diff --git a/frame/system/src/lib.rs b/frame/system/src/lib.rs
index da9e5fabd3a43..e3fa45e70f7df 100644
--- a/frame/system/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/system/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ use sp_runtime::{
 		self, CheckEqual, AtLeast32Bit, Zero, Lookup, LookupError,
 		SimpleBitOps, Hash, Member, MaybeDisplay, BadOrigin,
 		MaybeSerializeDeserialize, MaybeMallocSizeOf, StaticLookup, One, Bounded,
-		Dispatchable, AtLeast32BitUnsigned, Saturating, StoredMapError,
+		Dispatchable, AtLeast32BitUnsigned, Saturating, StoredMapError, BlockNumberProvider,
 	},
-	offchain::storage_lock::BlockNumberProvider,
 };
 
 use sp_core::{ChangesTrieConfiguration, storage::well_known_keys};
diff --git a/primitives/runtime/src/offchain/storage_lock.rs b/primitives/runtime/src/offchain/storage_lock.rs
index 3189a814e06fd..7ea52775c5e05 100644
--- a/primitives/runtime/src/offchain/storage_lock.rs
+++ b/primitives/runtime/src/offchain/storage_lock.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 //! ```
 
 use crate::offchain::storage::{StorageRetrievalError, MutateStorageError, StorageValueRef};
-use crate::traits::AtLeast32BitUnsigned;
+use crate::traits::BlockNumberProvider;
 use codec::{Codec, Decode, Encode};
 use sp_core::offchain::{Duration, Timestamp};
 use sp_io::offchain;
@@ -440,29 +440,6 @@ where
 	}
 }
 
-/// Bound for a block number source
-/// used with [`BlockAndTime<BlockNumberProvider>`](BlockAndTime).
-pub trait BlockNumberProvider {
-	/// Type of `BlockNumber` to provide.
-	type BlockNumber: Codec + Clone + Ord + Eq + AtLeast32BitUnsigned;
-	/// Returns the current block number.
-	///
-	/// Provides an abstraction over an arbitrary way of providing the
-	/// current block number.
-	///
-	/// In case of using crate `sp_runtime` without the crate `frame`
-	/// system, it is already implemented for
-	/// `frame_system::Pallet<T: Config>` as:
-	///
-	/// ```ignore
-	/// fn current_block_number() -> Self {
-	///     frame_system::Pallet<Config>::block_number()
-	/// }
-	/// ```
-	/// .
-	fn current_block_number() -> Self::BlockNumber;
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use super::*;
diff --git a/primitives/runtime/src/traits.rs b/primitives/runtime/src/traits.rs
index fac4adf48c266..f03e1be2a5ce7 100644
--- a/primitives/runtime/src/traits.rs
+++ b/primitives/runtime/src/traits.rs
@@ -1459,6 +1459,29 @@ pub trait BlockIdTo<Block: self::Block> {
 	) -> Result<Option<NumberFor<Block>>, Self::Error>;
 }
 
+/// Get current block number
+pub trait BlockNumberProvider {
+	/// Type of `BlockNumber` to provide.
+	type BlockNumber: Codec + Clone + Ord + Eq + AtLeast32BitUnsigned;
+
+	/// Returns the current block number.
+	///
+	/// Provides an abstraction over an arbitrary way of providing the
+	/// current block number.
+	///
+	/// In case of using crate `sp_runtime` with the crate `frame-system`,
+	/// it is already implemented for
+	/// `frame_system::Pallet<T: Config>` as:
+	///
+	/// ```ignore
+	/// fn current_block_number() -> Self {
+	///     frame_system::Pallet<Config>::block_number()
+	/// }
+	/// ```
+	/// .
+	fn current_block_number() -> Self::BlockNumber;
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use super::*;