diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index 813a8c2be..dfe4e8b5f 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 mod btree;
 mod buffer_pool;
-mod expr;
 mod function;
 mod io;
 mod pager;
diff --git a/core/expr.rs b/core/translate/expr.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from core/expr.rs
rename to core/translate/expr.rs
diff --git a/core/translate/mod.rs b/core/translate/mod.rs
index 0b85e6c13..7208b1245 100644
--- a/core/translate/mod.rs
+++ b/core/translate/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+pub(crate) mod expr;
+
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use crate::expr::{build_select, maybe_apply_affinity, translate_expr};
+use expr::{build_select, maybe_apply_affinity, translate_expr};
 use crate::function::{AggFunc, Func};
 use crate::pager::Pager;
 use crate::schema::{Column, PseudoTable, Schema, Table};
diff --git a/core/where_clause.rs b/core/where_clause.rs
index caa128ba3..ec8db22b7 100644
--- a/core/where_clause.rs
+++ b/core/where_clause.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use sqlite3_parser::ast::{self, JoinOperator};
 
 use crate::{
-    expr::{resolve_ident_qualified, resolve_ident_table, translate_expr},
+    translate::expr::{resolve_ident_qualified, resolve_ident_table, translate_expr},
     function::SingleRowFunc,
     select::Select,
     vdbe::{BranchOffset, Insn, ProgramBuilder},