diff --git a/internal/daemon/controller/common/common.go b/internal/daemon/controller/common/common.go
index 20744a222..d0b1d9d00 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/controller/common/common.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/controller/common/common.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	hostplugin "github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/plugin/host"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/server"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/session"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/target"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -26,6 +25,5 @@ type (
 	PluginHostRepoFactory        func() (*pluginhost.Repository, error)
 	HostPluginRepoFactory        func() (*hostplugin.Repository, error)
 	ConnectionRepoFactory        func() (*session.ConnectionRepository, error)
-	TargetRepoFactory            func() (*target.Repository, error)
 	WorkerAuthRepoStorageFactory func() (*server.WorkerAuthRepositoryStorage, error)
 )
diff --git a/internal/daemon/controller/controller.go b/internal/daemon/controller/controller.go
index 01935b3bf..500b2d709 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/controller/controller.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 	StaticHostRepoFn        common.StaticRepoFactory
 	PluginHostRepoFn        common.PluginHostRepoFactory
 	HostPluginRepoFn        common.HostPluginRepoFactory
-	TargetRepoFn            common.TargetRepoFactory
+	TargetRepoFn            target.RepositoryFactory
 	WorkerAuthRepoStorageFn common.WorkerAuthRepoStorageFactory
 
 	scheduler *scheduler.Scheduler
diff --git a/internal/daemon/controller/handlers/targets/target_service.go b/internal/daemon/controller/handlers/targets/target_service.go
index 0b1a3dce7..f5c45dfc2 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/controller/handlers/targets/target_service.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/controller/handlers/targets/target_service.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ var (
 type Service struct {
 	pbs.UnsafeTargetServiceServer
 
-	repoFn           common.TargetRepoFactory
+	repoFn           target.RepositoryFactory
 	iamRepoFn        common.IamRepoFactory
 	serversRepoFn    common.ServersRepoFactory
 	sessionRepoFn    session.RepositoryFactory
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var _ pbs.TargetServiceServer = (*Service)(nil)
 func NewService(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	kmsCache *kms.Kms,
-	repoFn common.TargetRepoFactory,
+	repoFn target.RepositoryFactory,
 	iamRepoFn common.IamRepoFactory,
 	serversRepoFn common.ServersRepoFactory,
 	sessionRepoFn session.RepositoryFactory,
diff --git a/internal/target/repository.go b/internal/target/repository.go
index 2f65552f5..874b9de89 100644
--- a/internal/target/repository.go
+++ b/internal/target/repository.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-dbw"
 )
 
+// RepositoryFactory enables `target.Repository` object instantiation,
+// and is used by the various service packages/controller object to do so.
+type RepositoryFactory func() (*Repository, error)
+
 // Cloneable provides a cloning interface
 type Cloneable interface {
 	Clone() Target