diff --git a/internal/outofband/download.go b/internal/download/download.go
similarity index 93%
rename from internal/outofband/download.go
rename to internal/download/download.go
index 18dbbd0c..dcac9fe9 100644
--- a/internal/outofband/download.go
+++ b/internal/download/download.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package outofband
+package download
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ var (
 	ErrFormat   = errors.New("bad checksum format")
 )
 
-// download fetches the file into dst
-func download(ctx context.Context, fileURL, dst string) error {
+// FromURLToFile fetches the file into dst
+func FromURLToFile(ctx context.Context, fileURL, dst string) error {
 	// create file
 	fileHandle, err := os.Create(dst)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func download(ctx context.Context, fileURL, dst string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func checksumValidate(filename, checksum string) error {
+func ChecksumValidate(filename, checksum string) error {
 	// no checksum prefix, default to md5sum
 	if !strings.Contains(checksum, ":") {
 		return checksumValidateMD5(filename, checksum)
diff --git a/internal/outofband/download_test.go b/internal/download/download_test.go
similarity index 94%
rename from internal/outofband/download_test.go
rename to internal/download/download_test.go
index ca0dff05..ad8f401c 100644
--- a/internal/outofband/download_test.go
+++ b/internal/download/download_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package outofband
+package download
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestChecksumValidate(t *testing.T) {
 
 			defer os.Remove(binPath)
 
-			err = checksumValidate(binPath, tt.checksum)
+			err = ChecksumValidate(binPath, tt.checksum)
 			if tt.expectedError != nil {
 				assert.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.expectedError)
 				return
diff --git a/internal/outofband/action_handlers.go b/internal/outofband/action_handlers.go
index 3f495c86..6ee15f7e 100644
--- a/internal/outofband/action_handlers.go
+++ b/internal/outofband/action_handlers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bmc-toolbox/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/metal-toolbox/flasher/internal/device"
+	"github.com/metal-toolbox/flasher/internal/download"
 	"github.com/metal-toolbox/flasher/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/metal-toolbox/flasher/internal/model"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ var (
 	ErrContextCancelled          = errors.New("context canceled")
 	ErrUnexpected                = errors.New("unexpected error occurred")
 	ErrInstalledFirmwareNotEqual = errors.New("installed and expected firmware not equal")
-	ErrInstalledFirmwareEqual    = errors.New("installed and expected firmware are equal, no action necessary")
 	ErrInstalledVersionUnknown   = errors.New("installed version unknown")
 	ErrComponentNotFound         = errors.New("component not identified for firmware install")
 	ErrRequireHostPoweredOff     = errors.New("expected host to be powered off")
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (h *handler) downloadFirmware(ctx context.Context) error {
 	file := filepath.Join(dir, h.firmware.FileName)
 
 	// download firmware file
-	err = download(ctx, h.firmware.URL, file)
+	err = download.FromURLToFile(ctx, h.firmware.URL, file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (h *handler) downloadFirmware(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// validate checksum
-	if err := checksumValidate(file, h.firmware.Checksum); err != nil {
+	if err := download.ChecksumValidate(file, h.firmware.Checksum); err != nil {
 		os.RemoveAll(filepath.Dir(file))
 		return err
 	}