diff --git a/docs/configuration/mrf.md b/docs/configuration/mrf.md
index 9e8c0a2d7..5618634a2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/mrf.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/mrf.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ For example, here is a sample policy module which rewrites all messages to "new
 ```elixir
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.RewritePolicy do
   @moduledoc "MRF policy which rewrites all Notes to have 'new message content'."
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   # Catch messages which contain Note objects with actual data to filter.
   # Capture the object as `object`, the message content as `content` and the
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
index f2fec3ff6..250dac695 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
@@ -51,17 +51,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF do
 
   @required_description_keys [:key, :related_policy]
 
-  @callback filter(Map.t()) :: {:ok | :reject, Map.t()}
-  @callback describe() :: {:ok | :error, Map.t()}
-  @callback config_description() :: %{
-              optional(:children) => [map()],
-              key: atom(),
-              related_policy: String.t(),
-              label: String.t(),
-              description: String.t()
-            }
-  @optional_callbacks config_description: 0
-
   def filter(policies, %{} = message) do
     policies
     |> Enum.reduce({:ok, message}, fn
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/activity_expiration_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/activity_expiration_policy.ex
index fc347236e..e78254280 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/activity_expiration_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/activity_expiration_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ActivityExpirationPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Adds expiration to all local Create activities"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(activity) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_followbot_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_followbot_policy.ex
index b8bfdc3ce..851e95d22 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_followbot_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_followbot_policy.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.AntiFollowbotPolicy do
 
   @moduledoc "Prevent followbots from following with a bit of heuristic"
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   # XXX: this should become User.normalize_by_ap_id() or similar, really.
   defp normalize_by_ap_id(%{"id" => id}), do: User.get_cached_by_ap_id(id)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_link_spam_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_link_spam_policy.ex
index 40b19c3ab..cdf17fd28 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_link_spam_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/anti_link_spam_policy.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.AntiLinkSpamPolicy do
   alias Pleroma.User
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   require Logger
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/drop_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/drop_policy.ex
index 378175205..b3ff86eed 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/drop_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/drop_policy.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.DropPolicy do
   require Logger
   @moduledoc "Drop and log everything received"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(object) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/ensure_re_prepended.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/ensure_re_prepended.ex
index 2d3a10889..fad8d873b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/ensure_re_prepended.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/ensure_re_prepended.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.EnsureRePrepended do
   alias Pleroma.Object
 
   @moduledoc "Ensure a re: is prepended on replies to a post with a Subject"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @reply_prefix Regex.compile!("^re:[[:space:]]*", [:caseless])
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/follow_bot_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/follow_bot_policy.ex
index 7307c9c14..7cf7de068 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/follow_bot_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/follow_bot_policy.ex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.FollowBotPolicy do
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
   alias Pleroma.Config
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/force_bot_unlisted_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/force_bot_unlisted_policy.ex
index 51dbb1ad4..11871375e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/force_bot_unlisted_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/force_bot_unlisted_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ForceBotUnlistedPolicy do
   alias Pleroma.User
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
   @moduledoc "Remove bot posts from federated timeline"
 
   require Pleroma.Constants
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hashtag_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hashtag_policy.ex
index def0c437c..b7db4fa3d 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hashtag_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hashtag_policy.ex
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.HashtagPolicy do
   Note: This MRF Policy is always enabled, if you want to disable it you have to set empty lists.
