diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/__init__.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/__init__.py
index b479a1edaf..baba5b9564 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.grants import GrantsCrawler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mounts
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.locations import ExternalLocations, Mounts
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.tables import TablesCrawler
 
-__all__ = ["TablesCrawler", "GrantsCrawler", "Mounts"]
+__all__ = ["TablesCrawler", "GrantsCrawler", "Mounts", "ExternalLocations"]
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage.py
index 7c439de69c..fcdfcacc1c 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage.py
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@
 from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
 from databricks.sdk.service.compute import GlobalInitScriptDetailsWithContent
 
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.hms_lineage_global_init_script import (
-    global_init_script,
-)
+global_init_script = """if [[ $DB_IS_DRIVER = "TRUE" ]]; then
+  driver_conf=${DB_HOME}/driver/conf/spark-branch.conf
+  if [ ! -e $driver_conf ] ; then
+    touch $driver_conf
+  fi
+cat << EOF >>  $driver_conf
+  [driver] {
+   "spark.databricks.dataLineage.enabled" = true
+   }
+EOF
+fi"""
 
 
 class HiveMetastoreLineageEnabler:
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage_global_init_script.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage_global_init_script.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cd08497b5d..0000000000
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/hms_lineage_global_init_script.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-global_init_script = """if [[ $DB_IS_DRIVER = "TRUE" ]]; then
-  driver_conf=${DB_HOME}/driver/conf/spark-branch.conf
-  if [ ! -e $driver_conf ] ; then
-    touch $driver_conf
-  fi
-cat << EOF >>  $driver_conf
-  [driver] {
-   "spark.databricks.dataLineage.enabled" = true
-   }
-EOF
-fi"""
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/data_objects.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/locations.py
similarity index 79%
rename from src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/data_objects.py
rename to src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/locations.py
index 7027d5a332..3475760727 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/data_objects.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/locations.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
 
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.crawlers import CrawlerBase, SqlBackend
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mounts
 from databricks.labs.ucx.mixins.sql import Row
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -18,7 +17,13 @@ class ExternalLocation:
     location: str
 
 
-class ExternalLocationCrawler(CrawlerBase):
+@dataclass
+class Mount:
+    name: str
+    source: str
+
+
+class ExternalLocations(CrawlerBase):
     _prefix_size: typing.ClassVar[list[int]] = [1, 12]
 
