diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04e143fae13..a0bbb58c4d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ lint: check-makefiles
 	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/alertmanager/alertspb/...
 	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/ruler/rulespb/...
 	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/storage/sharding/...
-	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/querier/engine/...
+	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/querier/engine/common/...
 	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/querier/api/...
 	faillint -paths "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/..." ./pkg/util/globalerror
 
diff --git a/pkg/mimir/modules.go b/pkg/mimir/modules.go
index 39be11a7f58..a3c63dbaf89 100644
--- a/pkg/mimir/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/mimir/modules.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/engine/common"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/frontend/transport"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/ingester"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier"
-	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/engine"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/tenantfederation"
 	querier_worker "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/worker"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/ruler"
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ func (t *Mimir) initQueryFrontendTripperware() (serv services.Service, err error
 	t.QueryFrontendCodec = querymiddleware.NewPrometheusCodec(t.Registerer, t.Cfg.Frontend.QueryMiddleware.QueryResultResponseFormat)
 	promqlEngineRegisterer := prometheus.WrapRegistererWith(prometheus.Labels{"engine": "query-frontend"}, t.Registerer)
 
-	engineOpts, engineExperimentalFunctionsEnabled := engine.NewPromQLEngineOptions(t.Cfg.Querier.EngineConfig, t.ActivityTracker, util_log.Logger, promqlEngineRegisterer)
+	engineOpts, engineExperimentalFunctionsEnabled := common.NewPromQLEngineOptions(t.Cfg.Querier.EngineConfig, t.ActivityTracker, util_log.Logger, promqlEngineRegisterer)
 
 	tripperware, err := querymiddleware.NewTripperware(
 		t.Cfg.Frontend.QueryMiddleware,
diff --git a/pkg/querier/engine/config.go b/pkg/querier/engine/common/config.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/querier/engine/config.go
rename to pkg/querier/engine/common/config.go
index 5a116a2726a..4aaac2583e8 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/engine/config.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/engine/common/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
-package engine
+package common
 
 import (
 	"flag"
diff --git a/pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker.go b/pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker.go
rename to pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker.go
index 85827b46a92..d4a0aac7b35 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
-package engine
+package common
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker_test.go b/pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker_test.go
rename to pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker_test.go
index ad24fa70b9c..e9d04119a44 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/engine/query_tracker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/engine/common/query_tracker_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
-package engine
+package common
 
 import (
 	"context"
diff --git a/pkg/querier/querier.go b/pkg/querier/querier.go
index a4c34c8a2e4..f54ae0ca0e5 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/querier.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/querier.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/engine/common"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/annotations"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/engine"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/engine/streaming"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/querier/stats"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/storage/chunk"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	PromQLEngine string `yaml:"promql_engine" category:"experimental"`
 
 	// PromQL engine config.
-	EngineConfig engine.Config `yaml:",inline"`
+	EngineConfig common.Config `yaml:",inline"`
 }
 
 const (
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func New(cfg Config, limits *validation.Overrides, distributor Distributor, stor
 		return lazyquery.NewLazyQuerier(querier), nil
 	})
 
-	opts, engineExperimentalFunctionsEnabled := engine.NewPromQLEngineOptions(cfg.EngineConfig, tracker, logger, reg)
+	opts, engineExperimentalFunctionsEnabled := common.NewPromQLEngineOptions(cfg.EngineConfig, tracker, logger, reg)
 
 	// Experimental functions can only be enabled globally, and not on a per-engine basis.
 	parser.EnableExperimentalFunctions = engineExperimentalFunctionsEnabled