diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-completion.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-completion.el
index 2c8d00d..7277ca0 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-completion.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-completion.el
@@ -141,16 +141,6 @@ no words in between, beginning with the first word."
               ([backtab] . corfu-previous))
   :hook (emacs-startup . global-corfu-mode))
 
-(defmacro use-extension (pkg name &rest args)
-  "Like `use-package', but for a package extension.
-`PKG' is the name of the package, `NAME' and `ARGS' are as with `use-package'"
-  (declare (indent defun))
-  `(use-package ,name
-     :straight nil
-     :after pkg
-     :demand t
-     ,@args))
-
 (use-extension corfu corfu-indexed
   :config (corfu-indexed-mode 1))
 
diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-packages.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-packages.el
index 6b69f18..4c6211a 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-packages.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-packages.el
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@
 (use-feature straight-x
   :commands (straight-x-fetch-all))
 
+;; useful for corfu and vertico extenions
+(defmacro use-extension (pkg name &rest args)
+  "Like `use-package', but for a package extension.
+`PKG' is the name of the package, `NAME' and `ARGS' are as with `use-package'"
+  (declare (indent defun))
+  `(use-package ,name
+     :straight nil
+     :after pkg
+     :demand t
+     ,@args))
+
 (use-package diminish)
 
 (defun run-straight-lock-file-function (func)