diff --git a/src/serena/util/dataclass.py b/src/serena/util/dataclass.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5518bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serena/util/dataclass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from dataclasses import MISSING, Field
+from typing import Any, cast
+
+
+def get_dataclass_default(cls: type, field_name: str) -> Any:
+    """
+    Gets the default value of a dataclass field.
+
+    :param cls: The dataclass type.
+    :param field_name: The name of the field.
+    :return: The default value of the field (either from default or default_factory).
+    """
+    field = cast(Field, cls.__dataclass_fields__[field_name])  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+    if field.default is not MISSING:
+        return field.default
+
+    if field.default_factory is not MISSING:  # default_factory is a function
+        return field.default_factory()
+
+    raise AttributeError(f"{field_name} has no default")
diff --git a/src/serena/util/general.py b/src/serena/util/yaml.py
similarity index 60%
rename from src/serena/util/general.py
rename to src/serena/util/yaml.py
index f380c699..4a1397e2 100644
--- a/src/serena/util/general.py
+++ b/src/serena/util/yaml.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from dataclasses import MISSING, Field
-from typing import Any, Literal, cast, overload
+from typing import Literal, overload
 
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedMap
@@ -33,22 +32,3 @@ def save_yaml(path: str, data: dict | CommentedMap, preserve_comments: bool = Fa
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok=True)
     with open(path, "w", encoding=SERENA_FILE_ENCODING) as f:
         yaml.dump(data, f)
-
-
-def get_dataclass_default(cls: type, field_name: str) -> Any:
-    """
-    Gets the default value of a dataclass field.
-
-    :param cls: The dataclass type.
-    :param field_name: The name of the field.
-    :return: The default value of the field (either from default or default_factory).
-    """
-    field = cast(Field, cls.__dataclass_fields__[field_name])  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-
-    if field.default is not MISSING:
-        return field.default
-
-    if field.default_factory is not MISSING:  # default_factory is a function
-        return field.default_factory()
-
-    raise AttributeError(f"{field_name} has no default")