diff --git a/listen_unix.go b/listen_unix.go
index e31ecac7..8870da5e 100644
--- a/listen_unix.go
+++ b/listen_unix.go
@@ -138,6 +138,26 @@ func reusePort(network, address string, conn syscall.RawConn) error {
 	})
 }
 
+type unixListener struct {
+	*net.UnixListener
+	mapKey string
+	count  *int32 // accessed atomically
+}
+
+func (uln *unixListener) Close() error {
+	newCount := atomic.AddInt32(uln.count, -1)
+	if newCount == 0 {
+		defer func() {
+			addr := uln.Addr().String()
+			unixSocketsMu.Lock()
+			delete(unixSockets, uln.mapKey)
+			unixSocketsMu.Unlock()
+			_ = syscall.Unlink(addr)
+		}()
+	}
+	return uln.UnixListener.Close()
+}
+
 // deleteListener is a type that simply deletes itself
 // from the listenerPool when it closes. It is used
 // solely for the purpose of reference counting (i.e.
diff --git a/listeners.go b/listeners.go
index 08bdbcf7..1387d385 100644
--- a/listeners.go
+++ b/listeners.go
@@ -694,26 +694,6 @@ func RegisterNetwork(network string, getListener ListenerFunc) {
 	networkTypes[network] = getListener
 }
 
-type unixListener struct {
-	*net.UnixListener
-	mapKey string
-	count  *int32 // accessed atomically
-}
-
-func (uln *unixListener) Close() error {
-	newCount := atomic.AddInt32(uln.count, -1)
-	if newCount == 0 {
-		defer func() {
-			addr := uln.Addr().String()
-			unixSocketsMu.Lock()
-			delete(unixSockets, uln.mapKey)
-			unixSocketsMu.Unlock()
-			_ = syscall.Unlink(addr)
-		}()
-	}
-	return uln.UnixListener.Close()
-}
-
 type unixConn struct {
 	*net.UnixConn
 	filename string