diff --git a/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BSP.scala b/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BSP.scala
index 8d6f87dcf26..6b7825146cd 100644
--- a/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BSP.scala
+++ b/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BSP.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package mill.bsp
 
 import mill.api.{Ctx, PathRef}
-import mill.{Agg, T, BuildInfo => MillBuildInfo}
+import mill.{Agg, T}
 import mill.define.{Command, Discover, ExternalModule}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.eval.Evaluator
 import mill.util.Util.millProjectModule
 import mill.scalalib.CoursierModule
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ object BSP extends ExternalModule with CoursierModule {
     // we create a file containing the additional jars to load
     val libUrls = bspWorkerLibs().map(_.path.toNIO.toUri.toURL).iterator.toSeq
     val cpFile =
-      T.workspace / Constants.bspDir / s"${Constants.serverName}-${mill.BuildInfo.millVersion}.resources"
+      T.workspace / Constants.bspDir / s"${Constants.serverName}-${BuildInfo.millVersion}.resources"
     os.write.over(
       cpFile,
       libUrls.mkString("\n"),
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ object BSP extends ExternalModule with CoursierModule {
           "--jobs",
           s"${jobs}"
         ) ++ (if (debug) Seq("--debug") else Seq()),
-        millVersion = MillBuildInfo.millVersion,
+        millVersion = BuildInfo.millVersion,
         bspVersion = Constants.bspProtocolVersion,
         languages = Constants.languages
       )
diff --git a/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BspWorker.scala b/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BspWorker.scala
index e84d0686279..4c0dcb98cc4 100644
--- a/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BspWorker.scala
+++ b/bsp/src/mill/bsp/BspWorker.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ object BspWorker {
         }.getOrElse {
           // load extra classpath entries from file
           val cpFile =
-            workspace / Constants.bspDir / s"${Constants.serverName}-${mill.BuildInfo.millVersion}.resources"
+            workspace / Constants.bspDir / s"${Constants.serverName}-${mill.main.BuildInfo.millVersion}.resources"
           if (!os.exists(cpFile)) return Left(
             "You need to run `mill mill.bsp.BSP/install` before you can use the BSP server"
           )
diff --git a/bsp/worker/src/mill/bsp/worker/BspWorkerImpl.scala b/bsp/worker/src/mill/bsp/worker/BspWorkerImpl.scala
index f7f25686ff7..af2cf803451 100644
--- a/bsp/worker/src/mill/bsp/worker/BspWorkerImpl.scala
+++ b/bsp/worker/src/mill/bsp/worker/BspWorkerImpl.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package mill.bsp.worker
 
 import ch.epfl.scala.bsp4j.BuildClient
-import mill.{BuildInfo => MillBuildInfo}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.bsp.{BspServerHandle, BspServerResult, BspWorker, Constants}
 import mill.eval.Evaluator
 import mill.api.SystemStreams
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ private class BspWorkerImpl() extends BspWorker {
     val millServer =
       new MillBuildServer(
         bspVersion = Constants.bspProtocolVersion,
-        serverVersion = MillBuildInfo.millVersion,
+        serverVersion = BuildInfo.millVersion,
         serverName = Constants.serverName,
         logStream = logStream,
         canReload = canReload
diff --git a/build.sc b/build.sc
index 1e5a27c4689..300749a37fb 100644
--- a/build.sc
+++ b/build.sc
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ trait MillApiModule extends MillScalaModule with MillPublishModule with MillMima
 trait MillModule extends MillApiModule with MillAutoTestSetup with WithMillCompiler
     with AcyclicConfig
 
-object main extends MillModule {
+object main extends MillModule with BuildInfo{
 
   override def moduleDeps = Seq(eval, resolve, client)
   override def ivyDeps = Agg(
@@ -430,10 +430,36 @@ object main extends MillModule {
     Deps.coursierInterface,
     Deps.requests
   )
+
   override def compileIvyDeps = Agg(
     Deps.scalaReflect(scalaVersion())
   )
 