     def __init__(self, ws: WorkspaceClient, sbe: SqlBackend, schema):
@@ -106,3 +111,36 @@ def snapshot(self) -> list[ExternalLocation]:
     def _try_fetch(self) -> list[ExternalLocation]:
         for row in self._fetch(f"SELECT * FROM {self._schema}.{self._table}"):
             yield ExternalLocation(*row)
+
+
+class Mounts(CrawlerBase):
+    def __init__(self, backend: SqlBackend, ws: WorkspaceClient, inventory_database: str):
+        super().__init__(backend, "hive_metastore", inventory_database, "mounts", Mount)
+        self._dbutils = ws.dbutils
+
+    def _deduplicate_mounts(self, mounts: list) -> list:
+        seen = set()
+        deduplicated_mounts = []
+
+        for obj in mounts:
+            obj_tuple = (obj.name, obj.source)
+            if obj_tuple not in seen:
+                seen.add(obj_tuple)
+                deduplicated_mounts.append(obj)
+        return deduplicated_mounts
+
+    def inventorize_mounts(self):
+        self._append_records(self._list_mounts())
+
+    def _list_mounts(self):
+        mounts = []
+        for mount_point, source, _ in self._dbutils.fs.mounts():
+            mounts.append(Mount(mount_point, source))
+        return self._deduplicate_mounts(mounts)
+
+    def snapshot(self) -> list[Mount]:
+        return self._snapshot(self._try_fetch, self._list_mounts)
+
+    def _try_fetch(self) -> list[Mount]:
+        for row in self._fetch(f"SELECT * FROM {self._schema}.{self._table}"):
+            yield Mount(*row)
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/mounts.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/mounts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d517906405..0000000000
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/hive_metastore/mounts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-
-from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
-
-from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.crawlers import CrawlerBase, SqlBackend
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Mount:
-    name: str
-    source: str
-
-
-class Mounts(CrawlerBase):
-    def __init__(self, backend: SqlBackend, ws: WorkspaceClient, inventory_database: str):
-        super().__init__(backend, "hive_metastore", inventory_database, "mounts", Mount)
-        self._dbutils = ws.dbutils
-
-    def _deduplicate_mounts(self, mounts: list) -> list:
-        seen = set()
-        deduplicated_mounts = []
-
-        for obj in mounts:
-            obj_tuple = (obj.name, obj.source)
-            if obj_tuple not in seen:
-                seen.add(obj_tuple)
-                deduplicated_mounts.append(obj)
-        return deduplicated_mounts
-
-    def inventorize_mounts(self):
-        self._append_records(self._list_mounts())
-
-    def _list_mounts(self):
-        mounts = []
-        for mount_point, source, _ in self._dbutils.fs.mounts():
-            mounts.append(Mount(mount_point, source))
-        return self._deduplicate_mounts(mounts)
-
-    def snapshot(self) -> list[Mount]:
-        return self._snapshot(self._try_fetch, self._list_mounts)
-
-    def _try_fetch(self) -> list[Mount]:
-        for row in self._fetch(f"SELECT * FROM {self._schema}.{self._table}"):
-            yield Mount(*row)
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/install.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/install.py
index 4cc5aba78a..abae55a93d 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/install.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/install.py
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.dashboards import DashboardFromFiles
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.install_state import InstallState
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.tasks import _TASKS, Task
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.data_objects import ExternalLocation
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.grants import Grant
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.hms_lineage import HiveMetastoreLineageEnabler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mount
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.locations import ExternalLocation, Mount
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.tables import Table, TableError
 from databricks.labs.ucx.runtime import main
 from databricks.labs.ucx.workspace_access.base import Permissions
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/runtime.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/runtime.py
index c9a7145d68..d1d9c9e0a2 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/runtime.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/runtime.py
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 from databricks.labs.ucx.config import WorkspaceConfig
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.crawlers import RuntimeBackend
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.tasks import task, trigger
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore import GrantsCrawler, TablesCrawler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.data_objects import ExternalLocationCrawler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mounts
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore import (
+    ExternalLocations,
+    GrantsCrawler,
+    Mounts,
+    TablesCrawler,
+)
 from databricks.labs.ucx.workspace_access.generic import WorkspaceListing
 from databricks.labs.ucx.workspace_access.groups import GroupManager
 from databricks.labs.ucx.workspace_access.manager import PermissionManager
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ def guess_external_locations(cfg: WorkspaceConfig):
       - Scanning all these locations to identify folders that can act as shared path prefixes
       - These identified external locations will be created subsequently prior to the actual table migration"""
     ws = WorkspaceClient(config=cfg.to_databricks_config())
-    crawler = ExternalLocationCrawler(ws, RuntimeBackend(), cfg.inventory_database)
+    crawler = ExternalLocations(ws, RuntimeBackend(), cfg.inventory_database)
     crawler.snapshot()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_external_locations.py b/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_external_locations.py
index 45bc3a5232..7581831a48 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_external_locations.py
+++ b/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_external_locations.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.data_objects import ExternalLocationCrawler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mount
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.data_objects import ExternalLocations
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.locations import Mount
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.tables import Table
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_external_locations(ws, sql_backend, inventory_schema, env_or_skip):
     sql_backend.save_table(f"{inventory_schema}.tables", tables, Table)
     sql_backend.save_table(f"{inventory_schema}.mounts", [Mount("/mnt/foo", "s3://bar")], Mount)
 
-    crawler = ExternalLocationCrawler(ws, sql_backend, inventory_schema)
+    crawler = ExternalLocations(ws, sql_backend, inventory_schema)
     results = crawler.snapshot()
     assert len(results) == 6
     assert results[1].location == "s3://bar/test3/"
diff --git a/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py b/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py
index e330592c4c..961405d03b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py
+++ b/tests/integration/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mount
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.locations import Mount
 from databricks.labs.ucx.mixins.compute import CommandExecutor
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/assessment/test_assessment.py b/tests/unit/assessment/test_assessment.py
index 134723084a..7ad3aa4040 100644
--- a/tests/unit/assessment/test_assessment.py
+++ b/tests/unit/assessment/test_assessment.py
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
     PipelinesCrawler,
     spark_version_compatibility,
 )
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.data_objects import ExternalLocationCrawler
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mount
-from databricks.labs.ucx.mixins.sql import Row
 from tests.unit.framework.mocks import MockBackend
 
