diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/__init__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/__init__.py
index 5f017798..5905aa58 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ from pluggy import HookimplMarker as _HookimplMarker
 from ocrmypdf import helpers, hocrtransform, pdfa, pdfinfo
 from ocrmypdf._concurrent import Executor
 from ocrmypdf._jobcontext import PageContext, PdfContext
+from ocrmypdf._pipelines._common import (
+    configure_debug_logging,
+)
 from ocrmypdf._version import PROGRAM_NAME, __version__
 from ocrmypdf.api import Verbosity, configure_logging, hocr_to_ocr_pdf, ocr, pdf_to_hocr
 from ocrmypdf.exceptions import (
@@ -30,9 +33,11 @@ from ocrmypdf.pluginspec import OcrEngine, OrientationConfidence
 
 hookimpl = _HookimplMarker('ocrmypdf')
 
+
 __all__ = [
     '__version__',
     'BadArgsError',
+    'configure_debug_logging',
     'configure_logging',
     'DpiError',
     'EncryptedPdfError',
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index 68aebdef..cec02d13 100755
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import sys
 from contextlib import suppress
 
 from ocrmypdf import __version__
+from ocrmypdf._pipelines.ocr import run_pipeline_cli
 from ocrmypdf._plugin_manager import get_parser_options_plugins
-from ocrmypdf._sync import run_pipeline_cli
 from ocrmypdf._validation import check_options
 from ocrmypdf.api import Verbosity, configure_logging
 from ocrmypdf.exceptions import (
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 24eb9fd2..00000000
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 James R. Barlow
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Martin Wind
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-"""Implements the concurrent and page synchronous parts of the pipeline."""
-
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import logging
-import logging.handlers
-
-from ocrmypdf._pipelines._common import (
-    configure_debug_logging,
-)
-from ocrmypdf._pipelines.ocr import run_pipeline, run_pipeline_cli
-from ocrmypdf._pipelines.pdf_to_hocr import run_hocr_pipeline
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-__all__ = [
-    'run_pipeline',
-    'run_pipeline_cli',
-    'run_hocr_pipeline',
-    'configure_debug_logging',
-]
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/api.py b/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
index eb5096b0..98e22f68 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import pluggy
 
 from ocrmypdf._logging import PageNumberFilter
 from ocrmypdf._pipelines.hocr_to_ocr_pdf import run_hocr_to_ocr_pdf_pipeline
+from ocrmypdf._pipelines.ocr import run_pipeline, run_pipeline_cli
+from ocrmypdf._pipelines.pdf_to_hocr import run_hocr_pipeline
 from ocrmypdf._plugin_manager import get_plugin_manager
-from ocrmypdf._sync import run_hocr_pipeline, run_pipeline, run_pipeline_cli
 from ocrmypdf._validation import check_options
 from ocrmypdf.cli import ArgumentParser, get_parser
 from ocrmypdf.helpers import is_iterable_notstr
diff --git a/tests/test_logging.py b/tests/test_logging.py
index 896d1810..e4b31ff0 100644
--- a/tests/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
-from ocrmypdf._sync import configure_debug_logging
+from ocrmypdf._pipelines._common import configure_debug_logging
 
 
 def test_debug_logging(tmp_path):