diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py b/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e989fa5f..00000000
--- a/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-"""https://stackoverflow.com/a/74873621/8740440"""
-
-
-class NestedDict(dict):
-    def __missing__(self, x):
-        self[x] = NestedDict()
-        return self[x]
diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py b/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9859ff9..00000000
--- a/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from .NestedDict import NestedDict
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/util.py b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
index 975c1ddd..56d11906 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from jrnl.datatypes import NestedDict
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from jrnl.journals import Journal
 
 
+"""https://stackoverflow.com/a/74873621/8740440"""
+class NestedDict(dict):
+    def __missing__(self, x):
+        self[x] = NestedDict()
+        return self[x]
+
+
 def get_tags_count(journal: "Journal") -> set[tuple[int, str]]:
     """Returns a set of tuples (count, tag) for all tags present in the journal."""
     # Astute reader: should the following line leave you as puzzled as me the first time