diff --git a/cache/remotecache/v1/utils.go b/cache/remotecache/v1/utils.go
index c019a64d..fc494aa5 100644
--- a/cache/remotecache/v1/utils.go
+++ b/cache/remotecache/v1/utils.go
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/exporter/containerimage/exptypes"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/solver"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-const (
-	emptyGZLayer = digest.Digest("sha256:4f4fb700ef54461cfa02571ae0db9a0dc1e0cdb5577484a6d75e68dc38e8acc1")
-)
-
 // sortConfig sorts the config structure to make sure it is deterministic
 func sortConfig(cc *CacheConfig) {
 	type indexedLayer struct {
@@ -242,7 +239,7 @@ func marshalRemote(r *solver.Remote, state *marshalState) string {
 	}
 	desc := r.Descriptors[len(r.Descriptors)-1]
 
-	if desc.Digest == emptyGZLayer {
+	if desc.Digest == exptypes.EmptyGZLayer {
 		return parentID
 	}
 
diff --git a/exporter/containerimage/exptypes/types.go b/exporter/containerimage/exptypes/types.go
index 02e34eb6..b428afd0 100644
--- a/exporter/containerimage/exptypes/types.go
+++ b/exporter/containerimage/exptypes/types.go
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package exptypes
 
-import specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+import (
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+)
 
 const ExporterImageConfigKey = "containerimage.config"
 const ExporterInlineCache = "containerimage.inlinecache"
 const ExporterPlatformsKey = "refs.platforms"
 
+const EmptyGZLayer = digest.Digest("sha256:4f4fb700ef54461cfa02571ae0db9a0dc1e0cdb5577484a6d75e68dc38e8acc1")
+
 type Platforms struct {
 	Platforms []Platform
 }
diff --git a/exporter/containerimage/writer.go b/exporter/containerimage/writer.go
index e9c4acea..d4a4613e 100644
--- a/exporter/containerimage/writer.go
+++ b/exporter/containerimage/writer.go
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-const (
-	emptyGZLayer = digest.Digest("sha256:4f4fb700ef54461cfa02571ae0db9a0dc1e0cdb5577484a6d75e68dc38e8acc1")
-)
-
 type WriterOpt struct {
 	Snapshotter  snapshot.Snapshotter
 	ContentStore content.Store
@@ -413,7 +409,7 @@ func normalizeLayersAndHistory(remote *solver.Remote, history []ocispec.History,
 	var layerIndex int
 	for i, h := range history {
 		if !h.EmptyLayer {
-			if remote.Descriptors[layerIndex].Digest == emptyGZLayer {
+			if remote.Descriptors[layerIndex].Digest == exptypes.EmptyGZLayer {
 				h.EmptyLayer = true
 				remote.Descriptors = append(remote.Descriptors[:layerIndex], remote.Descriptors[layerIndex+1:]...)
 			} else {
diff --git a/snapshot/imagerefchecker/checker.go b/snapshot/imagerefchecker/checker.go
index a8dd746e..5fe4522a 100644
--- a/snapshot/imagerefchecker/checker.go
+++ b/snapshot/imagerefchecker/checker.go
@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/exporter/containerimage/exptypes"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-const (
-	emptyGZLayer = digest.Digest("sha256:4f4fb700ef54461cfa02571ae0db9a0dc1e0cdb5577484a6d75e68dc38e8acc1")
-)
-
 type Opt struct {
 	ImageStore   images.Store
 	ContentStore content.Store
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ func toDigests(layers []specs.Descriptor) []digest.Digest {
 func layerKey(layers []digest.Digest) string {
 	b := &strings.Builder{}
 	for _, l := range layers {
-		if l != emptyGZLayer {
+		if l != exptypes.EmptyGZLayer {
 			b.Write([]byte(l))
 		}
 	}