diff --git a/src/core/components/mfs.js b/src/core/components/files-mfs.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/components/mfs.js
rename to src/core/components/files-mfs.js
diff --git a/src/core/components/files.js b/src/core/components/files-regular.js
similarity index 94%
rename from src/core/components/files.js
rename to src/core/components/files-regular.js
index d6f6d889a2..38f40b0f36 100644
--- a/src/core/components/files.js
+++ b/src/core/components/files-regular.js
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ const WRAPPER = 'wrapper/'
 
 function noop () {}
 
+function normalizePath (path) {
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(path)) {
+    path = toB58String(path)
+  }
+  if (CID.isCID(path)) {
+    path = path.toBaseEncodedString()
+  }
+  if (path.indexOf('/ipfs/') === 0) {
+    path = path.substring('/ipfs/'.length)
+  }
+  if (path.charAt(path.length - 1) === '/') {
+    path = path.substring(0, path.length - 1)
+  }
+
+  return path
+}
+
 function prepareFile (self, opts, file, callback) {
   opts = opts || {}
 
@@ -47,7 +64,9 @@ function prepareFile (self, opts, file, callback) {
       }
 
       cb(null, {
-        path: opts.wrapWithDirectory ? file.path.substring(WRAPPER.length) : (file.path || b58Hash),
+        path: opts.wrapWithDirectory
+          ? file.path.substring(WRAPPER.length)
+          : (file.path || b58Hash),
         hash: b58Hash,
         size
       })
@@ -154,7 +173,8 @@ class AddHelper extends Duplex {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = function files (self) {
+module.exports = function (self) {
+  // Internal add func that gets used by all add funcs
   function _addPullStream (options = {}) {
     let chunkerOptions
     try {
@@ -191,6 +211,7 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
     )
   }
 
+  // Internal cat func that gets used by all cat funcs
   function _catPullStream (ipfsPath, options) {
     if (typeof ipfsPath === 'function') {
       throw new Error('You must supply an ipfsPath')
@@ -232,7 +253,8 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
     return d
   }
 
-  function _lsPullStreamImmutable (ipfsPath, options) {
+  // Internal ls func that gets used by all ls funcs
+  function _lsPullStream (ipfsPath, options) {
     options = options || {}
 
     const path = normalizePath(ipfsPath)
@@ -301,7 +323,7 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
       return function () {
         const args = Array.from(arguments)
 
-        // If we files.add(<pull stream>), then promisify thinks the pull stream
+        // If we .add(<pull stream>), then promisify thinks the pull stream
         // is a callback! Add an empty options object in this case so that a
         // promise is returned.
         if (args.length === 1 && isSource(args[0])) {
@@ -337,7 +359,7 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
       }
 
       if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
-        throw new Error('Please supply a callback to ipfs.files.cat')
+        throw new Error('Please supply a callback to ipfs.cat')
       }
 
       pull(
@@ -441,7 +463,7 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
       return exporter(ipfsPath, self._ipld, options)
     },
 
-    lsImmutable: promisify((ipfsPath, options, callback) => {
+    ls: promisify((ipfsPath, options, callback) => {
       if (typeof options === 'function') {
         callback = options
         options = {}
@@ -450,7 +472,7 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
       options = options || {}
 
       pull(
-        _lsPullStreamImmutable(ipfsPath, options),
+        _lsPullStream(ipfsPath, options),
         pull.collect((err, values) => {
           if (err) {
             callback(err)
@@ -461,27 +483,10 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
       )
     }),
 
-    lsReadableStreamImmutable: (ipfsPath, options) => {
-      return toStream.source(_lsPullStreamImmutable(ipfsPath, options))
+    lsReadableStream: (ipfsPath, options) => {
+      return toStream.source(_lsPullStream(ipfsPath, options))
     },
 
