diff --git a/analysis/Cargo.toml b/analysis/Cargo.toml
index fb27e69e0..419764b68 100644
--- a/analysis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/analysis/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ log = "0.4.18"
 number = { path = "../number" }
 parser = { path = "../parser" }
 asm_to_pil = { path = "../asm_to_pil" }
-type_check = { path = "../type_check" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 parser = { path = "../parser" }
diff --git a/analysis/src/lib.rs b/analysis/src/lib.rs
index adb7a1c7a..cffd11279 100644
--- a/analysis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/analysis/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![deny(clippy::print_stdout)]
 
 mod block_enforcer;
+mod machine_check;
 mod vm;
 
 use ast::{asm_analysis::AnalysisASMFile, parsed::asm::ASMProgram, DiffMonitor};
@@ -18,9 +19,8 @@ pub fn analyze<T: FieldElement>(
     file: ASMProgram<T>,
     monitor: &mut DiffMonitor,
 ) -> Result<AnalysisASMFile<T>, Vec<String>> {
-    // type check
-    log::debug!("Run type-check analysis step");
-    let file = type_check::check(file)?;
+    log::debug!("Run machine check analysis step");
+    let file = machine_check::check(file)?;
     monitor.push(&file);
 
     // run analysis on virtual machines, batching instructions
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ mod test_util {
 
     /// A test utility to process a source file until after type checking
     pub fn typecheck_str<T: FieldElement>(source: &str) -> Result<AnalysisASMFile<T>, Vec<String>> {
-        type_check::check(load_dependencies_and_resolve_str(source))
+        analysis::machine_check::check(load_dependencies_and_resolve_str(source))
     }
 }
diff --git a/type_check/src/lib.rs b/analysis/src/machine_check.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from type_check/src/lib.rs
rename to analysis/src/machine_check.rs
index 178add55f..2941e02ea 100644
--- a/type_check/src/lib.rs
+++ b/analysis/src/machine_check.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use ast::{
 };
 use number::FieldElement;
 
+/// Verifies certain properties of each machine and constructs the Machine objects.
+/// Also transfers generic PIL definitions but does not verify anything about them.
 pub fn check<T: FieldElement>(file: ASMProgram<T>) -> Result<AnalysisASMFile<T>, Vec<String>> {
     let ctx = AbsoluteSymbolPath::default();
     let machines = TypeChecker::default().check_module(file.main, &ctx)?;
diff --git a/asm_to_pil/Cargo.toml b/asm_to_pil/Cargo.toml
index c4f7ab21c..957055956 100644
--- a/asm_to_pil/Cargo.toml
+++ b/asm_to_pil/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 parser = { path = "../parser" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-type_check = { path = "../type_check" }
+analysis = { path = "../analysis" }
diff --git a/type_check/Cargo.toml b/type_check/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00d2e65e6..000000000
--- a/type_check/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "type_check"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-ast = { path = "../ast" }
-number = { path = "../number" }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-importer = { path = "../importer" }