diff --git a/builder/linode/builder.go b/builder/linode/builder.go
index def4b1f2e..3bc3dfb3f 100644
--- a/builder/linode/builder.go
+++ b/builder/linode/builder.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common"
 	"github.com/linode/linodego"
@@ -96,3 +97,18 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) (ret
 
 	return artifact, nil
 }
+
+func commHost(host string) func(multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
+	return func(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
+		if host != "" {
+			log.Printf("Using ssh_host value: %s", host)
+			return host, nil
+		}
+
+		instance := state.Get("instance").(*linodego.Instance)
+		if len(instance.IPv4) == 0 {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Linode instance %d has no IPv4 addresses!", instance.ID)
+		}
+		return instance.IPv4[0].String(), nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builder/linode/ssh.go b/builder/linode/ssh.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5142da9a6..000000000
--- a/builder/linode/ssh.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package linode
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
-	"github.com/linode/linodego"
-)
-
-func commHost(host string) func(multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
-	return func(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
-		if host != "" {
-			log.Printf("Using ssh_host value: %s", host)
-			return host, nil
-		}
-
-		instance := state.Get("instance").(*linodego.Instance)
-		if len(instance.IPv4) == 0 {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("Linode instance %d has no IPv4 addresses!", instance.ID)
-		}
-		return instance.IPv4[0].String(), nil
-	}
-}