diff --git a/src/allmydata/storage/common.py b/src/allmydata/storage/common.py
index 695c044e0..a442dbf4a 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/storage/common.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/storage/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 
+import os.path
+from allmydata.util import base32
+
 class DataTooLargeError(Exception):
     pass
 
+
+def si_b2a(storageindex):
+    return base32.b2a(storageindex)
+
+def si_a2b(ascii_storageindex):
+    return base32.a2b(ascii_storageindex)
+
+def storage_index_to_dir(storageindex):
+    sia = si_b2a(storageindex)
+    return os.path.join(sia[:2], sia)
diff --git a/src/allmydata/storage/crawler.py b/src/allmydata/storage/crawler.py
index abdb0db43..435bd2faa 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/storage/crawler.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/storage/crawler.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os, time, struct
 import cPickle as pickle
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from twisted.application import service
-from allmydata.storage.server import si_b2a
+from allmydata.storage.common import si_b2a
 from allmydata.util import fileutil
 
 class TimeSliceExceeded(Exception):
diff --git a/src/allmydata/storage/server.py b/src/allmydata/storage/server.py
index 4840cc53f..96e5b6ab6 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/storage/server.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/storage/server.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from allmydata.interfaces import RIStorageServer, IStatsProducer
 from allmydata.util import base32, fileutil, log, time_format
 import allmydata # for __full_version__
 
+from allmydata.storage.common import si_b2a, si_a2b, storage_index_to_dir
+_pyflakes_hush = [si_b2a, si_a2b, storage_index_to_dir] # re-exported
 from allmydata.storage.lease import LeaseInfo
 from allmydata.storage.mutable import MutableShareFile, EmptyShare, \
      create_mutable_sharefile
@@ -26,16 +28,6 @@ from allmydata.storage.immutable import ShareFile, BucketWriter, BucketReader
 # $SHARENUM matches this regex:
 NUM_RE=re.compile("^[0-9]+$")
 
-def si_b2a(storageindex):
-    return base32.b2a(storageindex)
-
-def si_a2b(ascii_storageindex):
-    return base32.a2b(ascii_storageindex)
-
-def storage_index_to_dir(storageindex):
-    sia = si_b2a(storageindex)
-    return os.path.join(sia[:2], sia)
-
 
 
 class StorageServer(service.MultiService, Referenceable):