diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_blend_cso.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_blend_cso.c
index b937a64a164..ecc9b92cc77 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_blend_cso.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_blend_cso.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_builder.h"
 #include "pan_shader.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.h"
 #include "pan_context.h"
 
 #ifndef PAN_ARCH
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
index 9264477fd5e..fc79370fa97 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 #include "clc/pan_compile.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_serialize.h"
-#include "util/pan_lower_framebuffer.h"
 #include "decode.h"
 #include "pan_device.h"
 #include "pan_fence.h"
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_device.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_device.h
index 02bcd9e092c..cf18b0b33a1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_device.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_device.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "util/timespec.h"
 #include "util/u_dynarray.h"
 
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "pan_blend_cso.h"
 #include "pan_fb_preload.h"
 #include "pan_pool.h"
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mod_conv_cso.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mod_conv_cso.h
index 5f1fffe1fed..7531cad44a8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mod_conv_cso.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mod_conv_cso.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "util/hash_table.h"
 
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 
 #include "drm-uapi/drm_fourcc.h"
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/clc/pan_compile.c b/src/panfrost/clc/pan_compile.c
index f89b01405c2..1fda131f9a2 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/clc/pan_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/clc/pan_compile.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/macros.h"
 #include "util/u_dynarray.h"
 #include "util/u_printf.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index 4139f472f62..d0db87ca609 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "compiler/glsl_types.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_builder.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_deref.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/perf/cpu_trace.h"
 #include "util/u_debug.h"
 #include "util/u_qsort.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.h
index 9998063e2bc..56ac939cb63 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/u_dynarray.h"
 
 struct bifrost_precompiled_kernel_sysvals {
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/compiler.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/compiler.h
index b7861ede390..c337bf1b7d5 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/compiler.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/compiler.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define __BIFROST_COMPILER_H
 
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/half_float.h"
 #include "util/shader_stats.h"
 #include "util/u_math.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/meson.build b/src/panfrost/compiler/meson.build
index fe78be0e4df..ee27bda3926 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Copyright © 2025 Collabora, Ltd.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+libpanfrost_util_files = files(
+  'pan_ir.c',
+  'pan_ir.h',
+  'pan_nir_collect_varyings.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_frag_coord_zw.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_helper_invocation.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_image_index.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_image_ms.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_noperspective.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_sample_position.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_store_component.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_vertex_id.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_writeout.c',
+  'pan_nir_lower_xfb.c',
+)
+
+libpanfrost_util = static_library(
+  'panfrost_util',
+  [libpanfrost_util_files],
+  include_directories : [inc_include, inc_src],
+  dependencies: [idep_nir, idep_mesautil],
+  c_args : [no_override_init_args],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
+  build_by_default : false,
+)
+
 subdir('bifrost')
 subdir('midgard')
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/compiler.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/compiler.h
index f68162a89be..b936539ffdb 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/compiler.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/compiler.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 #include "compiler/glsl_types.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 
 /* Forward declare */
 struct midgard_block;
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_compile.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_compile.h
index 825665d6c2e..f03ce69abc5 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_compile.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_compile.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define __MIDGARD_H_
 
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/u_dynarray.h"
 
 void midgard_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id);
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_liveness.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_liveness.c
index abd0df89191..cf272c5416a 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_liveness.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/midgard_liveness.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
 #include "compiler.h"
 
 /* Routines for liveness analysis. Liveness is tracked per byte per node. Per
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/nir_fuse_io_16.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/nir_fuse_io_16.c
index 8b80bd87375..d7186187eec 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/nir_fuse_io_16.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/midgard/nir_fuse_io_16.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_builder.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
 
 bool nir_fuse_io_16(nir_shader *shader);
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_collect_varyings.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_collect_varyings.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_collect_varyings.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_collect_varyings.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_frag_coord_zw.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_frag_coord_zw.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_frag_coord_zw.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_frag_coord_zw.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.c
index eb424f6d469..461bf4a9b5b 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * smallest precision necessary to store the pixel losslessly.
  */
 
