diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportInProgress.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportInProgress.tsx
index ce2da895c..280ae52d4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportInProgress.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportInProgress.tsx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import {
     LinearProgress,
     styled,
 } from "@mui/material";
-import { ExportStage } from "constants/export";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { Trans } from "react-i18next";
+import { ExportStage } from "services/export";
 import { ExportProgress } from "types/export";
 
 export const ComfySpan = styled("span")`
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportModal.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportModal.tsx
index 877dee90f..159c872e4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportModal.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/ExportModal.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ import {
     Switch,
     Typography,
 } from "@mui/material";
-import { ExportStage } from "constants/export";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import { AppContext } from "pages/_app";
 import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import exportService from "services/export";
+import exportService, { ExportStage } from "services/export";
 import { ExportProgress, ExportSettings } from "types/export";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { getExportDirectoryDoesNotExistMessage } from "utils/ui";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/export.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/export.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 692ee3843..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/export.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-export const ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER = "metadata";
-
-export enum ExportStage {
-    INIT = 0,
-    MIGRATION = 1,
-    STARTING = 2,
-    EXPORTING_FILES = 3,
-    TRASHING_DELETED_FILES = 4,
-    RENAMING_COLLECTION_FOLDERS = 5,
-    TRASHING_DELETED_COLLECTIONS = 6,
-    FINISHED = 7,
-}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
index f6a98e069..419db1587 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import QueueProcessor, {
     CancellationStatus,
     RequestCanceller,
 } from "@ente/shared/utils/queueProcessor";
-import { ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER, ExportStage } from "constants/export";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import {
@@ -50,6 +49,19 @@ const EXPORT_RECORD_FILE_NAME = "export_status.json";
 
 export const ENTE_EXPORT_DIRECTORY = "ente Photos";
 
+export const ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER = "metadata";
+
+export enum ExportStage {
+    INIT = 0,
+    MIGRATION = 1,
+    STARTING = 2,
+    EXPORTING_FILES = 3,
+    TRASHING_DELETED_FILES = 4,
+    RENAMING_COLLECTION_FOLDERS = 5,
+    TRASHING_DELETED_COLLECTIONS = 6,
+    FINISHED = 7,
+}
+
 export const NULL_EXPORT_RECORD: ExportRecord = {
     version: 3,
     lastAttemptTimestamp: null,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
index 68ea9a462..49265cf34 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import log from "@/next/log";
 import { LS_KEYS, getData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
 import { User } from "@ente/shared/user/types";
 import { sleep } from "@ente/shared/utils";
-import { ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER } from "constants/export";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { getLocalCollections } from "services/collectionService";
 import downloadManager from "services/download";
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from "utils/file";
 import { sanitizeName } from "utils/native-fs";
 import {
+    ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER,
     getCollectionIDFromFileUID,
     getExportRecordFileUID,
     getLivePhotoExportName,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/export/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/export/index.ts
index ce85f32fd..64ef249ed 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/export/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/export/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ExportStage } from "constants/export";
+import type { ExportStage } from "services/export";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 
 export interface ExportProgress {
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
index 6cce03aa9..708ec5dcf 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER } from "constants/export";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
     A_SEC_IN_MICROSECONDS,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     PICKED_UPLOAD_TYPE,
 } from "constants/upload";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
+import { ENTE_METADATA_FOLDER } from "services/export";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import {
     ElectronFile,