diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 76d25df4de..a9716e5d25 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -2,21 +2,15 @@
 #define REFS_H
 
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "repository.h"
 
 struct object_id;
 struct ref_store;
-struct repository;
 struct strbuf;
 struct string_list;
 struct string_list_item;
 struct worktree;
 
-enum ref_storage_format {
-	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN,
-	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_FILES,
-	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_REFTABLE,
-};
-
 enum ref_storage_format ref_storage_format_by_name(const char *name);
 const char *ref_storage_format_to_name(enum ref_storage_format ref_storage_format);
 
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 29727edec6..6ce6826c26 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef REPOSITORY_H
 #define REPOSITORY_H
 
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
 
 struct config_set;
@@ -27,6 +26,12 @@ enum fetch_negotiation_setting {
 	FETCH_NEGOTIATION_NOOP,
 };
 
+enum ref_storage_format {
+	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN,
+	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_FILES,
+	REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_REFTABLE,
+};
+
 struct repo_settings {
 	int initialized;