diff --git a/pount/apps/api/storage_backends.py b/pount/apps/api/storage_backends.py
index 1e4d54b4839d526c45f0aadd813ef96ecbdbe89e..63b8c69f3c68bc244a04f8fb8770bdc4c93f35b3 100644
--- a/pount/apps/api/storage_backends.py
+++ b/pount/apps/api/storage_backends.py
@@ -84,7 +84,3 @@ class ThumbnailFileStorage(MediaStorage):
         params = super().get_object_parameters(name)
         params.update({"CacheControl": "public, max-age=86400"})
         return params
-
-
-class IIIFFileStorage(MediaStorage):
-    location = "iiif"
diff --git a/pount/apps/iiif/storage_backends.py b/pount/apps/iiif/storage_backends.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c2b67ce4023717807a97489015a0659d17c1282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pount/apps/iiif/storage_backends.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from pount.apps.api.storage_backends import MediaStorage
+
+
+class IIIFFileStorage(MediaStorage):
+    location = "iiif"
diff --git a/pount/apps/iiif/tasks.py b/pount/apps/iiif/tasks.py
index eddc119719217cf3991bcce7fa6e84775adf548d..b0259ec15013a271c49040b71ee60b6fc6f38130 100644
--- a/pount/apps/iiif/tasks.py
+++ b/pount/apps/iiif/tasks.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 @shared_task
 def clean_iiif_media(media_id: Union[str, UUID]) -> None:
-    from pount.apps.api.storage_backends import IIIFFileStorage
+    from pount.apps.iiif.storage_backends import IIIFFileStorage
 
     iiif_storage = IIIFFileStorage()
     tiled_tif = f"{media_id}.tiled.tif"
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def ensure_media_has_iiif(media_id: Union[str, UUID]) -> None:
 
     from pount.apps.api.libs.file import item_mediafile_fullname
     from pount.apps.api.models.item import MediaFile
-    from pount.apps.api.storage_backends import IIIFFileStorage, ItemMediaFileStorage
+    from pount.apps.api.storage_backends import ItemMediaFileStorage
+    from pount.apps.iiif.storage_backends import IIIFFileStorage
 
     def pic_to_tiled_tiff(source: Union[str, Path], destination: Union[str, Path], dpi: int = 300):
         tif_source = f"{source}.delme.tif"