diff --git a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.ts
index 6541b6454..95cbecead 100644
--- a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import { NoteDto } from '../../../notes/note.dto';
 import { Note } from '../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NoteMediaDeletionDto } from '../../../notes/note.media-deletion.dto';
 import { NotesService } from '../../../notes/notes.service';
-import { Permissions } from '../../../permissions/permissions.decorator';
 import { Permission } from '../../../permissions/permissions.enum';
 import { RevisionMetadataDto } from '../../../revisions/revision-metadata.dto';
 import { RevisionDto } from '../../../revisions/revision.dto';
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils/descriptions';
 import { GetNoteInterceptor } from '../../utils/get-note.interceptor';
 import { MarkdownBody } from '../../utils/markdownbody-decorator';
+import { Permissions } from '../../utils/permissions.decorator';
 import { PermissionsGuard } from '../../utils/permissions.guard';
 import { RequestNote } from '../../utils/request-note.decorator';
 import { RequestUser } from '../../utils/request-user.decorator';
diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
index 8480e4f69..05405bfe6 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import { NoteDto } from '../../../notes/note.dto';
 import { Note } from '../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NoteMediaDeletionDto } from '../../../notes/note.media-deletion.dto';
 import { NotesService } from '../../../notes/notes.service';
-import { Permissions } from '../../../permissions/permissions.decorator';
 import { Permission } from '../../../permissions/permissions.enum';
 import { RevisionMetadataDto } from '../../../revisions/revision-metadata.dto';
 import { RevisionDto } from '../../../revisions/revision.dto';
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ import {
 import { FullApi } from '../../utils/fullapi-decorator';
 import { GetNoteInterceptor } from '../../utils/get-note.interceptor';
 import { MarkdownBody } from '../../utils/markdownbody-decorator';
+import { Permissions } from '../../utils/permissions.decorator';
 import { PermissionsGuard } from '../../utils/permissions.guard';
 import { RequestNote } from '../../utils/request-note.decorator';
 import { RequestUser } from '../../utils/request-user.decorator';
diff --git a/src/permissions/permissions.decorator.ts b/src/api/utils/permissions.decorator.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/permissions/permissions.decorator.ts
rename to src/api/utils/permissions.decorator.ts
index 87e7d18de..9cc6e9ab0 100644
--- a/src/permissions/permissions.decorator.ts
+++ b/src/api/utils/permissions.decorator.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { CustomDecorator, SetMetadata } from '@nestjs/common';
 
-import { Permission } from './permissions.enum';
+import { Permission } from '../../permissions/permissions.enum';
 
 /**
  * This decorator gathers the {@link Permission Permission} a user must hold for the {@link PermissionsGuard}