diff --git a/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
similarity index 100%
rename from client/client.go
rename to internal/client/client.go
diff --git a/client/github.go b/internal/client/github.go
similarity index 100%
rename from client/github.go
rename to internal/client/github.go
diff --git a/pipeline/archive/tar/tar.go b/internal/tar/tar.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pipeline/archive/tar/tar.go
rename to internal/tar/tar.go
diff --git a/pipeline/archive/tar/tar_test.go b/internal/tar/tar_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pipeline/archive/tar/tar_test.go
rename to internal/tar/tar_test.go
diff --git a/pipeline/archive/zip/zip.go b/internal/zip/zip.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pipeline/archive/zip/zip.go
rename to internal/zip/zip.go
diff --git a/pipeline/archive/zip/zip_test.go b/internal/zip/zip_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pipeline/archive/zip/zip_test.go
rename to internal/zip/zip_test.go
diff --git a/pipeline/archive/archive.go b/pipeline/archive/archive.go
index e98b60e5b..6cdc5234d 100644
--- a/pipeline/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pipeline/archive/archive.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/ext"
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/archive/tar"
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/archive/zip"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/tar"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/zip"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-zglob"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
diff --git a/pipeline/brew/brew.go b/pipeline/brew/brew.go
index 86863d7e9..e6947cdd4 100644
--- a/pipeline/brew/brew.go
+++ b/pipeline/brew/brew.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/checksum"
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/client"
 )
 
 // ErrNoDarwin64Build when there is no build for darwin_amd64 (goos doesn't
diff --git a/pipeline/release/release.go b/pipeline/release/release.go
index 0799c3186..06f011749 100644
--- a/pipeline/release/release.go
+++ b/pipeline/release/release.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/client"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )