diff --git a/syft/source/coordinates.go b/syft/source/coordinates.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ff4b7671dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/source/coordinates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package source
+
+// Coordinates contains the minimal information needed to describe how to find a file within any possible source object (e.g. image and directory sources)
+type Coordinates struct {
+	RealPath     string `json:"path"`              // The path where all path ancestors have no hardlinks / symlinks
+	FileSystemID string `json:"layerID,omitempty"` // An ID representing the filesystem. For container images this is a layer digest, directories or root filesystem this is blank.
+}
diff --git a/syft/source/location.go b/syft/source/location.go
index 7b603811605..5115b6c0b96 100644
--- a/syft/source/location.go
+++ b/syft/source/location.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 )
 
 // Location represents a path relative to a particular filesystem resolved to a specific file.Reference. This struct is used as a key
@@ -19,12 +18,6 @@ type Location struct {
 	ref         file.Reference // The file reference relative to the stereoscope.FileCatalog that has more information about this location.
 }
 
-// Coordinates contains the minimal information needed to describe how to find a file within any possible source object (e.g. image and directory sources)
-type Coordinates struct {
-	RealPath     string `json:"path"`              // The path where all path ancestors have no hardlinks / symlinks
-	FileSystemID string `json:"layerID,omitempty"` // An ID representing the filesystem. For container images this is a layer digest, directories or root filesystem this is blank.
-}
-
 // NewLocation creates a new Location representing a path without denoting a filesystem or FileCatalog reference.
 func NewLocation(realPath string) Location {
 	return Location{
@@ -105,23 +98,3 @@ func (l Location) Hash() (uint64, error) {
 	// Location hash should be a pass-through for the coordinates and not include ref or VirtualPath.
 	return hashstructure.Hash(l.ID(), hashstructure.FormatV2, nil)
 }
-
-func (c Coordinates) ID() artifact.ID {
-	f, err := artifact.IDFromHash(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: what to do in this case?
-		log.Warnf("unable to get fingerprint of location coordinate=%+v: %+v", c, err)
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	return f
-}
-
-func (c Coordinates) String() string {
-	str := fmt.Sprintf("RealPath=%q", c.RealPath)
-
-	if c.FileSystemID != "" {
-		str += fmt.Sprintf(" Layer=%q", c.FileSystemID)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Location<%s>", str)
-}