 _SECRET_PATTERN = r"{{(secrets.*?)}}"
@@ -63,62 +60,6 @@ def test_spark_version_compatibility():
     assert "unsupported" == spark_version_compatibility("x14.1.x-photon-scala2.12")
 
 
-def test_external_locations():
-    crawler = ExternalLocationCrawler(Mock(), MockBackend(), "test")
-    row_factory = type("Row", (Row,), {"__columns__": ["location", "storage_properties"]})
-    sample_locations = [
-        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/Table", ""]),
-        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/Table2", ""]),
-        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/testloc/Table3", ""]),
-        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/anotherloc/Table4", ""]),
-        row_factory(["dbfs:/mnt/ucx/database1/table1", ""]),
-        row_factory(["dbfs:/mnt/ucx/database2/table2", ""]),
-        row_factory(["DatabricksRootmntDatabricksRoot", ""]),
-        row_factory(
-            [
-                "jdbc:databricks://",
-                "[personalAccessToken=*********(redacted), \
-        httpPath=/sql/1.0/warehouses/65b52fb5bd86a7be, host=dbc-test1-aa11.cloud.databricks.com, \
-        dbtable=samples.nyctaxi.trips]",
-            ]
-        ),
-        row_factory(
-            [
-                "jdbc:/MYSQL",
-                "[database=test_db, host=somemysql.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
-            port=3306, dbtable=movies, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted)]",
-            ]
-        ),
-        row_factory(
-            [
-                "jdbc:providerknown:/",
-                "[database=test_db, host=somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
-            port=1234, dbtable=sometable, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted), \
-            provider=providerknown]",
-            ]
-        ),
-        row_factory(
-            [
-                "jdbc:providerunknown:/",
-                "[database=test_db, host=somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
-            port=1234, dbtable=sometable, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted)]",
-            ]
-        ),
-    ]
-    sample_mounts = [Mount("/mnt/ucx", "s3://us-east-1-ucx-container")]
-    result_set = crawler._external_locations(sample_locations, sample_mounts)
-    assert len(result_set) == 7
-    assert result_set[0].location == "s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/"
-    assert result_set[1].location == "s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/"
-    assert (
-        result_set[3].location
-        == "jdbc:databricks://dbc-test1-aa11.cloud.databricks.com;httpPath=/sql/1.0/warehouses/65b52fb5bd86a7be"
-    )
-    assert result_set[4].location == "jdbc:mysql://somemysql.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/test_db"
-    assert result_set[5].location == "jdbc:providerknown://somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:1234/test_db"
-    assert result_set[6].location == "jdbc:providerunknown://somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:1234/test_db"
-
-
 def test_job_assessment():
     sample_jobs = [
         BaseJob(
diff --git a/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_locations.py b/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_locations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ac57f6ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_locations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock
+
+from databricks.sdk.dbutils import MountInfo
+
+from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.locations import (
+    ExternalLocations,
+    Mount,
+    Mounts,
+)
+from databricks.labs.ucx.mixins.sql import Row
+from tests.unit.framework.mocks import MockBackend
+
+
+def test_list_mounts_should_return_a_list_of_mount_without_encryption_type():
+    client = MagicMock()
+    client.dbutils.fs.mounts.return_value = [
+        MountInfo("mp_1", "path_1", "info_1"),
+        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
+        MountInfo("mp_3", "path_3", "info_3"),
+    ]
+
+    backend = MockBackend()
+    instance = Mounts(backend, client, "test")
+
+    instance.inventorize_mounts()
+
+    expected = [Mount("mp_1", "path_1"), Mount("mp_2", "path_2"), Mount("mp_3", "path_3")]
+    assert expected == backend.rows_written_for("hive_metastore.test.mounts", "append")
+
+
+def test_list_mounts_should_return_a_deduped_list_of_mount_without_encryption_type():
+    client = MagicMock()
+    client.dbutils.fs.mounts.return_value = [
+        MountInfo("mp_1", "path_1", "info_1"),
+        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
+        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
+    ]
+
+    backend = MockBackend()
+    instance = Mounts(backend, client, "test")
