diff --git a/app/authentication.go b/app/authentication.go
index b3d3241adbd..cfafdefde05 100644
--- a/app/authentication.go
+++ b/app/authentication.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/model"
-	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/services/mfa"
+	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/shared/mfa"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/utils"
 )
 
diff --git a/app/user.go b/app/user.go
index e8b80c9b8c2..77c6f920cbe 100644
--- a/app/user.go
+++ b/app/user.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/mlog"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/model"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/plugin"
-	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/services/mfa"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/shared/i18n"
+	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/shared/mfa"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/store"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/utils/fileutils"
 )
diff --git a/services/mfa/mfa.go b/shared/mfa/mfa.go
similarity index 100%
rename from services/mfa/mfa.go
rename to shared/mfa/mfa.go
diff --git a/services/mfa/mfa_test.go b/shared/mfa/mfa_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from services/mfa/mfa_test.go
rename to shared/mfa/mfa_test.go