diff --git a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse.py b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse.py
index 537e6fec..1f515c3d 100644
--- a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse.py
+++ b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse.py
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from evdev._ecodes import REL_Y, REL_X
+import asyncio
+from typing import Union
+
+from evdev._ecodes import REL_Y, REL_X, EV_REL
 
 from inputremapper.injection.macros.argument import ArgumentConfig
 from inputremapper.injection.macros.macro import InjectEventCallback
-from inputremapper.injection.macros.tasks.mouse_xy import MouseXYTask
+from inputremapper.injection.macros.task import Task
 
 
-class MouseTask(MouseXYTask):
+class MouseTask(Task):
     """Move the mouse cursor."""
 
     argument_configs = [
@@ -67,3 +70,33 @@ async def run(self, callback: InjectEventCallback) -> None:
             acceleration,
             callback,
         )
+
+    async def axis(
+        self,
+        code: int,
+        speed: Union[int, float],
+        fractional_acceleration: Union[int, float],
+        callback: InjectEventCallback,
+    ) -> None:
+        acceleration = speed * fractional_acceleration
+        direction = -1 if speed < 0 else 1
+        current_speed = 0.0
+        displacement_accumulator = 0.0
+        displacement = 0
+        if not acceleration:
+            displacement = speed
+
+        while self.is_holding():
+            # Cursors can only move by integers. To get smooth acceleration for
+            # small acceleration values, the cursor needs to move by a pixel every
+            # few iterations. This can be achieved by remembering the decimal
+            # places that were cast away, and using them for the next iteration.
+            if acceleration and abs(current_speed) < abs(speed):
+                current_speed += acceleration
+                current_speed = direction * min(abs(current_speed), abs(speed))
+                displacement_accumulator += current_speed
+                displacement = int(displacement_accumulator)
+                displacement_accumulator -= displacement
+
+            callback(EV_REL, code, displacement)
+            await asyncio.sleep(1 / self.mapping.rel_rate)
diff --git a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse_xy.py b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse_xy.py
index 3205376d..0b541177 100644
--- a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse_xy.py
+++ b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mouse_xy.py
@@ -21,17 +21,15 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-from typing import Union
 
 from evdev._ecodes import REL_Y, REL_X
-from evdev.ecodes import EV_REL
 
 from inputremapper.injection.macros.argument import ArgumentConfig
 from inputremapper.injection.macros.macro import InjectEventCallback
-from inputremapper.injection.macros.task import Task
+from inputremapper.injection.macros.tasks.mouse import MouseTask
 
 
-class MouseXYTask(Task):
+class MouseXYTask(MouseTask):
     """Move the mouse cursor."""
 
     argument_configs = [
@@ -61,33 +59,3 @@ async def run(self, callback: InjectEventCallback) -> None:
             self.axis(REL_X, x, acceleration, callback),
             self.axis(REL_Y, y, acceleration, callback),
         )
-
-    async def axis(
-        self,
-        code: int,
-        speed: Union[int, float],
-        fractional_acceleration: Union[int, float],
-        callback: InjectEventCallback,
-    ) -> None:
-        acceleration = speed * fractional_acceleration
-        direction = -1 if speed < 0 else 1
-        current_speed = 0.0
-        displacement_accumulator = 0.0
-        displacement = 0
-        if not acceleration:
-            displacement = speed
-
-        while self.is_holding():
-            # Cursors can only move by integers. To get smooth acceleration for
-            # small acceleration values, the cursor needs to move by a pixel every
-            # few iterations. This can be achieved by remembering the decimal
-            # places that were cast away, and using them for the next iteration.
-            if acceleration and abs(current_speed) < abs(speed):
-                current_speed += acceleration
-                current_speed = direction * min(abs(current_speed), abs(speed))
-                displacement_accumulator += current_speed
-                displacement = int(displacement_accumulator)
-                displacement_accumulator -= displacement
-
-            callback(EV_REL, code, displacement)
-            await asyncio.sleep(1 / self.mapping.rel_rate)