diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/keeper.go
index 4f91a3ace6f..159efe8aada 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -199,3 +199,15 @@ func (k *Keeper) AliasV1Channel(ctx context.Context, portID, channelID string) (
 	}
 	return counterparty, true
 }
+
+// getV1Counterparty attempts to retrieve a v1 channel from the channel keeper if it exists, then converts it
+// to a v2 counterparty and stores it in the v2 channel keeper for future use
+func (k *Keeper) getV1Counterparty(ctx context.Context, port, id string) (types.Counterparty, bool) {
+	if counterparty, ok := k.AliasV1Channel(ctx, port, id); ok {
+		// we can key on just the channel here since channel ids are globally unique
+		k.SetCounterparty(ctx, id, counterparty)
+		return counterparty, true
+	}
+
+	return types.Counterparty{}, false
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/relay.go b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/packet.go
similarity index 95%
rename from modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/relay.go
rename to modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/packet.go
index ce079fa69ba..d3f8c62822a 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/relay.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/keeper/packet.go
@@ -17,18 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/packet-server/types"
 )
 
-// getV1Counterparty attempts to retrieve a v1 channel from the channel keeper if it exists, then converts it
-// to a v2 counterparty and stores it in the v2 channel keeper for future use
-func (k *Keeper) getV1Counterparty(ctx context.Context, port, id string) (channeltypesv2.Counterparty, bool) {
-	if counterparty, ok := k.AliasV1Channel(ctx, port, id); ok {
-		// we can key on just the channel here since channel ids are globally unique
-		k.SetCounterparty(ctx, id, counterparty)
-		return counterparty, true
-	}
-
-	return channeltypesv2.Counterparty{}, false
-}
-
 // sendPacket constructs a packet from the input arguments, writes a packet commitment to state
 // in order for the packet to be sent to the counterparty.
 func (k *Keeper) sendPacket(