diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 92d25d931..0f955e832 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ subdir('src/lib/crypto')
 
 subdir('src/zeroconf')
 
-subdir('src/fs/io')
 subdir('src/fs/glue')
 subdir('src/config')
 subdir('src/tag')
diff --git a/src/PlaylistFile.cxx b/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
index 2af20e03a..a306b16ab 100644
--- a/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
+++ b/src/PlaylistFile.cxx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "SongLoader.hxx"
 #include "Mapper.hxx"
 #include "protocol/RangeArg.hxx"
-#include "fs/io/TextFile.hxx"
+#include "io/FileLineReader.hxx"
 #include "io/FileOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "config/Data.hxx"
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ try {
 
 	assert(!path_fs.IsNull());
 
-	TextFile file(path_fs);
+	FileLineReader file{path_fs};
 
 	char *s;
 	while ((s = file.ReadLine()) != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/StateFile.cxx b/src/StateFile.cxx
index ba5ef0855..398e7f084 100644
--- a/src/StateFile.cxx
+++ b/src/StateFile.cxx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "StateFile.hxx"
 #include "output/State.hxx"
 #include "queue/PlaylistState.hxx"
-#include "fs/io/TextFile.hxx"
+#include "io/FileLineReader.hxx"
 #include "io/FileOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "storage/StorageState.hxx"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ try {
 
 	FmtDebug(state_file_domain, "Loading state file {}", path_utf8);
 
-	TextFile file(config.path);
+	FileLineReader file{config.path};
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_DATABASE
 	const SongLoader song_loader(partition.instance.GetDatabase(),
diff --git a/src/db/plugins/meson.build b/src/db/plugins/meson.build
index ae0009332..c3e44fd0f 100644
--- a/src/db/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/src/db/plugins/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ db_plugins = static_library(
     pcre_dep,
     libmpdclient_dep,
     log_dep,
+    zlib_dep,
   ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
index 55f406d91..854861a59 100644
--- a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "db/DatabaseLock.hxx"
 #include "db/DatabaseError.hxx"
 #include "lib/fmt/PathFormatter.hxx"
-#include "fs/io/TextFile.hxx"
+#include "lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx"
 #include "io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "io/FileOutputStream.hxx"
 #include "fs/FileInfo.hxx"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ SimpleDatabase::Load()
 	assert(!path.IsNull());
 	assert(root != nullptr);
 
-	TextFile file(path);
+	AutoGunzipFileLineReader file{path};
 
 	LogDebug(simple_db_domain, "reading DB");
 
diff --git a/src/fs/glue/StandardDirectory.cxx b/src/fs/glue/StandardDirectory.cxx
index be295df75..c47bd4084 100644
--- a/src/fs/glue/StandardDirectory.cxx
+++ b/src/fs/glue/StandardDirectory.cxx
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #include "util/StringSplit.hxx"
 #include "util/StringStrip.hxx"
 #include "util/StringCompare.hxx"
-#include "fs/io/TextFile.hxx"
+#include "io/FileLineReader.hxx"
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <utility>
 #endif
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ try {
 	if (config_dir.IsNull())
 		return result;
 
-	TextFile input(config_dir / Path::FromFS("user-dirs.dirs"));
+	FileLineReader input{config_dir / Path::FromFS("user-dirs.dirs")};
 	char *line;
 	while ((line = input.ReadLine()) != nullptr)
 		if (ParseConfigLine(line, name, result))
diff --git a/src/fs/glue/meson.build b/src/fs/glue/meson.build
index a4d24bc20..6b49e816c 100644
--- a/src/fs/glue/meson.build
+++ b/src/fs/glue/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ fs_glue = static_library(
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
     fs_dep,
-    fs_io_dep,
+    io_dep,
     fmt_dep,
     log_dep,
     util_dep,
diff --git a/src/fs/io/meson.build b/src/fs/io/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 65c8abfb8..000000000
--- a/src/fs/io/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-fs_io = static_library(
-  'fs_io',
-  'TextFile.cxx',
-  include_directories: inc,
-  dependencies: [
-    fs_dep,
-    io_fs_dep,
-    system_dep,
-    zlib_dep,
-  ],
-)
-
-fs_io_dep = declare_dependency(
-  link_with: fs_io,
-  dependencies: [
-    io_dep,
-  ],
-)
diff --git a/src/io/FileLineReader.hxx b/src/io/FileLineReader.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..948b13197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/FileLineReader.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+// Copyright The Music Player Daemon Project
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "LineReader.hxx"
+#include "FileReader.hxx"
+#include "BufferedReader.hxx"
+
+class FileLineReader final : public LineReader {
+	FileReader file_reader;
+	BufferedReader buffered_reader;
+
+public:
+	explicit FileLineReader(Path path_fs)
+		:file_reader(path_fs),
+		 buffered_reader(file_reader) {}
+
+	/* virtual methods from class LineReader */
+	char *ReadLine() override {
+		return buffered_reader.ReadLine();
+	}
+};
diff --git a/src/fs/io/TextFile.cxx b/src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.cxx
similarity index 74%
rename from src/fs/io/TextFile.cxx
rename to src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.cxx
index 11fbe36ad..05f173682 100644
--- a/src/fs/io/TextFile.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.cxx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 // Copyright The Music Player Daemon Project
 
