diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b81e788b..13e0d46d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blockdev"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bootc-utils",
+ "camino",
+ "fn-error-context",
+ "indoc",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bootc"
 version = "0.1.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2c63fd9..a2aea4b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["cli", "lib", "xtask", "tests-integration"]
+members = ["cli", "lib", "blockdev", "xtask", "tests-integration"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/blockdev/Cargo.toml b/blockdev/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcebccf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockdev/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+description = "Internal blockdev code"
+# Should never be published to crates.io
+publish = false
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+name = "blockdev"
+repository = "https://github.com/containers/bootc"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+bootc-utils = { path = "../utils" }
+camino = { workspace = true, features = ["serde1"] }
+fn-error-context = { workspace = true }
+regex = "1.10.4"
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+indoc = "2.0.5"
+
+[lib]
+path = "src/blockdev.rs"
diff --git a/lib/src/blockdev.rs b/blockdev/src/blockdev.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from lib/src/blockdev.rs
rename to blockdev/src/blockdev.rs
index 8631902f..0baccfb1 100644
--- a/lib/src/blockdev.rs
+++ b/blockdev/src/blockdev.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::install::run_in_host_mountns;
-use crate::task::Task;
 use bootc_utils::CommandRunExt;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -84,15 +83,6 @@ impl Device {
     }
 }
 
-#[context("Failed to wipe {dev}")]
-pub(crate) fn wipefs(dev: &Utf8Path) -> Result<()> {
-    Task::new_and_run(
-        format!("Wiping device {dev}"),
-        "wipefs",
-        ["-a", dev.as_str()],
-    )
-}
-
 #[context("Listing device {dev}")]
 pub(crate) fn list_dev(dev: &Utf8Path) -> Result<Device> {
     let mut devs: DevicesOutput = Command::new("lsblk")
@@ -176,10 +166,10 @@ impl Partition {
 
 #[context("Listing partitions of {dev}")]
 pub(crate) fn partitions_of(dev: &Utf8Path) -> Result<PartitionTable> {
-    let o = Task::new_quiet("sfdisk")
+    let o: SfDiskOutput = Command::new("sfdisk")
         .args(["-J", dev.as_str()])
-        .read()?;
-    let o: SfDiskOutput = serde_json::from_str(&o).context("Parsing sfdisk output")?;
+        .run_and_parse_json()
+        .context("Parsing sfdisk output")?;
     Ok(o.partitiontable)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
index 0aa86128..bc2c90db 100644
--- a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ fn mkfs<'a>(
     Ok(u)
 }
 
+#[context("Failed to wipe {dev}")]
+fn wipefs(dev: &Utf8Path) -> Result<()> {
+    Task::new_and_run(
+        format!("Wiping device {dev}"),
+        "wipefs",
+        ["-a", dev.as_str()],
+    )
+}
+
 #[context("Creating rootfs")]
 pub(crate) fn install_create_rootfs(
     state: &State,
@@ -184,11 +193,9 @@ pub(crate) fn install_create_rootfs(
         let dev = &opts.device;
         for child in device.children.iter().flatten() {
             let child = child.path();
-            println!("Wiping {child}");
-            crate::blockdev::wipefs(Utf8Path::new(&child))?;
+            wipefs(Utf8Path::new(&child))?;
         }
-        println!("Wiping {dev}");
-        crate::blockdev::wipefs(dev)?;
+        wipefs(dev)?;
     } else if device.has_children() {
         anyhow::bail!(
             "Detected existing partitions on {}; use e.g. `wipefs` if you intend to overwrite",