+  def buildInfoPackageName = "mill.main"
+
+  def buildInfoMembers = Seq(
+    BuildInfo.Value("scalaVersion", scalaVersion(), "Scala version used to compile mill core."),
+    BuildInfo.Value(
+      "workerScalaVersion212",
+      Deps.workerScalaVersion212,
+      "Scala 2.12 version used by some workers."
+    ),
+    BuildInfo.Value("millVersion", millVersion(), "Mill version."),
+    BuildInfo.Value("millBinPlatform", millBinPlatform(), "Mill binary platform version."),
+    BuildInfo.Value(
+      "millEmbeddedDeps",
+      T.traverse(dev.moduleDeps)(_.publishSelfDependency)()
+        .map(artifact => s"${artifact.group}:${artifact.id}:${artifact.version}")
+        .mkString(","),
+      "Dependency artifacts embedded in mill assembly by default."
+    ),
+    BuildInfo.Value(
+      "millScalacPluginDeps",
+      Deps.millModuledefsString,
+      "Scalac compiler plugin dependencies to compile the build script."
+    )
+  )
+
   object api extends MillApiModule with BuildInfo with MillAutoTestSetup {
     def buildInfoPackageName = "mill.api"
     def buildInfoMembers = Seq(
@@ -455,7 +481,7 @@ object main extends MillModule {
       Deps.jline
     )
   }
-  object define extends MillModule with BuildInfo {
+  object define extends MillModule {
     override def moduleDeps = Seq(api, util)
     override def compileIvyDeps = Agg(
       Deps.scalaReflect(scalaVersion())
@@ -471,30 +497,6 @@ object main extends MillModule {
       Deps.mainargs,
       Deps.scalaparse
     )
-
-    def buildInfoPackageName = "mill"
-    def buildInfoMembers = Seq(
-      BuildInfo.Value("scalaVersion", scalaVersion(), "Scala version used to compile mill core."),
-      BuildInfo.Value(
-        "workerScalaVersion212",
-        Deps.workerScalaVersion212,
-        "Scala 2.12 version used by some workers."
-      ),
-      BuildInfo.Value("millVersion", millVersion(), "Mill version."),
-      BuildInfo.Value("millBinPlatform", millBinPlatform(), "Mill binary platform version."),
-      BuildInfo.Value(
-        "millEmbeddedDeps",
-        T.traverse(dev.moduleDeps)(_.publishSelfDependency)()
-          .map(artifact => s"${artifact.group}:${artifact.id}:${artifact.version}")
-          .mkString(","),
-        "Dependency artifacts embedded in mill assembly by default."
-      ),
-      BuildInfo.Value(
-        "millScalacPluginDeps",
-        Deps.millModuledefsString,
-        "Scalac compiler plugin dependencies to compile the build script."
-      )
-    )
   }
 
   object eval extends MillModule {
diff --git a/contrib/buildinfo/test/src/mill/contrib/buildinfo/BuildInfoTests.scala b/contrib/buildinfo/test/src/mill/contrib/buildinfo/BuildInfoTests.scala
index 3d96a933704..7f51bd2e50c 100644
--- a/contrib/buildinfo/test/src/mill/contrib/buildinfo/BuildInfoTests.scala
+++ b/contrib/buildinfo/test/src/mill/contrib/buildinfo/BuildInfoTests.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package mill.contrib.buildinfo
 
-import mill.{BuildInfo => _, _}
+import mill._
 import mill.util.TestEvaluator
 import mill.util.TestUtil
 import os.Path
diff --git a/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala b/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
index af34bb5a576..730cd6c016d 100644
--- a/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
+++ b/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mill.contrib.scoverage
 import coursier.Repository
 import mill._
 import mill.api.{Loose, PathRef}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.contrib.scoverage.api.ScoverageReportWorkerApi.ReportType
 import mill.scalalib.api.ZincWorkerUtil
 import mill.scalalib.{Dep, DepSyntax, JavaModule, ScalaModule}
diff --git a/main/src/mill/main/MainModule.scala b/main/src/mill/main/MainModule.scala
index 880edf6cec8..7f293e75b2b 100644
--- a/main/src/mill/main/MainModule.scala
+++ b/main/src/mill/main/MainModule.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package mill.main
 