-#include "pan_lower_framebuffer.h"
+#include "pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_builder.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_format_convert.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.h
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.h
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_helper_invocation.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_helper_invocation.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_helper_invocation.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_helper_invocation.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_image_index.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_image_index.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_image_index.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_image_index.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_image_ms.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_image_ms.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_image_ms.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_image_ms.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_noperspective.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_noperspective.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_noperspective.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_noperspective.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_sample_position.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_sample_position.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_sample_position.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_sample_position.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_store_component.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_store_component.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_store_component.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_store_component.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_vertex_id.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_vertex_id.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_vertex_id.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_vertex_id.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_writeout.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_writeout.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_writeout.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_writeout.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_xfb.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_xfb.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/panfrost/util/pan_lower_xfb.c
rename to src/panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_xfb.c
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.h
index 9e3aececda6..037235bf0f5 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "util/blend.h"
 #include "util/format/u_format.h"
 
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
-
 struct MALI_BLEND_EQUATION;
 
 struct pan_blend_equation {
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_earlyzs.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_earlyzs.c
index 6a5c467d216..9f55bc22661 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_earlyzs.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_earlyzs.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "genxml/gen_macros.h"
 
 #include "pan_earlyzs.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_props.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_props.c
index 49697f881d7..800239f6b65 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_props.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_props.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "util/macros.h"
 
 #include "kmod/pan_kmod.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
 #include "pan_props.h"
 
 #include <genxml/gen_macros.h>
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
index e497dbcc977..c8d08a6f478 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #include "panfrost/compiler/bifrost/valhall/disassemble.h"
 #include "panfrost/compiler/midgard/disassemble.h"
 #include "panfrost/lib/pan_props.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_ir.h"
-#include "panfrost/util/pan_lower_framebuffer.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_ir.h"
+#include "panfrost/compiler/pan_nir_lower_framebuffer.h"
 
 void bifrost_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id);
 void bifrost_optimize_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id);
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/tests/test-earlyzs.cpp b/src/panfrost/lib/tests/test-earlyzs.cpp
index 55b667b4696..2295a43aadd 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/tests/test-earlyzs.cpp
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/tests/test-earlyzs.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "compiler/pan_ir.h"
 #include "pan_earlyzs.h"
 #include "genxml/gen_macros.h"
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/meson.build b/src/panfrost/meson.build
index e669d3e10dc..ec92e7718a8 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ compile_args_panfrost = [
 ]
 
 subdir('shared')
-subdir('util')
 subdir('model')
 subdir('compiler')
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/meson.build b/src/panfrost/util/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 73167062c09..00000000000
--- a/src/panfrost/util/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright © 2018 Rob Clark
-# Copyright © 2019 Collabora
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-libpanfrost_util_files = files(
-  'pan_collect_varyings.c',
-  'pan_ir.c',
-  'pan_ir.h',
-  'pan_lower_frag_coord_zw.c',
-  'pan_lower_framebuffer.c',
-  'pan_lower_helper_invocation.c',
-  'pan_lower_image_index.c',
-  'pan_lower_image_ms.c',
-  'pan_lower_noperspective.c',
-  'pan_lower_sample_position.c',
-  'pan_lower_store_component.c',
-  'pan_lower_vertex_id.c',
-  'pan_lower_writeout.c',
-  'pan_lower_xfb.c',
-)
-
-libpanfrost_util = static_library(
-  'panfrost_util',
-  [libpanfrost_util_files],
-  include_directories : [inc_include, inc_src],
-  dependencies: [idep_nir, idep_mesautil],
-  c_args : [no_override_init_args],
-  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
-  build_by_default : false,
-)
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_device.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_device.h
index b2d99e3b6c3..e796407fb96 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_device.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_device.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "panvk_utrace_perfetto.h"
 
 #include "kmod/pan_kmod.h"
-#include "util/pan_ir.h"
 #include "util/perf/u_trace.h"
 
 #include "util/simple_mtx.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_shader.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_shader.h
index a498446600f..f3bf6c83e0c 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_shader.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_shader.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #error "PAN_ARCH must be defined"
 #endif
 
-#include "util/pan_ir.h"
+#include "compiler/pan_ir.h"
 
 #include "pan_desc.h"
 #include "pan_earlyzs.h"
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_physical_device.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_physical_device.c
index 08f1d6e55d7..c9ddd6be137 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_physical_device.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "pan_format.h"
 #include "pan_props.h"
-#include "util/pan_ir.h"
 
 /* We reserve one ubo for push constant, one for sysvals and one per-set for the
  * descriptor metadata  */