+
+    instance.inventorize_mounts()
+
+    expected = [Mount("mp_1", "path_1"), Mount("mp_2", "path_2")]
+    assert expected == backend.rows_written_for("hive_metastore.test.mounts", "append")
+
+
+def test_external_locations():
+    crawler = ExternalLocations(Mock(), MockBackend(), "test")
+    row_factory = type("Row", (Row,), {"__columns__": ["location", "storage_properties"]})
+    sample_locations = [
+        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/Table", ""]),
+        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/Table2", ""]),
+        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/testloc/Table3", ""]),
+        row_factory(["s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/anotherloc/Table4", ""]),
+        row_factory(["dbfs:/mnt/ucx/database1/table1", ""]),
+        row_factory(["dbfs:/mnt/ucx/database2/table2", ""]),
+        row_factory(["DatabricksRootmntDatabricksRoot", ""]),
+        row_factory(
+            [
+                "jdbc:databricks://",
+                "[personalAccessToken=*********(redacted), \
+        httpPath=/sql/1.0/warehouses/65b52fb5bd86a7be, host=dbc-test1-aa11.cloud.databricks.com, \
+        dbtable=samples.nyctaxi.trips]",
+            ]
+        ),
+        row_factory(
+            [
+                "jdbc:/MYSQL",
+                "[database=test_db, host=somemysql.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
+            port=3306, dbtable=movies, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted)]",
+            ]
+        ),
+        row_factory(
+            [
+                "jdbc:providerknown:/",
+                "[database=test_db, host=somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
+            port=1234, dbtable=sometable, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted), \
+            provider=providerknown]",
+            ]
+        ),
+        row_factory(
+            [
+                "jdbc:providerunknown:/",
+                "[database=test_db, host=somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, \
+            port=1234, dbtable=sometable, user=*********(redacted), password=*********(redacted)]",
+            ]
+        ),
+    ]
+    sample_mounts = [Mount("/mnt/ucx", "s3://us-east-1-ucx-container")]
+    result_set = crawler._external_locations(sample_locations, sample_mounts)
+    assert len(result_set) == 7
+    assert result_set[0].location == "s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-1/Location/"
+    assert result_set[1].location == "s3://us-east-1-dev-account-staging-uc-ext-loc-bucket-23/"
+    assert (
+        result_set[3].location
+        == "jdbc:databricks://dbc-test1-aa11.cloud.databricks.com;httpPath=/sql/1.0/warehouses/65b52fb5bd86a7be"
+    )
+    assert result_set[4].location == "jdbc:mysql://somemysql.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/test_db"
+    assert result_set[5].location == "jdbc:providerknown://somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:1234/test_db"
+    assert result_set[6].location == "jdbc:providerunknown://somedb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:1234/test_db"
diff --git a/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py b/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 049743b7dd..0000000000
--- a/tests/unit/hive_metastore/test_mounts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-from databricks.sdk.dbutils import MountInfo
-
-from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.mounts import Mount, Mounts
-from tests.unit.framework.mocks import MockBackend
-
-
-def test_list_mounts_should_return_a_list_of_mount_without_encryption_type():
-    client = MagicMock()
-    client.dbutils.fs.mounts.return_value = [
-        MountInfo("mp_1", "path_1", "info_1"),
-        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
-        MountInfo("mp_3", "path_3", "info_3"),
-    ]
-
-    backend = MockBackend()
-    instance = Mounts(backend, client, "test")
-
-    instance.inventorize_mounts()
-
-    expected = [Mount("mp_1", "path_1"), Mount("mp_2", "path_2"), Mount("mp_3", "path_3")]
-    assert expected == backend.rows_written_for("hive_metastore.test.mounts", "append")
-
-
-def test_list_mounts_should_return_a_deduped_list_of_mount_without_encryption_type():
-    client = MagicMock()
-    client.dbutils.fs.mounts.return_value = [
-        MountInfo("mp_1", "path_1", "info_1"),
-        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
-        MountInfo("mp_2", "path_2", "info_2"),
-    ]
-
-    backend = MockBackend()
-    instance = Mounts(backend, client, "test")
-
-    instance.inventorize_mounts()
-
-    expected = [Mount("mp_1", "path_1"), Mount("mp_2", "path_2")]
-    assert expected == backend.rows_written_for("hive_metastore.test.mounts", "append")