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
-import mill.{BuildInfo, T}
+import mill.T
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.api.{Ctx, Logger, PathRef, Result}
 import mill.define.{Command, NamedTask, Segments, Task}
 import mill.eval.{Evaluator, EvaluatorPaths}
diff --git a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillBuildBootstrap.scala b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillBuildBootstrap.scala
index c6b0854ebb8..0909d727e03 100644
--- a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillBuildBootstrap.scala
+++ b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillBuildBootstrap.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package mill.runner
 import mill.util.{ColorLogger, PrefixLogger, Util, Watchable}
-import mill.{BuildInfo, T}
+import mill.T
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.api.{PathRef, Val, internal}
 import mill.eval.Evaluator
 import mill.main.{RootModule, RunScript}
diff --git a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillCliConfig.scala b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillCliConfig.scala
index aeb7f92c924..7993d7456dc 100644
--- a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillCliConfig.scala
+++ b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillCliConfig.scala
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ import mainargs.ParserForClass
 // see https://github.com/com-lihaoyi/mill/issues/2315
 object MillCliConfigParser {
 
-  val customName = s"Mill Build Tool, version ${mill.BuildInfo.millVersion}"
+  val customName = s"Mill Build Tool, version ${mill.main.BuildInfo.millVersion}"
   val customDoc = "usage: mill [options] [[target [target-options]] [+ [target ...]]]"
 
   /**
diff --git a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillIvy.scala b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillIvy.scala
index e3d4d8d4655..73c78943761 100644
--- a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillIvy.scala
+++ b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillIvy.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ object MillIvy {
     }
 
     val replaced = millSigs.map(_
-      .replace("$MILL_VERSION", mill.BuildInfo.millVersion)
-      .replace("${MILL_VERSION}", mill.BuildInfo.millVersion)
-      .replace("$MILL_BIN_PLATFORM", mill.BuildInfo.millBinPlatform)
-      .replace("${MILL_BIN_PLATFORM}", mill.BuildInfo.millBinPlatform))
+      .replace("$MILL_VERSION", mill.main.BuildInfo.millVersion)
+      .replace("${MILL_VERSION}", mill.main.BuildInfo.millVersion)
+      .replace("$MILL_BIN_PLATFORM", mill.main.BuildInfo.millBinPlatform)
+      .replace("${MILL_BIN_PLATFORM}", mill.main.BuildInfo.millBinPlatform))
 
     replaced
   }
diff --git a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillMain.scala b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillMain.scala
index 622fccd9d9f..c10c67ba527 100644
--- a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillMain.scala
+++ b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillMain.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package mill.runner
-import mill.BuildInfo
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 
 import java.io.{FileOutputStream, PrintStream}
 import java.util.Locale
diff --git a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillServerMain.scala b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillServerMain.scala
index 9d8452fe710..2d8ac1c993f 100644
--- a/runner/src/mill/runner/MillServerMain.scala
+++ b/runner/src/mill/runner/MillServerMain.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.net.Socket
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import org.newsclub.net.unix.AFUNIXServerSocket
 import org.newsclub.net.unix.AFUNIXSocketAddress
-import mill.BuildInfo
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.main.client._
 import mill.api.internal
 import mill.main.client.lock.{Lock, Locks}
diff --git a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
index 5d8401af161..d08a05605f7 100644
--- a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
+++ b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ trait ScalaJSModule extends scalalib.ScalaModule { outer =>
     // we need to use the scala-library of the currently running mill
     resolveDependencies(
       repositoriesTask(),
-      (commonDeps ++ envDeps).map(Lib.depToBoundDep(_, mill.BuildInfo.scalaVersion, "")),
+      (commonDeps ++ envDeps).map(Lib.depToBoundDep(_, mill.main.BuildInfo.scalaVersion, "")),
       ctx = Some(T.log)
     )
   }
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/GenIdeaImpl.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/GenIdeaImpl.scala
index 1c1fac29a8f..99e2332df55 100755
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/GenIdeaImpl.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/GenIdeaImpl.scala
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@ import scala.util.Try
 import scala.xml.{Elem, MetaData, Node, NodeSeq, Null, UnprefixedAttribute}
 import coursier.core.compatibility.xmlParseDom
 import coursier.maven.Pom
-import coursier.{LocalRepositories, Repositories, Repository}
 
