diff --git a/library/src-scala3/scala/quoted/package.scala b/library/src-scala3/scala/quoted/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7ece4905368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src-scala3/scala/quoted/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package scala
+
+package object quoted {
+
+  implicit class LiftExprOps[T](val x: T) extends AnyVal {
+    def toExpr(implicit ev: Liftable[T]): Expr[T] = ev.toExpr(x)
+  }
+
+  implicit class ListOfExprOps[T](val list: List[Expr[T]]) extends AnyVal {
+    def toExprOfList(implicit ev: Type[T]): Expr[List[T]] = {
+      def rec(list: List[Expr[T]]): Expr[List[T]] = list match {
+        case x :: xs  => '{ (~x) :: (~rec(xs)) }
+        case Nil => '(Nil)
+      }
+      rec(list)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/library/src/scala/quoted/package.scala b/library/src/scala/quoted/package.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a1be2f5f5e1..000000000000
--- a/library/src/scala/quoted/package.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package scala
-
-package object quoted {
-
-  implicit class LiftExprOps[T](val x: T) extends AnyVal {
-    def toExpr(implicit ev: Liftable[T]): Expr[T] = ev.toExpr(x)
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-separate-compilation/xml-interpolation-2/XmlQuote_1.scala b/tests/run-separate-compilation/xml-interpolation-2/XmlQuote_1.scala
index e9f479739f99..39e51aa50ddf 100644
--- a/tests/run-separate-compilation/xml-interpolation-2/XmlQuote_1.scala
+++ b/tests/run-separate-compilation/xml-interpolation-2/XmlQuote_1.scala
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ object XmlQuote {
     // [a0, ...]: Any*
     val args2: Expr[List[Any]] = args.unseal.underlyingArgument match {
       case Typed(Repeated(args0), _) => // statically known args, make list directly
-        def liftListOfAny(lst: List[Expr[Any]]): Expr[List[Any]] = lst match {
-          case x :: xs  => '{ ~x :: ~liftListOfAny(xs) }
-          case Nil => '(Nil)
-        }
-        liftListOfAny(args0.map(_.seal[Any]))
+        args0.map(_.seal[Any]).toExprOfList
       case _ =>
         '((~args).toList)