diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands.rs
index 3e94dd7c2f..8bd5cc4ceb 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 pub mod classified;
 
+use crate::commands::classified::external::{ExternalArg, ExternalArgs, ExternalCommand};
 use crate::commands::classified::ClassifiedCommand;
 use crate::hir::expand_external_tokens::ExternalTokensShape;
 use crate::hir::syntax_shape::{expand_syntax, ExpandContext};
 use crate::hir::tokens_iterator::TokensIterator;
 use nu_errors::ParseError;
-use nu_source::{b, DebugDocBuilder, HasSpan, PrettyDebug, Span, Spanned, Tag, Tagged};
+use nu_source::{Spanned, Tagged};
 
 // Classify this command as an external command, which doesn't give special meaning
 // to nu syntactic constructs, and passes all arguments to the external command as
@@ -32,67 +33,3 @@ pub(crate) fn external_command(
         },
     }))
 }
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct ExternalArg {
-    pub arg: String,
-    pub tag: Tag,
-}
-
-impl std::ops::Deref for ExternalArg {
-    type Target = str;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.arg
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct ExternalArgs {
-    pub list: Vec<ExternalArg>,
-    pub span: Span,
-}
-
-impl ExternalArgs {
-    pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &ExternalArg> {
-        self.list.iter()
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::ops::Deref for ExternalArgs {
-    type Target = [ExternalArg];
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &[ExternalArg] {
-        &self.list
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct ExternalCommand {
-    pub name: String,
-
-    pub name_tag: Tag,
-    pub args: ExternalArgs,
-}
-
-impl PrettyDebug for ExternalCommand {
-    fn pretty(&self) -> DebugDocBuilder {
-        b::typed(
-            "external command",
-            b::description(&self.name)
-                + b::preceded(
-                    b::space(),
-                    b::intersperse(
-                        self.args.iter().map(|a| b::primitive(format!("{}", a.arg))),
-                        b::space(),
-                    ),
-                ),
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-impl HasSpan for ExternalCommand {
-    fn span(&self) -> Span {
-        self.name_tag.span.until(self.args.span)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified.rs
index 3454ce5a75..7a3409db9e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-use crate::commands::ExternalCommand;
+pub mod external;
+pub mod internal;
+
+use crate::commands::classified::external::ExternalCommand;
+use crate::commands::classified::internal::InternalCommand;
 use crate::hir;
 use crate::parse::token_tree::TokenNode;
 use derive_new::new;
-use nu_source::{b, DebugDocBuilder, HasSpan, PrettyDebugWithSource, Span, Tag};
+use nu_source::{b, DebugDocBuilder, HasSpan, PrettyDebugWithSource, Span};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ClassifiedCommand {
@@ -36,30 +40,6 @@ impl HasSpan for ClassifiedCommand {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(new, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct InternalCommand {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub name_tag: Tag,
-    pub args: hir::Call,
-}
-
-impl PrettyDebugWithSource for InternalCommand {
-    fn pretty_debug(&self, source: &str) -> DebugDocBuilder {
-        b::typed(
-            "internal command",
-            b::description(&self.name) + b::space() + self.args.pretty_debug(source),
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-impl HasSpan for InternalCommand {
-    fn span(&self) -> Span {
-        let start = self.name_tag.span;
-
-        start.until(self.args.span)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(new, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) struct DynamicCommand {
     pub(crate) args: hir::Call,
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/external.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/external.rs
index e69de29bb2..fd71291418 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/external.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+use nu_source::{b, DebugDocBuilder, HasSpan, PrettyDebug, Span, Tag};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ExternalArg {
+    pub arg: String,
+    pub tag: Tag,
+}
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for ExternalArg {
+    type Target = str;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.arg
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ExternalArgs {
+    pub list: Vec<ExternalArg>,
+    pub span: Span,
+}
+
+impl ExternalArgs {
+    pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &ExternalArg> {
+        self.list.iter()
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for ExternalArgs {
+    type Target = [ExternalArg];
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &[ExternalArg] {
+        &self.list
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ExternalCommand {
+    pub name: String,
+
+    pub name_tag: Tag,
+    pub args: ExternalArgs,
+}
+
+impl PrettyDebug for ExternalCommand {
+    fn pretty(&self) -> DebugDocBuilder {
+        b::typed(
+            "external command",
+            b::description(&self.name)
+                + b::preceded(
+                    b::space(),
+                    b::intersperse(
+                        self.args.iter().map(|a| b::primitive(format!("{}", a.arg))),
+                        b::space(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for ExternalCommand {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        self.name_tag.span.until(self.args.span)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/internal.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/internal.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..399eab0c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/commands/classified/internal.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use crate::hir;
+
+use derive_new::new;
+use nu_source::{b, DebugDocBuilder, HasSpan, PrettyDebugWithSource, Span, Tag};
+
+#[derive(new, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct InternalCommand {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub name_tag: Tag,
+    pub args: hir::Call,
+}
+
+impl PrettyDebugWithSource for InternalCommand {
+    fn pretty_debug(&self, source: &str) -> DebugDocBuilder {
+        b::typed(
+            "internal command",
+            b::description(&self.name) + b::space() + self.args.pretty_debug(source),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for InternalCommand {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        let start = self.name_tag.span;
+
+        start.until(self.args.span)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/baseline_parse/tests.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/baseline_parse/tests.rs
index d6d3212563..71e013d345 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/baseline_parse/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/baseline_parse/tests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::commands::classified::{ClassifiedCommand, InternalCommand};
+use crate::commands::classified::{internal::InternalCommand, ClassifiedCommand};
 use crate::hir::TokensIterator;
 use crate::hir::{self, named::NamedValue, syntax_shape::*, NamedArguments};
 use crate::parse::files::Files;
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/syntax_shape.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/syntax_shape.rs
index 6861ada43e..7cf84faa1b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/syntax_shape.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/hir/syntax_shape.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ mod block;
 mod expression;
 pub mod flat_shape;
 
-use crate::commands::classified::{ClassifiedCommand, ClassifiedPipeline, InternalCommand};
+use crate::commands::classified::internal::InternalCommand;
+use crate::commands::classified::{ClassifiedCommand, ClassifiedPipeline};
 use crate::commands::external_command;
 use crate::hir;
 use crate::hir::expand_external_tokens::ExternalTokensShape;
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/lib.rs
index f1e8baca90..99910b64c0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ pub mod hir;
 pub mod parse;
 pub mod parse_command;
 
-pub use crate::commands::classified::{ClassifiedCommand, ClassifiedPipeline, InternalCommand};
-pub use crate::commands::ExternalCommand;
+pub use crate::commands::classified::{
+    external::ExternalCommand, internal::InternalCommand, ClassifiedCommand, ClassifiedPipeline,
+};
 pub use crate::hir::syntax_shape::flat_shape::FlatShape;
 pub use crate::hir::syntax_shape::{
     expand_syntax, ExpandContext, ExpandSyntax, PipelineShape, SignatureRegistry,