diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index aac569e49..000000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Python: Module",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "module": "jrnl",
-            "justMyCode": true,
-            "args": []
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index de288e1ea..000000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "python.formatting.provider": "black"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py b/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e989fa5f0..000000000
--- a/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-"""https://stackoverflow.com/a/74873621/8740440"""
-
-
-class NestedDict(dict):
-    def __missing__(self, x):
-        self[x] = NestedDict()
-        return self[x]
diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py b/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9859ff98..000000000
--- a/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from .NestedDict import NestedDict
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py
index 46bf0ec58..78cbaf9ab 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from jrnl.plugins.util import get_journal_frequency_nested
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from jrnl.datatypes import NestedDict
+    from jrnl.plugins.util import NestedDict
     from jrnl.journals import Entry
     from jrnl.journals import Journal
 
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/util.py b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
index 975c1ddd6..6b569016f 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from jrnl.datatypes import NestedDict
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from jrnl.journals import Journal
 
 
+class NestedDict(dict):
+    """https://stackoverflow.com/a/74873621/8740440"""
+
+    def __missing__(self, x):
+        self[x] = NestedDict()
+        return self[x]
+
+
 def get_tags_count(journal: "Journal") -> set[tuple[int, str]]:
     """Returns a set of tuples (count, tag) for all tags present in the journal."""
     # Astute reader: should the following line leave you as puzzled as me the first time