-import java.nio.file.Paths
 import mill.Agg
 import mill.api.Ctx.{Home, Log}
 import mill.api.{PathRef, Result, Strict}
 import mill.define._
 import mill.eval.Evaluator
-import mill.util.Util
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.scalalib.GenIdeaModule.{IdeaConfigFile, JavaFacet}
 import mill.util.Classpath
-import mill.{BuildInfo, T, scalalib}
+import mill.{T, scalalib}
 import os.{Path, SubPath}
 
 case class GenIdeaImpl(
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Lib.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Lib.scala
index 4f5efb7f91c..531a998ce63 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Lib.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Lib.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package scalalib
 import coursier.util.Task
 import coursier.{Dependency, LocalRepositories, Repositories, Repository, Resolution}
 import mill.api.{Ctx, Loose, PathRef, Result}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.modules.Util
 import mill.scalalib.api.ZincWorkerUtil
 
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/ScalaModule.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/ScalaModule.scala
index dd75fd93590..ad2561b1eab 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/ScalaModule.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/ScalaModule.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package scalalib
 
 import scala.annotation.nowarn
 import mill.api.{DummyInputStream, JarManifest, PathRef, Result, internal}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.util.Jvm
 import mill.util.Jvm.createJar
 import mill.api.Loose.Agg
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/SemanticDbJavaModule.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/SemanticDbJavaModule.scala
index d1474f63ba2..82fe5d512c6 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/SemanticDbJavaModule.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/SemanticDbJavaModule.scala
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package mill.scalalib
 
 import mill.api.{PathRef, Result, experimental}
 import mill.define.{Target, Task}
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.scalalib.api.{Versions, ZincWorkerUtil}
 import mill.util.Version
-import mill.{Agg, BuildInfo, T}
+import mill.{Agg, T}
 
 import scala.util.Properties
 
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/TestModule.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/TestModule.scala
index 95f012c5fc7..c8ca1ca443a 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/TestModule.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/TestModule.scala
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ object TestModule {
     override def testFramework: T[String] = "mill.testng.TestNGFramework"
     override def ivyDeps: T[Agg[Dep]] = T {
       super.ivyDeps() ++ Agg(
-        ivy"com.lihaoyi:mill-contrib-testng:${mill.BuildInfo.millVersion}"
+        ivy"com.lihaoyi:mill-contrib-testng:${mill.api.BuildInfo.millVersion}"
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/giter8/Giter8Module.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/giter8/Giter8Module.scala
index b8f38aae0a8..a60fd58589a 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/giter8/Giter8Module.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/giter8/Giter8Module.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import mill.define.{Command, Discover, ExternalModule}
 import mill.util.Jvm
 import mill.scalalib.api.ZincWorkerUtil
 import mill.scalalib._
-import mill.BuildInfo
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import mill.api.Loose
 
 object Giter8Module extends ExternalModule with Giter8Module {
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/SonatypeHttpApi.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/SonatypeHttpApi.scala
index 4a45e9c38a6..f794be34c31 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/SonatypeHttpApi.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/SonatypeHttpApi.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
-import mill.BuildInfo
+import mill.main.BuildInfo
 import requests.BaseSession
 import ujson.ParseException
 
diff --git a/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala b/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
index 44804887c68..4e3ecaff850 100644
--- a/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
+++ b/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ trait ScalaNativeModule extends ScalaModule { outer =>
   def bridgeFullClassPath: T[Agg[PathRef]] = T {
     Lib.resolveDependencies(
       repositoriesTask(),
-      toolsIvyDeps().map(Lib.depToBoundDep(_, mill.BuildInfo.scalaVersion, "")),
+      toolsIvyDeps().map(Lib.depToBoundDep(_, mill.main.BuildInfo.scalaVersion, "")),
       ctx = Some(T.log)
     ).map(t => (scalaNativeWorkerClasspath() ++ t))
   }