diff --git a/federationapi/api/servers.go b/federationapi/api/servers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb15763d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/federationapi/api/servers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+)
+
+type ServersInRoomProvider interface {
+	GetServersForRoom(ctx context.Context, roomID string, event *gomatrixserverlib.Event) []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
+}
diff --git a/federationapi/federationapi.go b/federationapi/federationapi.go
index 436f507a8..b3297434a 100644
--- a/federationapi/federationapi.go
+++ b/federationapi/federationapi.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package federationapi
 import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	eduserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/eduserver/api"
+	federationAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationapi/api"
 	federationSenderAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationsender/api"
 	keyserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/keyserver/api"
 	roomserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func AddPublicRoutes(
 	eduAPI eduserverAPI.EDUServerInputAPI,
 	keyAPI keyserverAPI.KeyInternalAPI,
 	mscCfg *config.MSCs,
-	servers routing.ServersInRoomProvider,
+	servers federationAPI.ServersInRoomProvider,
 ) {
 	routing.Setup(
 		fedRouter, keyRouter, cfg, rsAPI,
diff --git a/federationapi/routing/routing.go b/federationapi/routing/routing.go
index b094003a9..8f33c7660 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/jsonerror"
 	eduserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/eduserver/api"
+	federationAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationapi/api"
 	federationSenderAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationsender/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/httputil"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func Setup(
 	userAPI userapi.UserInternalAPI,
 	keyAPI keyserverAPI.KeyInternalAPI,
 	mscCfg *config.MSCs,
-	servers ServersInRoomProvider,
+	servers federationAPI.ServersInRoomProvider,
 ) {
 	v2keysmux := keyMux.PathPrefix("/v2").Subrouter()
 	v1fedmux := fedMux.PathPrefix("/v1").Subrouter()
diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index 436f07e3b..96932fac2 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/jsonerror"
 	eduserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/eduserver/api"
+	federationAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationapi/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
 	keyapi "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/keyserver/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func Send(
 	keys gomatrixserverlib.JSONVerifier,
 	federation *gomatrixserverlib.FederationClient,
 	mu *internal.MutexByRoom,
-	servers ServersInRoomProvider,
+	servers federationAPI.ServersInRoomProvider,
 ) util.JSONResponse {
 	t := txnReq{
 		rsAPI:      rsAPI,
@@ -160,10 +161,6 @@ func Send(
 	}
 }
 
-type ServersInRoomProvider interface {
-	GetServersForRoom(ctx context.Context, roomID string, event *gomatrixserverlib.Event) []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
-}
-
 type txnReq struct {
 	gomatrixserverlib.Transaction
 	rsAPI      api.RoomserverInternalAPI
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ type txnReq struct {
 	federation txnFederationClient
 	roomsMu    *internal.MutexByRoom
 	// something that can tell us about which servers are in a room right now
-	servers ServersInRoomProvider
+	servers federationAPI.ServersInRoomProvider
 	// a list of events from the auth and prev events which we already had
 	hadEvents map[string]bool
 	// local cache of events for auth checks, etc - this may include events