diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc501569..26af5221 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ src/borg/compress.c
 src/borg/crypto/low_level.c
 src/borg/hashindex.c
 src/borg/item.c
-src/borg/algorithms/chunker.c
+src/borg/chunker.c
 src/borg/algorithms/checksums.c
 src/borg/platform/darwin.c
 src/borg/platform/freebsd.c
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43414503..d7746e4d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from distutils.command.clean import clean
 
 compress_source = 'src/borg/compress.pyx'
 crypto_ll_source = 'src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx'
-chunker_source = 'src/borg/algorithms/chunker.pyx'
+chunker_source = 'src/borg/chunker.pyx'
 hashindex_source = 'src/borg/hashindex.pyx'
 item_source = 'src/borg/item.pyx'
 checksums_source = 'src/borg/algorithms/checksums.pyx'
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ try:
             self.filelist.extend([
                 'src/borg/compress.c',
                 'src/borg/crypto/low_level.c',
-                'src/borg/algorithms/chunker.c', 'src/borg/algorithms/buzhash.c',
+                'src/borg/chunker.c', 'src/borg/_chunker.c',
                 'src/borg/hashindex.c', 'src/borg/_hashindex.c',
                 'src/borg/item.c',
                 'src/borg/algorithms/checksums.c',
@@ -623,8 +623,9 @@ if not on_rtd:
     Extension('borg.crypto.low_level', [crypto_ll_source], libraries=crypto_libraries, include_dirs=include_dirs, library_dirs=library_dirs, define_macros=define_macros),
     Extension('borg.hashindex', [hashindex_source]),
     Extension('borg.item', [item_source]),
-    Extension('borg.algorithms.chunker', [chunker_source]),
+    Extension('borg.chunker', [chunker_source]),
     Extension('borg.algorithms.checksums', [checksums_source]),
+
 ]
     if not sys.platform.startswith(('win32', )):
         ext_modules.append(Extension('borg.platform.posix', [platform_posix_source]))
diff --git a/src/borg/algorithms/buzhash.c b/src/borg/_chunker.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/borg/algorithms/buzhash.c
rename to src/borg/_chunker.c
diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index fb680d9b..1c0b4b3f 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from .logger import create_logger
 logger = create_logger()
 
 from . import xattr
-from .algorithms.chunker import Chunker
+from .chunker import Chunker
 from .cache import ChunkListEntry
 from .crypto.key import key_factory
 from .compress import Compressor, CompressionSpec
diff --git a/src/borg/algorithms/chunker.pyx b/src/borg/chunker.pyx
similarity index 98%
rename from src/borg/algorithms/chunker.pyx
rename to src/borg/chunker.pyx
index efe87a49..bbe47cec 100644
--- a/src/borg/algorithms/chunker.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/chunker.pyx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ API_VERSION = '1.1_01'
 
 from libc.stdlib cimport free
 
-cdef extern from "buzhash.c":
+cdef extern from "_chunker.c":
     ctypedef int uint32_t
     ctypedef struct _Chunker "Chunker":
         pass
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers.py b/src/borg/helpers.py
index 1e79f63a..62d0f5ba 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import argparse
-import collections
 import contextlib
+import collections
 import grp
 import hashlib
+import logging
 import io
 import json
-import logging
 import os
 import os.path
 import platform
@@ -27,21 +27,20 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
 from functools import partial, lru_cache
 from itertools import islice
 from operator import attrgetter
-from shutil import get_terminal_size
 from string import Formatter
+from shutil import get_terminal_size
 
 import msgpack
 import msgpack.fallback
 
 from .logger import create_logger
-
 logger = create_logger()
 
 import borg.crypto.low_level
 from . import __version__ as borg_version
 from . import __version_tuple__ as borg_version_tuple
+from . import chunker
 from . import hashindex
-from .algorithms import chunker
 from .constants import *  # NOQA
 
 
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/chunker.py b/src/borg/testsuite/chunker.py
index d18c4d0b..2a14bd60 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/chunker.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/chunker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 
-from ..algorithms.chunker import Chunker, buzhash, buzhash_update
+from ..chunker import Chunker, buzhash, buzhash_update
 from ..constants import *  # NOQA
 from . import BaseTestCase