diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ddea9b..0000000
--- a/entry.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package sturdyc
-
-import "time"
-
-// entry represents a single cache entry.
-type entry[T any] struct {
-	key                 string
-	value               T
-	expiresAt           time.Time
-	refreshAt           time.Time
-	numOfRefreshRetries int
-	isMissingRecord     bool
-}
diff --git a/shard.go b/shard.go
index f3813bf..c39c6a5 100644
--- a/shard.go
+++ b/shard.go
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// entry represents a single cache entry.
+type entry[T any] struct {
+	key                 string
+	value               T
+	expiresAt           time.Time
+	refreshAt           time.Time
+	numOfRefreshRetries int
+	isMissingRecord     bool
+}
+
 // shard is a thread-safe data structure that holds a subset of the cache entries.
 type shard[T any] struct {
 	sync.RWMutex