diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFile.java b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFile.java
similarity index 96%
rename from flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFile.java
rename to flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFile.java
index 9675f09a1fa91..7cbc47f20bdc2 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFile.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFile.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.flink.fs.s3.common.utils;
+package org.apache.flink.core.fs;
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class RefCountedFile implements RefCounted {
 
 	protected boolean closed;
 
-	protected RefCountedFile(final File file) {
+	public RefCountedFile(final File file) {
 		this.file = checkNotNull(file);
 		this.references = new AtomicInteger(1);
 		this.closed = false;
diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCounted.java b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/RefCounted.java
similarity index 96%
rename from flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCounted.java
rename to flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/RefCounted.java
index 84b0fa086117e..33496a00f01fa 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCounted.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/RefCounted.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.flink.fs.s3.common.utils;
+package org.apache.flink.util;
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
 
diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileTest.java b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFileTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileTest.java
rename to flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFileTest.java
index 217f4e163ecd0..58ca29aaee6fc 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileTest.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/RefCountedFileTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.flink.fs.s3.common.utils;
+package org.apache.flink.core.fs;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFSOutputStream.java b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFSOutputStream.java
index d51e37e8bfbf3..a36175df62b48 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFSOutputStream.java
+++ b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFSOutputStream.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
 import org.apache.flink.core.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.flink.util.RefCounted;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileWithStream.java b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileWithStream.java
index 94b8527adcf65..bcb0057983d4b 100644
--- a/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileWithStream.java
+++ b/flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/fs/s3/common/utils/RefCountedFileWithStream.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.flink.fs.s3.common.utils;
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.core.fs.RefCountedFile;
 import org.apache.flink.util.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;