-#include "TextFile.hxx"
+#include "AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx"
 #include "io/FileReader.hxx"
 #include "io/BufferedReader.hxx"
 #include "lib/zlib/AutoGunzipReader.hxx"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
-TextFile::TextFile(Path path_fs)
+AutoGunzipFileLineReader::AutoGunzipFileLineReader(Path path_fs)
 	:file_reader(std::make_unique<FileReader>(path_fs)),
 #ifdef ENABLE_ZLIB
 	 gunzip_reader(std::make_unique<AutoGunzipReader>(*file_reader)),
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ TextFile::TextFile(Path path_fs)
 {
 }
 
-TextFile::~TextFile() noexcept = default;
+AutoGunzipFileLineReader::~AutoGunzipFileLineReader() noexcept = default;
 
 char *
-TextFile::ReadLine()
+AutoGunzipFileLineReader::ReadLine()
 {
 	assert(buffered_reader != nullptr);
 
diff --git a/src/fs/io/TextFile.hxx b/src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx
similarity index 61%
rename from src/fs/io/TextFile.hxx
rename to src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx
index 7051f57ac..8b070ea17 100644
--- a/src/fs/io/TextFile.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 // Copyright The Music Player Daemon Project
 
-#ifndef MPD_TEXT_FILE_HXX
-#define MPD_TEXT_FILE_HXX
+#pragma once
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_ZLIB
 
 #include "io/LineReader.hxx"
-#include "config.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -14,24 +16,28 @@ class FileReader;
 class AutoGunzipReader;
 class BufferedReader;
 
-class TextFile final : public LineReader {
+class AutoGunzipFileLineReader final : public LineReader {
 	const std::unique_ptr<FileReader> file_reader;
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_ZLIB
 	const std::unique_ptr<AutoGunzipReader> gunzip_reader;
-#endif
 
 	const std::unique_ptr<BufferedReader> buffered_reader;
 
 public:
-	explicit TextFile(Path path_fs);
+	explicit AutoGunzipFileLineReader(Path path_fs);
 
-	TextFile(const TextFile &other) = delete;
+	AutoGunzipFileLineReader(const AutoGunzipFileLineReader &other) = delete;
 
-	~TextFile() noexcept;
+	~AutoGunzipFileLineReader() noexcept;
 
 	/* virtual methods from class LineReader */
 	char *ReadLine() override;
 };
 
+#else
+
+#include "io/FileLineReader.hxx"
+
+using AutoGunzipFileLineReader = FileLineReader;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/zlib/meson.build b/src/lib/zlib/meson.build
index a9674e72a..6ca5645e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/zlib/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/zlib/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ zlib = static_library(
   'GunzipReader.cxx',
   'GzipOutputStream.cxx',
   'AutoGunzipReader.cxx',
+  'AutoGunzipFileLineReader.cxx',
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
     zlib_dep,
diff --git a/test/LoadDatabase.cxx b/test/LoadDatabase.cxx
index ce5436b5c..7e62890ea 100644
--- a/test/LoadDatabase.cxx
+++ b/test/LoadDatabase.cxx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "db/plugins/simple/DatabaseSave.hxx"
 #include "db/plugins/simple/Directory.hxx"
+#include "lib/zlib/AutoGunzipFileLineReader.hxx"
 #include "fs/Path.hxx"
 #include "fs/NarrowPath.hxx"
-#include "fs/io/TextFile.hxx"
 #include "util/PrintException.hxx"
 
 int
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ try {
 	const FromNarrowPath db_path = argv[1];
 
 	Directory root{{}, nullptr};
-	TextFile line_reader{db_path};
+	AutoGunzipFileLineReader line_reader{db_path};
 	db_load_internal(line_reader, root, true);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 99bf19b53..80d848c2a 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ if enable_database
       pcm_basic_dep,
       song_dep,
       db_plugins_dep,
+      zlib_dep,
     ],
   )