED_LEN] {
@@ -86,43 +83,3 @@ pub(crate) fn read_payment_info(config: &Config) -> Vec<PaymentInfo> {
 
 	payments
 }
-
-/// Provides an interface that allows a previously persisted key to be unpersisted.
-pub trait KVStoreUnpersister {
-	/// Unpersist (i.e., remove) the writeable previously persisted under the provided key.
-	/// Returns `true` if the key was present, and `false` otherwise.
-	fn unpersist(&self, key: &str) -> std::io::Result<bool>;
-}
-
-impl KVStoreUnpersister for FilesystemPersister {
-	fn unpersist(&self, key: &str) -> std::io::Result<bool> {
-		let mut dest_file = PathBuf::from(self.get_data_dir());
-		dest_file.push(key);
-
-		if !dest_file.is_file() {
-			return Ok(false);
-		}
-
-		fs::remove_file(&dest_file)?;
-		#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-		{
-			let parent_directory = dest_file.parent().unwrap();
-			let dir_file = fs::OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(parent_directory)?;
-			unsafe {
-				// The above call to `fs::remove_file` corresponds to POSIX `unlink`, whose changes
-				// to the inode might get cached (and hence possibly lost on crash), depending on
-				// the target platform and file system.
-				//
-				// In order to assert we permanently removed the file in question we therefore
-				// call `fsync` on the parent directory on platforms that support it,
-				libc::fsync(dir_file.as_raw_fd());
-			}
-		}
-
-		if dest_file.is_file() {
-			return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, "Unpersisting key failed"));
-		}
-
-		return Ok(true);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 37f47617f..3fd8f51a5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 mod error;
 mod event;
 mod hex_utils;
-mod io_utils;
+mod io;
 mod logger;
 mod payment_store;
 mod peer_store;
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ impl Builder {
 			match entropy_source {
 				WalletEntropySource::SeedBytes(bytes) => bytes.clone(),
 				WalletEntropySource::SeedFile(seed_path) => {
-					io_utils::read_or_generate_seed_file(seed_path)
+					io::utils::read_or_generate_seed_file(seed_path)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Default to read or generate from the default location generate a seed file.
 			let seed_path = format!("{}/keys_seed", config.storage_dir_path);
-			io_utils::read_or_generate_seed_file(&seed_path)
+			io::utils::read_or_generate_seed_file(&seed_path)
 		};
 
 		let xprv = bitcoin::util::bip32::ExtendedPrivKey::new_master(config.network, &seed_bytes)
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ impl Builder {
 
 		// Initialize the network graph, scorer, and router
 		let network_graph =
-			Arc::new(io_utils::read_network_graph(config.as_ref(), Arc::clone(&logger)));
-		let scorer = Arc::new(Mutex::new(io_utils::read_scorer(
+			Arc::new(io::utils::read_network_graph(config.as_ref(), Arc::clone(&logger)));
+		let scorer = Arc::new(Mutex::new(io::utils::read_scorer(
 			config.as_ref(),
 			Arc::clone(&network_graph),
 			Arc::clone(&logger),
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ impl Builder {
 		));
 
 		// Init payment info storage
-		let payments = io_utils::read_payment_info(config.as_ref());
+		let payments = io::utils::read_payment_info(config.as_ref());
 		let payment_store =
 			Arc::new(PaymentInfoStorage::from_payments(payments, Arc::clone(&persister)));
 
diff --git a/src/payment_store.rs b/src/payment_store.rs
index c4ca2d231..e46aa991b 100644
--- a/src/payment_store.rs
+++ b/src/payment_store.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::hex_utils;
-use crate::io_utils::KVStoreUnpersister;
+use crate::io::KVStoreUnpersister;
 use crate::Error;
 
 use lightning::ln::{PaymentHash, PaymentPreimage, PaymentSecret};
diff --git a/src/tests/test_utils.rs b/src/tests/test_utils.rs
index eb65ec3ce..1b9740183 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_utils.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::io_utils::KVStoreUnpersister;
+use crate::io::KVStoreUnpersister;
 use lightning::util::persist::KVStorePersister;
 use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;