diff --git a/volo-http/src/server/extract.rs b/volo-http/src/server/extract.rs
index 9084c61c..315aaae3 100644
--- a/volo-http/src/server/extract.rs
+++ b/volo-http/src/server/extract.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use crate::{
     context::ServerContext,
     error::server::{body_collection_error, ExtractBodyError},
     request::{Request, RequestPartsExt},
-    server::layer::ClientIP,
+    server::utils::client_ip::ClientIP,
     utils::macros::impl_deref_and_deref_mut,
 };
 
diff --git a/volo-http/src/server/layer/mod.rs b/volo-http/src/server/layer/mod.rs
index 585f8faa..6b5d22b0 100644
--- a/volo-http/src/server/layer/mod.rs
+++ b/volo-http/src/server/layer/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 //! Collections of some useful `Layer`s.
 
 mod body_limit;
-mod client_ip;
 mod filter;
 mod timeout;
 
 pub use body_limit::BodyLimitLayer;
-pub use client_ip::{ClientIP, ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer};
 pub use filter::FilterLayer;
 pub use timeout::TimeoutLayer;
diff --git a/volo-http/src/server/layer/client_ip.rs b/volo-http/src/server/utils/client_ip.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from volo-http/src/server/layer/client_ip.rs
rename to volo-http/src/server/utils/client_ip.rs
index e52761a1..515cae9b 100644
--- a/volo-http/src/server/layer/client_ip.rs
+++ b/volo-http/src/server/utils/client_ip.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl ClientIPConfig {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use volo_http::server::layer::ClientIPConfig;
+    /// use volo_http::server::utils::client_ip::ClientIPConfig;
     ///
     /// let client_ip_config =
     ///     ClientIPConfig::new().with_remote_ip_headers(vec!["X-Real-IP", "X-Forwarded-For"]);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl ClientIPConfig {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use volo_http::server::layer::ClientIPConfig;
+    /// use volo_http::server::utils::client_ip::ClientIPConfig;
     ///
     /// let client_ip_config = ClientIPConfig::new()
     ///     .with_trusted_cidrs(vec!["0.0.0.0/0".parse().unwrap(), "::/0".parse().unwrap()]);
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ impl ClientIPConfig {
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// ///
-/// use volo_http::server::layer::ClientIP;
+/// use volo_http::server::utils::client_ip::ClientIP;
 /// use volo_http::server::{
-///     layer::{ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer},
 ///     route::{get, Router},
+///     utils::client_ip::{ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer},
 ///     Server,
 /// };
 ///
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ impl ClientIPConfig {
 /// use volo_http::{
 ///     context::ServerContext,
 ///     server::{
-///         layer::{ClientIP, ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer},
 ///         route::{get, Router},
+///         utils::client_ip::{ClientIP, ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer},
 ///         Server,
 ///     },
 /// };
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ mod client_ip_tests {
         body::BodyConversion,
         context::ServerContext,
         server::{
-            layer::{client_ip::ClientIPLayer, ClientIP, ClientIPConfig},
             route::{get, Route},
+            utils::client_ip::{ClientIP, ClientIPConfig, ClientIPLayer},
         },
         utils::test_helpers::simple_req,
     };
diff --git a/volo-http/src/server/utils/mod.rs b/volo-http/src/server/utils/mod.rs
index 38f75ff8..c9160cf5 100644
--- a/volo-http/src/server/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/volo-http/src/server/utils/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod serve_dir;
 
 pub use file_response::FileResponse;
 pub use serve_dir::ServeDir;
+pub mod client_ip;
 #[cfg(feature = "multipart")]
 pub mod multipart;
 #[cfg(feature = "ws")]