diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index c31884f1..fd014acb 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 use std::{
     fs,
-    future::Future,
-    io::{self, stderr, stdin, Write},
-    ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+    io::{stderr, stdin, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    pin::Pin,
-    task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use cargo_toml::Manifest;
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use futures_util::stream::StreamExt;
@@ -18,7 +13,6 @@ use scopeguard::ScopeGuard;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tar::Archive;
 use tinytemplate::TinyTemplate;
-use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task};
 use url::Url;
 use xz2::read::XzDecoder;
 use zip::read::ZipArchive;
@@ -29,6 +23,9 @@ use crate::{BinstallError, Meta, PkgFmt};
 mod async_file_writer;
 pub use async_file_writer::AsyncFileWriter;
 
+mod auto_abort_join_handle;
+pub use auto_abort_join_handle::AutoAbortJoinHandle;
+
 /// Load binstall metadata from the crate `Cargo.toml` at the provided path
 pub fn load_manifest_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     manifest_path: P,
@@ -233,40 +230,3 @@ pub trait Template: Serialize {
         Ok(tt.render("path", self)?)
     }
 }
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct AutoAbortJoinHandle<T>(task::JoinHandle<T>);
-
-impl<T> AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
-    pub fn new(handle: task::JoinHandle<T>) -> Self {
-        Self(handle)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Drop for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.0.abort();
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Deref for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
-    type Target = task::JoinHandle<T>;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.0
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> DerefMut for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
-        &mut self.0
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Future for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
-    type Output = Result<T, task::JoinError>;
-
-    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        Pin::new(&mut Pin::into_inner(self).0).poll(cx)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/helpers/auto_abort_join_handle.rs b/src/helpers/auto_abort_join_handle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa476a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/auto_abort_join_handle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use std::{
+    future::Future,
+    ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
+use tokio::task::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AutoAbortJoinHandle<T>(JoinHandle<T>);
+
+impl<T> AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
+    pub fn new(handle: JoinHandle<T>) -> Self {
+        Self(handle)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Drop for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.0.abort();
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Deref for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
+    type Target = JoinHandle<T>;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> DerefMut for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        &mut self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Future for AutoAbortJoinHandle<T> {
+    type Output = Result<T, JoinError>;
+
+    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        Pin::new(&mut Pin::into_inner(self).0).poll(cx)
+    }
+}