diff --git a/digest/digest.go b/digest/digest.go
index dcf6bc910..a5d5b5a84 100644
--- a/digest/digest.go
+++ b/digest/digest.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/common"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/tarsum"
 )
 
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ func FromBytes(p []byte) (Digest, error) {
 func (d Digest) Validate() error {
 	s := string(d)
 	// Common case will be tarsum
-	_, err := common.ParseTarSum(s)
+	_, err := ParseTarSum(s)
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/common/tarsum.go b/digest/tarsum.go
similarity index 99%
rename from common/tarsum.go
rename to digest/tarsum.go
index a1a56d6d8..6c32bc590 100644
--- a/common/tarsum.go
+++ b/digest/tarsum.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package common
+package digest
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/common/tarsum_test.go b/digest/tarsum_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from common/tarsum_test.go
rename to digest/tarsum_test.go
index e860c9cdf..5a10b7468 100644
--- a/common/tarsum_test.go
+++ b/digest/tarsum_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package common
+package digest
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
diff --git a/storage/paths.go b/storage/paths.go
index 9a61e0815..a19f2d702 100644
--- a/storage/paths.go
+++ b/storage/paths.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/common"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 )
 
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ func digestPathComoponents(dgst digest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
 		hex,
 	}
 
-	if tsi, err := common.ParseTarSum(dgst.String()); err == nil {
+	if tsi, err := digest.ParseTarSum(dgst.String()); err == nil {
 		// We have a tarsum!
 		version := tsi.Version
 		if version == "" {