diff --git a/gnu/packages/genimage.scm b/gnu/packages/genimage.scm
index 792bddf5a5..fdf686f9d7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/genimage.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/genimage.scm
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ (define-module (gnu packages genimage)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (gnu packages mtools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages virtualization)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages wm))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages textutils)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages virtualization))
 
 (define-public genimage
   (package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 7d7fce7563..eeabc3d93d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages networking)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
   #:use-module (gnu packages valgrind)
   #:use-module (gnu packages web)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages wm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages wxwidgets)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 536a48986f..3839aa1b52 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages terminals)
   #:use-module (gnu packages serialization)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ssh)
   #:use-module (gnu packages textutils)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages wm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
index d55f27fd6b..78050f3925 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
@@ -188,6 +188,28 @@ (define-public utf8proc
 encoding, supporting Unicode version 9.0.0.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public libconfuse
+  (package
+    (name "libconfuse")
+    (version "3.2.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/"
+                           "releases/download/v" version
+                           "/confuse-" version ".tar.xz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "02r1mmzik2m0iigbc2da3y754vj24i18r3ml5p2wzs027mjhn959"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse")
+    (synopsis "Configuration file parser library")
+    (description "libconfuse is a configuration file parser library.  It
+supports sections and (lists of) values (strings, integers, floats, booleans
+or other sections), as well as some other features (such as
+single/double-quoted strings, environment variable expansion, functions and
+nested include statements).")
+    (license license:isc)))
+
 (define-public libgtextutils
   (package
     (name "libgtextutils")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 4a6fc62069..abd51f6589 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -83,31 +83,10 @@ (define-module (gnu packages wm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages version-control)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages textutils)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download))
 
-(define-public libconfuse
-  (package
-    (name "libconfuse")
-    (version "3.2.2")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/"
-                                  "releases/download/v" version
-                                  "/confuse-" version ".tar.xz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "02r1mmzik2m0iigbc2da3y754vj24i18r3ml5p2wzs027mjhn959"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (home-page "https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse")
-    (synopsis "Configuration file parser library")
-    (description "libconfuse is a configuration file parser library.  It
-supports sections and (lists of) values (strings, integers, floats, booleans
-or other sections), as well as some other features (such as
-single/double-quoted strings, environment variable expansion, functions and
-nested include statements).")
-    (license license:isc)))
-
 (define-public bspwm
   (package
     (name "bspwm")