   """
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp check_reject(message, hashtags) do
     if Enum.any?(Config.get([:mrf_hashtag, :reject]), fn match -> match in hashtags end) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex
index 768a669f3..504bd4d57 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.HellthreadPolicy do
 
   @moduledoc "Block messages with too much mentions (configurable)"
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp delist_message(message, threshold) when threshold > 0 do
     follower_collection = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(message["actor"]).follower_address
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/keyword_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/keyword_policy.ex
index f91b51bcf..646008dd9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/keyword_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/keyword_policy.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.KeywordPolicy do
 
   @moduledoc "Reject or Word-Replace messages with a keyword or regex"
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
   defp string_matches?(string, _) when not is_binary(string) do
     false
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/media_proxy_warming_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/media_proxy_warming_policy.ex
index 8dbf44071..25289d3a4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/media_proxy_warming_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/media_proxy_warming_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MediaProxyWarmingPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Preloads any attachments in the MediaProxy cache by prefetching them"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/mention_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/mention_policy.ex
index 877277d4f..05b28e4f5 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/mention_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/mention_policy.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MentionPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Block messages which mention a user"
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(%{"type" => "Create"} = message) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_empty_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_empty_policy.ex
index f4c5db05c..80bef591e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_empty_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_empty_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NoEmptyPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Filter local activities which have no content"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   alias Pleroma.Web.Endpoint
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_op_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_op_policy.ex
index 2ebc0674d..25031946c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_op_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_op_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NoOpPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Does nothing (lets the messages go through unmodified)"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(object) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_placeholder_text_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_placeholder_text_policy.ex
index b658d7d41..90272766c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_placeholder_text_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/no_placeholder_text_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NoPlaceholderTextPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Ensure no content placeholder is present (such as the dot from mastodon)"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/normalize_markup.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/normalize_markup.ex
index 2ad3fde0b..0d7146738 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/normalize_markup.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/normalize_markup.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NormalizeMarkup do
   @moduledoc "Scrub configured hypertext markup"
   alias Pleroma.HTML
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(%{"type" => "Create", "object" => child_object} = object) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/object_age_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/object_age_policy.ex
index aac24c0ec..9a211fd44 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/object_age_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/object_age_policy.ex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ObjectAgePolicy do
   require Pleroma.Constants
 
   @moduledoc "Filter activities depending on their age"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp check_date(%{"object" => %{"published" => published}} = message) do
     with %DateTime{} = now <- DateTime.utc_now(),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/policy.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4a960c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/policy.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2021 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy do
+  @callback filter(Map.t()) :: {:ok | :reject, Map.t()}
+  @callback describe() :: {:ok | :error, Map.t()}
+  @callback config_description() :: %{
+              optional(:children) => [map()],
+              key: atom(),
+              related_policy: String.t(),
+              label: String.t(),
+              description: String.t()
+            }
+  @optional_callbacks config_description: 0
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/reject_non_public.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/reject_non_public.ex
index 47a43c6a2..b9d3e52c7 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/reject_non_public.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/reject_non_public.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.RejectNonPublic do
   alias Pleroma.Config
   alias Pleroma.User
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   require Pleroma.Constants
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/simple_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/simple_policy.ex
index d40348cb1..30562ac08 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/simple_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/simple_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy do
   @moduledoc "Filter activities depending on their origin instance"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   alias Pleroma.Config
   alias Pleroma.FollowingRelationship
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
index 4c5e33619..c28f14a41 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.StealEmojiPolicy do
   alias Pleroma.Config
 
   @moduledoc "Detect new emojis by their shortcode and steals them"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp accept_host?(host), do: host in Config.get([:mrf_steal_emoji, :hosts], [])
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/subchain_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/subchain_policy.ex
index 86965d47b..f84d7cc71 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/subchain_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/subchain_policy.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SubchainPolicy do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp lookup_subchain(actor) do
     with matches <- Config.get([:mrf_subchain, :match_actor]),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
index 528093ac0..56ae654f2 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.TagPolicy do
   alias Pleroma.User
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
   @moduledoc """
      Apply policies based on user tags
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/user_allow_list_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/user_allow_list_policy.ex
index 65b371bf3..1bcb3688b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/user_allow_list_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/user_allow_list_policy.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.UserAllowListPolicy do
   alias Pleroma.Config
 
   @moduledoc "Accept-list of users from specified instances"
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   defp filter_by_list(object, []), do: {:ok, object}
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/vocabulary_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/vocabulary_policy.ex
index ce559a239..20f57f609 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/vocabulary_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/vocabulary_policy.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.VocabularyPolicy do
   @moduledoc "Filter messages which belong to certain activity vocabularies"
 
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(%{"type" => "Undo", "object" => child_message} = message) do
diff --git a/test/fixtures/modules/good_mrf.ex b/test/fixtures/modules/good_mrf.ex
index 39d0f14ec..5afa1c1d1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/modules/good_mrf.ex
+++ b/test/fixtures/modules/good_mrf.ex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Fixtures.Modules.GoodMRF do
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(a), do: {:ok, a}
diff --git a/test/support/mrf_module_mock.ex b/test/support/mrf_module_mock.ex
index 4dfdeb3b4..4d21d7fe0 100644
--- a/test/support/mrf_module_mock.ex
+++ b/test/support/mrf_module_mock.ex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule MRFModuleMock do
-  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.Policy
 
   @impl true
   def filter(message), do: {:ok, message}