diff --git a/docs/developers-info.rst b/docs/developers-info.rst
--- a/docs/developers-info.rst
+++ b/docs/developers-info.rst
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
       in charge of communication with :mod:`swh.storage` to retrieve information and
       perform conversion for the upper layer.
     * :mod:`swh.web.common.swh_templatetags`: Custom Django template tags library for swh.
-    * :mod:`swh.web.common.throttling`: Custom request rate limiter to use with the `Django REST Framework
-      <http://www.django-rest-framework.org/>`_
     * :mod:`swh.web.common.urlsindex`: Utilities to help the registering of endpoints
       for the web applications
     * :mod:`swh.web.common.utils`: Utility functions used in the web applications implementation
@@ -88,6 +86,8 @@
     * :mod:`swh.web.api.apiresponse`: Utility module to ease the generation of
       web api responses.
     * :mod:`swh.web.api.apiurls`: Utilities to facilitate the registration of web api endpoints.
+    * :mod:`swh.web.api.throttling`: Custom request rate limiter to use with the `Django REST Framework
+      <http://www.django-rest-framework.org/>`_
     * :mod:`swh.web.api.urls`: Module that defines the whole URI scheme for the api endpoints
     * :mod:`swh.web.api.utils`: Utility functions used in the web api implementation.
     * :mod:`swh.web.api.views.content`: Implementation of API endpoints for getting information
diff --git a/swh/web/api/apiurls.py b/swh/web/api/apiurls.py
--- a/swh/web/api/apiurls.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/apiurls.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
 
 from swh.web.common.urlsindex import UrlsIndex
-from swh.web.common import throttling
+from swh.web.api import throttling
 
 
 class APIUrls(UrlsIndex):
diff --git a/swh/web/common/throttling.py b/swh/web/api/throttling.py
rename from swh/web/common/throttling.py
rename to swh/web/api/throttling.py
diff --git a/swh/web/misc/origin_save.py b/swh/web/misc/origin_save.py
--- a/swh/web/misc/origin_save.py
+++ b/swh/web/misc/origin_save.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, authentication_classes
 
+from swh.web.api.throttling import throttle_scope
 from swh.web.common.exc import ForbiddenExc
 from swh.web.common.models import SaveOriginRequest
 from swh.web.common.origin_save import (
     create_save_origin_request, get_savable_visit_types,
     get_save_origin_requests_from_queryset
 )
-from swh.web.common.throttling import throttle_scope
 from swh.web.common.utils import EnforceCSRFAuthentication
 
 
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/common.py b/swh/web/settings/common.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/common.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/common.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         'rest_framework.renderers.TemplateHTMLRenderer'
     ),
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (
-        'swh.web.common.throttling.SwhWebRateThrottle',
+        'swh.web.api.throttling.SwhWebRateThrottle',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': throttle_rates,
     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_throttling.py b/swh/web/tests/api/test_throttling.py
rename from swh/web/tests/common/test_throttling.py
rename to swh/web/tests/api/test_throttling.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_throttling.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/api/test_throttling.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
 
 
-from swh.web.common.throttling import SwhWebRateThrottle, throttle_scope
+from swh.web.api.throttling import SwhWebRateThrottle, throttle_scope
 
 
 class MockViewScope1(APIView):