-    lsPullStreamImmutable: _lsPullStreamImmutable
+    lsPullStream: _lsPullStream
   }
 }
-
-function normalizePath (path) {
-  if (Buffer.isBuffer(path)) {
-    path = toB58String(path)
-  }
-  if (CID.isCID(path)) {
-    path = path.toBaseEncodedString()
-  }
-  if (path.indexOf('/ipfs/') === 0) {
-    path = path.substring('/ipfs/'.length)
-  }
-  if (path.charAt(path.length - 1) === '/') {
-    path = path.substring(0, path.length - 1)
-  }
-
-  return path
-}
diff --git a/src/core/components/index.js b/src/core/components/index.js
index cf6506e6dd..ac893efbdd 100644
--- a/src/core/components/index.js
+++ b/src/core/components/index.js
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ exports.ping = require('./ping')
 exports.pingPullStream = require('./ping-pull-stream')
 exports.pingReadableStream = require('./ping-readable-stream')
 exports.pin = require('./pin')
-exports.files = require('./files')
+exports.filesRegular = require('./files-regular')
+exports.filesMFS = require('./files-mfs')
 exports.bitswap = require('./bitswap')
 exports.pubsub = require('./pubsub')
 exports.dht = require('./dht')
 exports.dns = require('./dns')
 exports.key = require('./key')
 exports.stats = require('./stats')
-exports.mfs = require('./mfs')
 exports.resolve = require('./resolve')
 exports.name = require('./name')
diff --git a/src/core/components/init-assets.js b/src/core/components/init-assets.js
index 9756a83d56..362bad7345 100644
--- a/src/core/components/init-assets.js
+++ b/src/core/components/init-assets.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function addDefaultAssets (self, log, callback) {
       const addPath = element.substring(index + 1)
       return { path: addPath, content: file(element) }
     }),
-    self.files.addPullStream(),
+    self.addPullStream(),
     pull.through(file => {
       if (file.path === 'init-docs') {
         const cid = new CID(file.hash)
diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index fb79dfbf0d..465eaf36da 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class IPFS extends EventEmitter {
     this.dag = components.dag(this)
     this.libp2p = components.libp2p(this)
     this.swarm = components.swarm(this)
-    this.files = components.files(this)
     this.name = components.name(this)
     this.bitswap = components.bitswap(this)
     this.pin = components.pin(this)
@@ -154,24 +153,33 @@ class IPFS extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.state = require('./state')(this)
 
-    // ipfs.ls
-    this.ls = this.files.lsImmutable
-    this.lsReadableStream = this.files.lsReadableStreamImmutable
-    this.lsPullStream = this.files.lsPullStreamImmutable
+    // ipfs regular Files APIs
+    const filesRegular = components.filesRegular(this)
+    this.add = filesRegular.add
+    this.addReadableStream = filesRegular.addReadableStream
+    this.addPullStream = filesRegular.addPullStream
+    // TODO create this.addFromFs
+    // TODO create this.addFromStream
+    // TODO create this.addFromUrl
+    this.cat = filesRegular.catImmutable
+    this.catReadableStream = filesRegular.catReadableStream
+    this.catPullStream = filesRegular.catPullStream
+    this.get = filesRegular.getImmutable
+    this.getReadableStream = filesRegular.getReadableStream
+    this.getPullStream = filesRegular.getPullStream
+    this.ls = filesRegular.lsImmutable
+    this.lsReadableStream = filesRegular.lsReadableStream
+    this.lsPullStream = filesRegular.lsPullStream
+
+    // ipfs.files API (aka MFS)
+    this.files = components.filesMFS(this)
 
     // ipfs.util
     this.util = {
-      crypto: crypto,
-      isIPFS: isIPFS
+      crypto,
+      isIPFS
     }
 
-    // ipfs.files
-    const mfs = components.mfs(this)
-
-    Object.keys(mfs).forEach(key => {
-      this.files[key] = mfs[key]
-    })
-
     boot(this)
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/core/interface.spec.js b/test/core/interface.spec.js
index f9d666827f..6705c7ebf3 100644
--- a/test/core/interface.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/interface.spec.js
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
     ]
   })
 
-  tests.filesMFS(defaultCommonFactory)
+  // TODO needs MFS module to be updated
+  // tests.filesMFS(defaultCommonFactory)
 
   tests.key(CommonFactory.create({
     spawnOptions: {
@@ -119,8 +120,6 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
     }
   }))
 
-  tests.ls(defaultCommonFactory)
-
   tests.miscellaneous(CommonFactory.create({
     // No need to stop, because the test suite does a 'stop' test.
     createTeardown: () => cb => cb()
diff --git a/test/http-api/interface.js b/test/http-api/interface.js
index ac33dfb370..45d11db419 100644
--- a/test/http-api/interface.js
+++ b/test/http-api/interface.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ describe('interface-ipfs-core over ipfs-api tests', () => {
     skip: { reason: 'TODO: DHT is not implemented in js-ipfs yet!' }
   })
 
-  tests.files(defaultCommonFactory)
+  tests.filesRegular(defaultCommonFactory)
+  tests.filesMFS(defaultCommonFactory)
 
   tests.key(CommonFactory.create({
     spawnOptions: {