diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cache.py b/src/pip/_internal/cache.py
index 9379343c2fa..894624c1dbc 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cache.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cache.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 from pip._vendor.packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
 
-from pip._internal.download import path_to_url
 from pip._internal.models.link import Link
 from pip._internal.utils.compat import expanduser
+from pip._internal.utils.misc import path_to_url
 from pip._internal.utils.temp_dir import TempDirectory
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
 from pip._internal.wheel import InvalidWheelFilename, Wheel
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/index.py b/src/pip/_internal/index.py
index becae67ba99..d6e30a483f6 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/index.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/index.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib_parse
 from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import request as urllib_request
 
-from pip._internal.download import HAS_TLS, is_url, path_to_url, url_to_path
+from pip._internal.download import HAS_TLS, is_url, url_to_path
 from pip._internal.exceptions import (
     BestVersionAlreadyInstalled, DistributionNotFound, InvalidWheelFilename,
     UnsupportedWheel,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from pip._internal.utils.logging import indent_log
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
     ARCHIVE_EXTENSIONS, SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS, WHEEL_EXTENSION, normalize_path,
-    redact_password_from_url,
+    path_to_url, redact_password_from_url,
 )
 from pip._internal.utils.packaging import check_requires_python
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/models/link.py b/src/pip/_internal/models/link.py
index 2f420760b1c..f01335e84b5 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/models/link.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/models/link.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib_parse
 
-from pip._internal.download import path_to_url
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
-    WHEEL_EXTENSION, redact_password_from_url, splitext,
+    WHEEL_EXTENSION, path_to_url, redact_password_from_url, splitext,
 )
 from pip._internal.utils.models import KeyBasedCompareMixin
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/req/constructors.py b/src/pip/_internal/req/constructors.py
index 0f18b6a727d..99df626b775 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/req/constructors.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/req/constructors.py
@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@
 from pip._vendor.packaging.specifiers import Specifier
 from pip._vendor.pkg_resources import RequirementParseError, parse_requirements
 
-from pip._internal.download import (
-    is_archive_file, is_url, path_to_url, url_to_path,
-)
+from pip._internal.download import is_archive_file, is_url, url_to_path
 from pip._internal.exceptions import InstallationError
 from pip._internal.models.index import PyPI, TestPyPI
 from pip._internal.models.link import Link
 from pip._internal.pyproject import make_pyproject_path
 from pip._internal.req.req_install import InstallRequirement
-from pip._internal.utils.misc import is_installable_dir
+from pip._internal.utils.misc import is_installable_dir, path_to_url
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
 from pip._internal.vcs import vcs
 from pip._internal.wheel import Wheel
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/wheel.py b/src/pip/_internal/wheel.py
index 970dadf8f42..f113f8158a3 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/wheel.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/wheel.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from pip._vendor.six import StringIO
 
 from pip._internal import pep425tags
-from pip._internal.download import path_to_url, unpack_url
+from pip._internal.download import unpack_url
 from pip._internal.exceptions import (
     InstallationError, InvalidWheelFilename, UnsupportedWheel,
 )
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from pip._internal.utils.logging import indent_log
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
     LOG_DIVIDER, call_subprocess, captured_stdout, ensure_dir,
-    format_command_args, read_chunks,
+    format_command_args, path_to_url, read_chunks,
 )
 from pip._internal.utils.setuptools_build import SETUPTOOLS_SHIM
 from pip._internal.utils.temp_dir import TempDirectory
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_download.py b/tests/unit/test_download.py
index 17ee7c62cd4..438ebcb2e10 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_download.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_download.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 import pip
 from pip._internal.download import (
     CI_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES, MultiDomainBasicAuth, PipSession, SafeFileCache,
-    path_to_url, unpack_file_url, unpack_http_url, url_to_path,
+    unpack_file_url, unpack_http_url, url_to_path,
 )
 from pip._internal.exceptions import HashMismatch
 from pip._internal.models.link import Link
 from pip._internal.utils.hashes import Hashes
+from pip._internal.utils.misc import path_to_url
 from tests.lib import create_file
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_req.py b/tests/unit/test_req.py
index 91a9cbed678..1278427fa5e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_req.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_req.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from pip._vendor.packaging.requirements import Requirement
 
 from pip._internal.commands.install import InstallCommand
-from pip._internal.download import PipSession, path_to_url
+from pip._internal.download import PipSession
 from pip._internal.exceptions import (
     HashErrors, InstallationError, InvalidWheelFilename, PreviousBuildDirError,
 )
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 )
 from pip._internal.req.req_file import process_line
 from pip._internal.req.req_tracker import RequirementTracker
+from pip._internal.utils.misc import path_to_url
 from tests.lib import DATA_DIR, assert_raises_regexp, requirements_file