diff --git a/IO/Dumper.pm b/Basic/Dumper.pm
similarity index 100%
rename from IO/Dumper.pm
rename to Basic/Dumper.pm
diff --git a/Basic/Makefile.PL b/Basic/Makefile.PL
index 2cfa45a04..e6ac5a2fd 100644
--- a/Basic/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Basic/Makefile.PL
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ $pm{'threads.pm'} = '$(INST_LIB)/PDL/Parallel/threads.pm';
 $pm{'SIMD.pm'} = '$(INST_LIB)/PDL/Parallel/threads/SIMD.pm';
 $pm{'TestPDL.pm'} = '$(INST_LIB)/Test/PDL.pm';
 $pm{'TestDeepPDL.pm'} = '$(INST_LIB)/Test/Deep/PDL.pm';
+$pm{'Dumper.pm'} = '$(INST_LIB)/PDL/IO/Dumper.pm';
 
 my %man3pods = map { my $h = '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/';
 		     $h .= 'PDL::' if $_ !~ /PDL.pm$/;
diff --git a/IO/t/dumper.t b/Basic/t/dumper.t
similarity index 100%
rename from IO/t/dumper.t
rename to Basic/t/dumper.t
diff --git a/IO/Makefile.PL b/IO/Makefile.PL
index 809309f29..8b347791e 100644
--- a/IO/Makefile.PL
+++ b/IO/Makefile.PL
@@ -4,9 +4,5 @@ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
 WriteMakefile(
      'NAME'	=> 'PDL::IO',
-     'VERSION_FROM' => '../Basic/PDL.pm',
-     'PM'       => {
-                    'Dumper.pm' => '$(INST_LIB)/PDL/IO/Dumper.pm',
-                   },
      NO_MYMETA => 1,
 );
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index c5c7bc0b5..7a31e6287 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Basic/Doc/mkpdlfuncpod
 Basic/Doc/pdldoc
 Basic/Doc/README
 Basic/Doc/scantree.pl
+Basic/Dumper.pm
 Basic/examples/Benchmark/Bench.pm
 Basic/examples/Benchmark/Bench.xs
 Basic/examples/Benchmark/Makefile.PL
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ Basic/t/constants.t
 Basic/t/constructor.t
 Basic/t/core.t
 Basic/t/croak.t
+Basic/t/dumper.t
 Basic/t/func.pdl
 Basic/t/inline-with.t
 Basic/t/inlinepdlpp.t
@@ -362,7 +364,6 @@ IO/Browser/browser.pd
 IO/Browser/Makefile.PL
 IO/Dicom/Dicom.pm
 IO/Dicom/Makefile.PL
-IO/Dumper.pm
 IO/ENVI/readenvi.pdl
 IO/GD/Changes
 IO/GD/GD.pd
@@ -397,7 +398,6 @@ IO/STL/STL.pm
 IO/STL/t/basic.t
 IO/STL/t/cube.stl
 IO/STL/t/cube_binary.stl
-IO/t/dumper.t
 Libtmp/DiskCache.pm
 Libtmp/Filter/Linear.pm
 Libtmp/Filter/Makefile.PL