diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
index 6d9497c3a93e52..1eb46e2369168a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/buildcfg"
-	"internal/coverage"
+	"internal/coverage/covcmd"
 	"internal/platform"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ type CmdFlags struct {
 			Patterns map[string][]string
 			Files    map[string]string
 		}
-		ImportDirs   []string                   // appended to by -I
-		ImportMap    map[string]string          // set by -importcfg
-		PackageFile  map[string]string          // set by -importcfg; nil means not in use
-		CoverageInfo *coverage.CoverFixupConfig // set by -coveragecfg
-		SpectreIndex bool                       // set by -spectre=index or -spectre=all
+		ImportDirs   []string                 // appended to by -I
+		ImportMap    map[string]string        // set by -importcfg
+		PackageFile  map[string]string        // set by -importcfg; nil means not in use
+		CoverageInfo *covcmd.CoverFixupConfig // set by -coveragecfg
+		SpectreIndex bool                     // set by -spectre=index or -spectre=all
 		// Whether we are adding any sort of code instrumentation, such as
 		// when the race detector is enabled.
 		Instrumenting bool
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ func readImportCfg(file string) {
 }
 
 func readCoverageCfg(file string) {
-	var cfg coverage.CoverFixupConfig
+	var cfg covcmd.CoverFixupConfig
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("-coveragecfg: %v", err)
diff --git a/src/cmd/cover/cfg_test.go b/src/cmd/cover/cfg_test.go
index 6782ec89a4779e..91c33a0ac2733d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cover/cfg_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cover/cfg_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package main_test
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"internal/coverage"
+	"internal/coverage/covcmd"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func writeFile(t *testing.T, path string, contents []byte) {
 func writePkgConfig(t *testing.T, outdir, tag, ppath, pname string, gran string) string {
 	incfg := filepath.Join(outdir, tag+"incfg.txt")
 	outcfg := filepath.Join(outdir, "outcfg.txt")
-	p := coverage.CoverPkgConfig{
+	p := covcmd.CoverPkgConfig{
 		PkgPath:     ppath,
 		PkgName:     pname,
 		Granularity: gran,
diff --git a/src/cmd/cover/cover.go b/src/cmd/cover/cover.go
index a4b837c9ad32f2..eb44d40001d582 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cover/cover.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cover/cover.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
 	"internal/coverage"
+	"internal/coverage/covcmd"
 	"internal/coverage/encodemeta"
 	"internal/coverage/slicewriter"
 	"io"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ where -pkgcfg points to a file containing the package path,
 package name, module path, and related info from "go build",
 and -outfilelist points to a file containing the filenames
 of the instrumented output files (one per input file).
-See https://pkg.go.dev/internal/coverage#CoverPkgConfig for
+See https://pkg.go.dev/internal/coverage/covcmd#CoverPkgConfig for
 more on the package config.
 `
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ var (
 	pkgcfg      = flag.String("pkgcfg", "", "enable full-package instrumentation mode using params from specified config file")
 )
 
-var pkgconfig coverage.CoverPkgConfig
+var pkgconfig covcmd.CoverPkgConfig
 
 // outputfiles is the list of *.cover.go instrumented outputs to write,
 // one per input (set when -pkgcfg is in use)
@@ -1122,7 +1123,7 @@ func (p *Package) emitMetaData(w io.Writer) {
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "}\n")
 
-	fixcfg := coverage.CoverFixupConfig{
+	fixcfg := covcmd.CoverFixupConfig{
 		Strategy:           "normal",
 		MetaVar:            mkMetaVar(),
 		MetaLen:            len(payload),
diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/buildtool.go b/src/cmd/dist/buildtool.go
index 0c2f51029a4dc7..de68f110255179 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/buildtool.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/buildtool.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var bootstrapDirs = []string{
 	"go/constant",
 	"internal/abi",
 	"internal/coverage",
+	"internal/coverage/covcmd",
 	"internal/bisect",
 	"internal/buildcfg",
 	"internal/goarch",
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
index 197078a0e9c26e..64b0aae2672eb3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/token"
-	"internal/coverage"
+	"internal/coverage/covcmd"
 	"internal/lazyregexp"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ func (b *Builder) cover2(a *Action, infiles, outfiles []string, varName string,
 func (b *Builder) writeCoverPkgInputs(a *Action, pconfigfile string, covoutputsfile string, outfiles []string) error {
 	p := a.Package
 	p.Internal.CoverageCfg = a.Objdir + "coveragecfg"
-	pcfg := coverage.CoverPkgConfig{
+	pcfg := covcmd.CoverPkgConfig{
 		PkgPath: p.ImportPath,
 		PkgName: p.Name,
 		// Note: coverage granularity is currently hard-wired to
diff --git a/src/internal/coverage/cmddefs.go b/src/internal/coverage/covcmd/cmddefs.go
similarity index 81%
rename from src/internal/coverage/cmddefs.go
rename to src/internal/coverage/covcmd/cmddefs.go
index 49376a4665fc2f..8a350f39033a9c 100644
--- a/src/internal/coverage/cmddefs.go
+++ b/src/internal/coverage/covcmd/cmddefs.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package coverage
+package covcmd
 
 // CoverPkgConfig is a bundle of information passed from the Go
 // command to the cover command during "go build -cover" runs. The
@@ -71,17 +71,3 @@ type CoverFixupConfig struct {
 	// Counter granularity (perblock or perfunc).
 	CounterGranularity string
 }
-
-// MetaFilePaths contains information generated by the Go command and
-// the read in by coverage test support functions within an executing
-// "go test -cover" binary.
-type MetaFileCollection struct {
-	ImportPaths       []string
-	MetaFileFragments []string
-}
-
-// Name of file within the "go test -cover" temp coverdir directory
-// containing a list of meta-data files for packages being tested
-// in a "go test -coverpkg=... ..." run. This constant is shared
-// by the Go command and by the coverage runtime.
-const MetaFilesFileName = "metafiles.txt"
diff --git a/src/internal/coverage/defs.go b/src/internal/coverage/defs.go
index 8751b9f8786757..340ac9563559d0 100644
--- a/src/internal/coverage/defs.go
+++ b/src/internal/coverage/defs.go
@@ -261,6 +261,20 @@ func (cm CounterGranularity) String() string {
 	return "<invalid>"
 }
 
+// Name of file within the "go test -cover" temp coverdir directory
+// containing a list of meta-data files for packages being tested
+// in a "go test -coverpkg=... ..." run. This constant is shared
+// by the Go command and by the coverage runtime.
+const MetaFilesFileName = "metafiles.txt"
+
+// MetaFilePaths contains information generated by the Go command and
+// the read in by coverage test support functions within an executing
+// "go test -cover" binary.
+type MetaFileCollection struct {
+	ImportPaths       []string
+	MetaFileFragments []string
+}
+
 //.....................................................................
 //
 // Counter data definitions: