diff --git a/test/test_devalue.py b/test/test_devalue.py
index 1130f1f94..5e819d364 100644
--- a/test/test_devalue.py
+++ b/test/test_devalue.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import re
 import unittest
 
-from yt_dlp.utils.web import devalue
+from yt_dlp.utils.jslib import devalue
 
 
 TEST_CASES_EQUALS = [{
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 2a9cc3333..ca9077299 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     xpath_with_ns,
 )
 from ..utils._utils import _request_dump_filename
-from ..utils.web import devalue
+from ..utils.jslib import devalue
 
 
 class InfoExtractor:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/jslib/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/utils/jslib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19df08b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/jslib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Utility functions for handling web input based on commonly used JavaScript libraries
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py b/yt_dlp/utils/jslib/devalue.py
similarity index 100%
rename from yt_dlp/utils/web/devalue.py
rename to yt_dlp/utils/jslib/devalue.py
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/web/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/utils/web/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000