diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/CocoaPods.kt b/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/CocoaPods.kt
index 60ab676513661..f647500d94b3a 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/CocoaPods.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/CocoaPods.kt
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.packagemanagers.cocoapods
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode
 
 import java.io.File
@@ -317,47 +311,3 @@ private fun parseLockfile(podfileLock: File): LockfileData {
 
     return LockfileData(dependencies, externalSources.orEmpty())
 }
-
-@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
-private data class Podspec(
-    val name: String = "",
-    val version: String = "",
-    @JsonDeserialize(using = LicenseDeserializer::class)
-    val license: String = "",
-    val summary: String = "",
-    val homepage: String = "",
-    val source: Map<String, String> = emptyMap(),
-    private val subspecs: List<Podspec> = emptyList()
-) {
-    fun withSubspecs(): List<Podspec> {
-        val result = mutableListOf<Podspec>()
-
-        fun add(spec: Podspec, namePrefix: String) {
-            val name = "$namePrefix${spec.name}"
-            result += copy(name = "$namePrefix${spec.name}")
-            spec.subspecs.forEach { add(it, "$name/") }
-        }
-
-        add(this, "")
-
-        return result
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Handle deserialization of the following two possible representations:
- *
- * 1. https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/f75c24e7e9df1dac6ffa410a6fb30f01e026d4d6/Specs/8/5/e/SocketIOKit/2.0.1/SocketIOKit.podspec.json#L6-L9
- * 2. https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/f75c24e7e9df1dac6ffa410a6fb30f01e026d4d6/Specs/8/5/e/FirebaseObjects/0.0.1/FirebaseObjects.podspec.json#L6
- */
-private class LicenseDeserializer : StdDeserializer<String>(String::class.java) {
-    override fun deserialize(parser: JsonParser, context: DeserializationContext): String {
-        val node = parser.codec.readTree<JsonNode>(parser)
-
-        return if (node.isTextual) {
-            node.textValue()
-        } else {
-            node["type"].textValueOrEmpty()
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/Podspec.kt b/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/Podspec.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0cd5639ecea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/cocoapods/src/main/kotlin/Podspec.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The ORT Project Authors (see <https://github.com/oss-review-toolkit/ort/blob/main/NOTICE>)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * License-Filename: LICENSE
+ */
+
+package org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.packagemanagers.cocoapods
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer
+
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.textValueOrEmpty
+
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+internal data class Podspec(
+    val name: String = "",
+    val version: String = "",
+    @JsonDeserialize(using = LicenseDeserializer::class)
+    val license: String = "",
+    val summary: String = "",
+    val homepage: String = "",
+    val source: Map<String, String> = emptyMap(),
+    private val subspecs: List<Podspec> = emptyList()
+) {
+    fun withSubspecs(): List<Podspec> {
+        val result = mutableListOf<Podspec>()
+
+        fun add(spec: Podspec, namePrefix: String) {
+            val name = "$namePrefix${spec.name}"
+            result += copy(name = "$namePrefix${spec.name}")
+            spec.subspecs.forEach { add(it, "$name/") }
+        }
+
+        add(this, "")
+
+        return result
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle deserialization of the following two possible representations:
+ *
+ * 1. https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/f75c24e7e9df1dac6ffa410a6fb30f01e026d4d6/Specs/8/5/e/SocketIOKit/2.0.1/SocketIOKit.podspec.json#L6-L9
+ * 2. https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/f75c24e7e9df1dac6ffa410a6fb30f01e026d4d6/Specs/8/5/e/FirebaseObjects/0.0.1/FirebaseObjects.podspec.json#L6
+ */
+private class LicenseDeserializer : StdDeserializer<String>(String::class.java) {
+    override fun deserialize(parser: JsonParser, context: DeserializationContext): String {
+        val node = parser.codec.readTree<JsonNode>(parser)
+
+        return if (node.isTextual) {
+            node.textValue()
+        } else {
+            node["type"].textValueOrEmpty()
+        }
+    }
+}