diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d3c9e5390..da1a10adb1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ add_library(f1ap
             ${F1AP_DIR}/f1ap_itti_messaging.c)
 target_include_directories(f1ap PUBLIC F1AP_DIR)
 target_link_libraries(f1ap PUBLIC asn1_f1ap GTPV1U)
-target_link_libraries(f1ap PRIVATE ngap nr_rrc HASHTABLE f1ap_lib)
+target_link_libraries(f1ap PRIVATE ngap nr_rrc ds f1ap_lib)
 target_include_directories(f1ap PRIVATE ${F1AP_DIR}/lib)
 if(E2_AGENT)
   target_compile_definitions(f1ap PRIVATE E2_AGENT)
@@ -617,12 +617,6 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/utils/T
 # set the T_LIB name to T if the target exists, otherwise leave empty
 set(T_LIB $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:T>)
 
-add_library(HASHTABLE
-  ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.c
-  ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/hashtable/obj_hashtable.c
-)
-include_directories(${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/hashtable)
-
 add_library(UTIL
   ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/LOG/vcd_signal_dumper.c
   ${OPENAIR2_DIR}/UTIL/OPT/probe.c
@@ -1709,7 +1703,7 @@ add_dependencies(lte-softmodem oai_iqplayer)
 
 target_link_libraries(lte-softmodem PRIVATE
   -Wl,--start-group
-  lte_rrc nr_rrc s1ap m2ap x2ap m3ap GTPV1U SECURITY UTIL HASHTABLE SCTP_CLIENT MME_APP SCHED_LIB SCHED_RU_LIB
+  lte_rrc nr_rrc s1ap m2ap x2ap m3ap GTPV1U SECURITY UTIL SCTP_CLIENT MME_APP SCHED_LIB SCHED_RU_LIB
   PHY_COMMON PHY PHY_RU  L2 L2_LTE NFAPI_LIB NFAPI_VNF_LIB NFAPI_PNF_LIB NFAPI_USER_LIB MISC_NFAPI_LTE_LIB
   ${NAS_UE_LIB} ITTI SIMU shlib_loader
   -Wl,--end-group z dl)
@@ -1766,7 +1760,7 @@ add_executable(lte-uesoftmodem
 target_link_libraries(lte-uesoftmodem PRIVATE
   -Wl,--start-group
   lte_rrc nr_rrc s1ap x2ap m2ap m3ap
-  SECURITY UTIL HASHTABLE SCTP_CLIENT MME_APP SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_UE_LIB PHY_COMMON
+  SECURITY UTIL SCTP_CLIENT MME_APP SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_UE_LIB PHY_COMMON
   PHY_UE PHY_RU L2_UE L2_LTE SIMU NFAPI_LIB NFAPI_PNF_LIB NFAPI_USER_LIB MISC_NFAPI_LTE_LIB
   ${NAS_UE_LIB} ITTI shlib_loader
   -Wl,--end-group z dl)
@@ -1819,7 +1813,7 @@ add_executable(nr-softmodem
 
 target_link_libraries(nr-softmodem PRIVATE
   -Wl,--start-group
-  UTIL HASHTABLE SCTP_CLIENT SCHED_LIB SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_NR_LIB PHY_NR PHY PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_RU GTPV1U SECURITY
+  UTIL SCTP_CLIENT SCHED_LIB SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_NR_LIB PHY_NR PHY PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_RU GTPV1U SECURITY
   ITTI ${NAS_UE_LIB} lte_rrc nr_rrc
   ngap s1ap L2_LTE_NR L2_NR MAC_NR_COMMON NFAPI_LIB NFAPI_VNF_LIB NFAPI_PNF_LIB NFAPI_USER_LIB SIMU
   x2ap f1ap m2ap m3ap e1ap shlib_loader
@@ -1894,7 +1888,7 @@ add_executable(nr-uesoftmodem
 
 target_link_libraries(nr-uesoftmodem PRIVATE
   -Wl,--start-group
-  nr_rrc SECURITY UTIL HASHTABLE SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB
+  nr_rrc SECURITY UTIL SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB
   PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR_UE NR_L2_UE MAC_NR_COMMON NFAPI_LIB
   ITTI SIMU shlib_loader
   time_management
@@ -2012,7 +2006,7 @@ add_executable(nr_dlsim
   ${PHY_INTERFACE_DIR}/queue_t.c
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_dlsim PRIVATE
-  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -Wl,--end-group
+  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR x2ap SECURITY ngap -Wl,--end-group
   m pthread ${T_LIB} ITTI dl shlib_loader nr_ue_phy_meas physim_common
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_dlsim PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
@@ -2042,7 +2036,7 @@ add_executable(nr_ulsim
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(nr_ulsim PRIVATE
-  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -Wl,--end-group
+  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR x2ap SECURITY ngap -Wl,--end-group
   m pthread ${T_LIB} ITTI dl shlib_loader nr_ue_phy_meas physim_common
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_ulsim PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
@@ -2112,7 +2106,7 @@ if (${T_TRACER})
         #all "add_library" definitions
         ITTI lte_rrc nr_rrc s1ap x2ap m2ap m3ap f1ap
         params_libconfig
-        oai_eth_transpro HASHTABLE UTIL
+        oai_eth_transpro UTIL
         SECURITY SCHED_LIB SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_RU_LIB SCHED_UE_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB
         NFAPI_LIB NFAPI_PNF_LIB NFAPI_VNF_LIB NFAPI_USER_LIB
         MISC_NFAPI_LTE_LIB
diff --git a/common/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/common/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 84668852ae..f4611914d4 100644
--- a/common/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ add_subdirectory(time_manager)
 add_library(utils utils.c system.c time_meas.c time_stat.c tuntap_if.c reverse_bits.c)
 target_include_directories(utils PUBLIC .)
 target_link_libraries(utils PRIVATE ${T_LIB})
-if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-  add_subdirectory(hashtable/tests)
-endif()
 add_subdirectory(barrier)
 add_subdirectory(actor)
 add_subdirectory(shm_iq_channel)
diff --git a/common/utils/ds/CMakeLists.txt b/common/utils/ds/CMakeLists.txt
index b5f5efb47a..22dc7a3c63 100644
--- a/common/utils/ds/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/utils/ds/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ add_library(ds OBJECT
             byte_array.c
             byte_array_producer.c
             seq_arr.c
+            hashtable.c
+            obj_hashtable.c
 )
 
