diff --git a/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js b/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
index 6144dbab4..f863489a7 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { Gio, GLib, Shew } = imports.gi;
 
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 
-const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.fileUtils;
+const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
 const { ExtensionPrefsDialog } = imports.extensionPrefsDialog;
 const { ServiceImplementation } = imports.dbusService;
 
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
index d0c97860c..10f0ddacf 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const { Gio, GLib } = imports.gi;
 
-const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.fileUtils;
+const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
 const { ServiceImplementation } = imports.dbusService;
 
 const NotificationsIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.freedesktop.Notifications');
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.ScreenSaver.src.gresource.xml b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.ScreenSaver.src.gresource.xml
index 834167b95..d77f72a68 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.ScreenSaver.src.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.ScreenSaver.src.gresource.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     <file>dbusService.js</file>
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.src.gresource.xml b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
index c3b81cfc2..3ab92a20e 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
     <file>misc/extensionUtils.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
     <file>misc/params.js</file>
   </gresource>
 
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications.src.gresource.xml b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications.src.gresource.xml
index ccf0e98a7..4e039ba69 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications.src.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications.src.gresource.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     <file>dbusService.js</file>
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.src.gresource.xml b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.src.gresource.xml
index e99b1ac18..292f0f160 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.src.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/dbusServices/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.src.gresource.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     <file>dbusService.js</file>
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
index 1fdf5c766..73f6b5595 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ imports.gi.versions.Gtk = '4.0';
 
 const { Gio, GLib, Gst, Gtk } = imports.gi;
 
-const { loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.fileUtils;
+const { loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
 const { ServiceImplementation } = imports.dbusService;
 
 const ScreencastIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.Shell.Screencast');
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
index bd3687ef6..dbf2a82fb 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const { Gio, GLib } = imports.gi;
 
-const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.fileUtils;
+const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
 const { ServiceImplementation } = imports.dbusService;
 
 const ScreenSaverIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.ScreenSaver');
diff --git a/js/js-resources.gresource.xml b/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
index fc5af0aee..642ad05c3 100644
--- a/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
     <file>misc/extensionUtils.js</file>
     <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
     <file>misc/gnomeSession.js</file>
     <file>misc/history.js</file>
     <file>misc/ibusManager.js</file>
diff --git a/js/misc/dbusUtils.js b/js/misc/dbusUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac26894eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/misc/dbusUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// -*- mode: js; js-indent-level: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+/* exported loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML */
+
+const Config = imports.misc.config;
+const { Gio, GLib } = imports.gi;
+
+let _ifaceResource = null;
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
+function _ensureIfaceResource() {
+    if (_ifaceResource)
+        return;
+
+    // don't use global.datadir so the method is usable from tests/tools
+    let dir = GLib.getenv('GNOME_SHELL_DATADIR') || Config.PKGDATADIR;
+    let path = `${dir}/gnome-shell-dbus-interfaces.gresource`;
+    _ifaceResource = Gio.Resource.load(path);
+    _ifaceResource._register();
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} iface the interface name
+ * @returns {string | null} the XML string or null if it is not found
+ */
+function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
+    _ensureIfaceResource();
+
+    let uri = `resource:///org/gnome/shell/dbus-interfaces/${iface}.xml`;
+    let f = Gio.File.new_for_uri(uri);
+
+    try {
+        let [ok_, bytes] = f.load_contents(null);
+        return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
+    } catch (e) {
+        log(`Failed to load D-Bus interface ${iface}`);
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} iface the interface name
+ * @param {string} ifaceFile the interface filename
+ * @returns {string | null} the XML string or null if it is not found
+ */
+function loadSubInterfaceXML(iface, ifaceFile) {
+    let xml = loadInterfaceXML(ifaceFile);
+    if (!xml)
+        return null;
+
+    let ifaceStartTag = `<interface name="${iface}">`;
+    let ifaceStopTag = '</interface>';
+    let ifaceStartIndex = xml.indexOf(ifaceStartTag);
+    let ifaceEndIndex = xml.indexOf(ifaceStopTag, ifaceStartIndex + 1) + ifaceStopTag.length;
+
+    let xmlHeader = '<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC\n' +
+        '\'-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN\'\n' +
+        '\'http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd\'>\n' +
+        '<node>\n';
+    let xmlFooter = '</node>';
+
+    return (
+        xmlHeader +
+        xml.substr(ifaceStartIndex, ifaceEndIndex - ifaceStartIndex) +
+        xmlFooter);
+}
diff --git a/js/misc/fileUtils.js b/js/misc/fileUtils.js
index 88f043a79..4c86948a9 100644
--- a/js/misc/fileUtils.js
+++ b/js/misc/fileUtils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
             recursivelyMoveDir, loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML */
 
 const { Gio, GLib } = imports.gi;
-const Config = imports.misc.config;
+
+var { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
 
 function collectFromDatadirs(subdir, includeUserDir, processFile) {
     let dataDirs = GLib.get_system_data_dirs();
@@ -65,53 +66,3 @@ function recursivelyMoveDir(srcDir, destDir) {
             recursivelyMoveDir(srcChild, destChild);
     }
 }
-
-let _ifaceResource = null;
-function ensureIfaceResource() {
-    if (_ifaceResource)
-        return;
-
-    // don't use global.datadir so the method is usable from tests/tools
-    let dir = GLib.getenv('GNOME_SHELL_DATADIR') || Config.PKGDATADIR;
-    let path = `${dir}/gnome-shell-dbus-interfaces.gresource`;
-    _ifaceResource = Gio.Resource.load(path);
-    _ifaceResource._register();
-}
-
-function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
-    ensureIfaceResource();
-
-    let uri = `resource:///org/gnome/shell/dbus-interfaces/${iface}.xml`;
-    let f = Gio.File.new_for_uri(uri);
-
-    try {
-        let [ok_, bytes] = f.load_contents(null);
-        return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
-    } catch (e) {
-        log(`Failed to load D-Bus interface ${iface}`);
-    }
-
-    return null;
-}
-
-function loadSubInterfaceXML(iface, ifaceFile) {
-    let xml = loadInterfaceXML(ifaceFile);
-    if (!xml)
-        return null;
-
-    let ifaceStartTag = `<interface name="${iface}">`;
-    let ifaceStopTag = '</interface>';
-    let ifaceStartIndex = xml.indexOf(ifaceStartTag);
-    let ifaceEndIndex = xml.indexOf(ifaceStopTag, ifaceStartIndex + 1) + ifaceStopTag.length;
-
-    let xmlHeader = '<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC\n' +
-        '\'-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN\'\n' +
-        '\'http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd\'>\n' +
-        '<node>\n';
-    let xmlFooter = '</node>';
-
-    return (
-        xmlHeader +
-        xml.substr(ifaceStartIndex, ifaceEndIndex - ifaceStartIndex) +
-        xmlFooter);
-}
diff --git a/js/portal-resources.gresource.xml b/js/portal-resources.gresource.xml
index 3fd878365..dbcf11b1d 100644
--- a/js/portal-resources.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/portal-resources.gresource.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     <file>portalHelper/main.js</file>
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
+    <file>misc/dbusUtils.js</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>