diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/include/extension.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/extension.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/include/extension.hpp
rename to src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/extension.cpp
index 3f5efc7561c5ab..5371ae0608189b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/include/extension.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/extension.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "openvino/core/extension.hpp"
+
 #include "openvino/core/op_extension.hpp"
 #include "ov_ops/rms.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
index 0a413502f51360..260768b3690dd1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "compiled_model.hpp"
 #include "compiler.hpp"
 #include "device_helpers.hpp"
-#include "extension.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/al/config/common.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/al/config/compiler.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/al/config/npuw.hpp"