 target_include_directories(ds PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.c b/common/utils/ds/hashtable.c
similarity index 100%
rename from common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.c
rename to common/utils/ds/hashtable.c
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.h b/common/utils/ds/hashtable.h
similarity index 100%
rename from common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.h
rename to common/utils/ds/hashtable.h
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/obj_hashtable.c b/common/utils/ds/obj_hashtable.c
similarity index 100%
rename from common/utils/hashtable/obj_hashtable.c
rename to common/utils/ds/obj_hashtable.c
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/obj_hashtable.h b/common/utils/ds/obj_hashtable.h
similarity index 100%
rename from common/utils/hashtable/obj_hashtable.h
rename to common/utils/ds/obj_hashtable.h
diff --git a/common/utils/ds/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/common/utils/ds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a3ef512f09..a38fba2dab 100644
--- a/common/utils/ds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/utils/ds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ add_executable(test_seq_arr test_seq_array.c)
 target_link_libraries(test_seq_arr ds alg)
 add_dependencies(tests test_seq_arr)
 add_test(NAME test_seq_arr COMMAND test_seq_arr) # no options required
+
+add_executable(test_hashtable test_hashtable.cpp)
+add_dependencies(tests test_hashtable)
+target_link_libraries(test_hashtable PRIVATE ds GTest::gtest)
+add_test(NAME test_hashtable
+  COMMAND ./test_hashtable)
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/tests/test_hashtable.cpp b/common/utils/ds/tests/test_hashtable.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from common/utils/hashtable/tests/test_hashtable.cpp
rename to common/utils/ds/tests/test_hashtable.cpp
diff --git a/common/utils/hashtable/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/common/utils/hashtable/tests/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index baf2461262..0000000000
--- a/common/utils/hashtable/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-add_executable(test_hashtable test_hashtable.cpp)
-add_dependencies(tests test_hashtable)
-target_link_libraries(test_hashtable PRIVATE HASHTABLE GTest::gtest)
-add_test(NAME test_hashtable
-  COMMAND ./test_hashtable)
diff --git a/openair2/F1AP/CMakeLists.txt b/openair2/F1AP/CMakeLists.txt
index 53ab2823ed..052964b3e1 100644
--- a/openair2/F1AP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openair2/F1AP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ add_subdirectory(MESSAGES)
 
 if(ENABLE_TESTS)
   add_executable(f1ap_ids_test f1ap_ids_test.c f1ap_ids.c)
-  target_link_libraries(f1ap_ids_test HASHTABLE minimal_lib)
+  target_link_libraries(f1ap_ids_test ds minimal_lib)
   add_dependencies(tests f1ap_ids_test)
   add_test(NAME F1AP_ID_test COMMAND f1ap_ids_test)
 
diff --git a/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_ids.c b/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_ids.c
index 5569d60c48..d222d9e35a 100644
--- a/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_ids.c
+++ b/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_ids.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "f1ap_ids.h"
 
 #include <pthread.h>
-#include "common/utils/hashtable/hashtable.h"
+#include "ds/hashtable.h"
 #include "common/utils/assertions.h"
 
 
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/PDCP_v10.1.0/pdcp.c b/openair2/LAYER2/PDCP_v10.1.0/pdcp.c
index 03b8ecc2d3..fdb5204081 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/PDCP_v10.1.0/pdcp.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/PDCP_v10.1.0/pdcp.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define MBMS_MULTICAST_OUT
 
 #include "assertions.h"
-#include "hashtable.h"
+#include "ds/hashtable.h"
 #include "pdcp.h"
 #include "pdcp_util.h"
 #include "pdcp_sequence_manager.h"
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.h b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.h
index 4559eb3273..cd9f34b750 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.h
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "common/platform_types.h"
 #include "common/platform_constants.h"
-#    include "hashtable.h"
+#include "ds/hashtable.h"
 #    include "LTE_asn_constant.h"
 #    include "common/utils/LOG/log.h"
 #include "intertask_interface.h"
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_oai_api.c b/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_oai_api.c
index e588c2665b..aefe34eec3 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_oai_api.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_oai_api.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #include "f1ap_messages_types.h"
 #include "gnb_config.h"
 #include "gtpv1_u_messages_types.h"
-#include "hashtable.h"
+#include "ds/hashtable.h"
 #include "intertask_interface.h"
 #include "common/utils/LOG/log.h"
 #include "nfapi/oai_integration/vendor_ext.h"
diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c b/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
index c8ea0fa878..6b327d92bc 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include "assertions.h"
-#include "hashtable.h"
+#include "ds/hashtable.h"
 #include "oai_asn1.h"
 #include "rrc_defs.h"
 #include "rrc_extern.h"