diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/CMakeLists.txt b/transformer_engine/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 6858c58947..3784689f9a 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
 set(transformer_engine_SOURCES)
 list(APPEND transformer_engine_SOURCES
-     pycudnn.cpp
      cudnn_utils.cpp
      transformer_engine.cpp
      common.cu
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.cpp b/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.cpp
index 80b66de4bd..35e2d11799 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.cpp
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,70 @@
  * See LICENSE for license information.
  ************************************************************************/
 
-#include "../fused_attn/utils.h"
+#include "cudnn_utils.h"
+
+#include "./util/logging.h"
 #include "transformer_engine/cudnn.h"
 
 namespace transformer_engine {
 
+// get cuDNN data type
+cudnnDataType_t get_cudnn_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t) {
+  using namespace transformer_engine;
+  switch (t) {
+    case DType::kInt32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT32;
+    case DType::kInt64:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT64;
+    case DType::kFloat16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_HALF;
+    case DType::kFloat32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
+    case DType::kBFloat16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_BFLOAT16;
+    case DType::kFloat8E4M3:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_FP8_E4M3;
+    case DType::kFloat8E5M2:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_FP8_E5M2;
+    default:
+      NVTE_ERROR("Invalid cuDNN data type. \n");
+  }
+}
+
+// get cuDNN data type
+cudnn_frontend::DataType_t get_cudnn_fe_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t) {
+  using namespace transformer_engine;
+  switch (t) {
+    case DType::kInt32:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::INT32;
+    case DType::kInt64:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::INT64;
+    case DType::kFloat16:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::HALF;
+    case DType::kFloat32:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FLOAT;
+    case DType::kBFloat16:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::BFLOAT16;
+    case DType::kFloat8E4M3:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FP8_E4M3;
+    case DType::kFloat8E5M2:
+      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FP8_E5M2;
+    default:
+      NVTE_ERROR("Invalid cuDNN data type. \n");
+  }
+}
+
 void nvte_cudnn_handle_init() {
   auto handle = cudnnExecutionPlanManager::Instance().GetCudnnHandle();
 }
 
 }  // namespace transformer_engine
+
+namespace cudnn_frontend {
+
+// This is needed to define the symbol `cudnn_dlhandle`
+// When using the flag NV_CUDNN_FRONTEND_USE_DYNAMIC_LOADING
+// to enable dynamic loading.
+void *cudnn_dlhandle = nullptr;
+
+}  // namespace cudnn_frontend
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.h b/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2827b637a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/cudnn_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * See LICENSE for license information.
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef TRANSFORMER_ENGINE_CUDNN_UTILS_H_
+#define TRANSFORMER_ENGINE_CUDNN_UTILS_H_
+
+#include <cudnn.h>
+#include <cudnn_frontend.h>
+#include <cudnn_frontend_utils.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include "transformer_engine/transformer_engine.h"
+
+namespace transformer_engine {
+
+cudnnDataType_t get_cudnn_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t);
+
+cudnn_frontend::DataType_t get_cudnn_fe_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t);
+
+class cudnnExecutionPlanManager {
+ public:
+  static cudnnExecutionPlanManager &Instance() {
+    static thread_local cudnnExecutionPlanManager instance;
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  cudnnHandle_t GetCudnnHandle() {
+    static thread_local std::once_flag flag;
+    std::call_once(flag, [&] { cudnnCreate(&handle_); });
+    return handle_;
+  }
+
+  ~cudnnExecutionPlanManager() {}
+
+ private:
+  cudnnHandle_t handle_ = nullptr;
+};
+
+}  // namespace transformer_engine
+
+#endif
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
index 4ea0ea5741..9cde765401 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "transformer_engine/fused_attn.h"
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "../util/cuda_runtime.h"
 #include "../util/system.h"
 #include "fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.h"
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.cu b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.cu
index 1a555a4999..f242502261 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.cu
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.cu
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "../util/cuda_runtime.h"
 #include "../util/system.h"
 #include "fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.h"
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_max512_seqlen.cu b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_max512_seqlen.cu
index d3422de481..9341ebf5f9 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_max512_seqlen.cu
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_max512_seqlen.cu
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "fused_attn_f16_max512_seqlen.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_fp8.cu b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_fp8.cu
index fb7765e1a4..f8fe458219 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_fp8.cu
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_fp8.cu
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  ************************************************************************/
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "../util/system.h"
 #include "fused_attn_fp8.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.cu b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.cu
index ca00218d9a..a053c55fb6 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.cu
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.cu
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "transformer_engine/fused_attn.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
@@ -495,50 +496,4 @@ size_t get_max_tokens(size_t num_tokens) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace fused_attn
-
-// get cuDNN data type
-cudnnDataType_t get_cudnn_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t) {
-  using namespace transformer_engine;
-  switch (t) {
-    case DType::kInt32:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_INT32;
-    case DType::kInt64:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_INT64;
-    case DType::kFloat16:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_HALF;
-    case DType::kFloat32:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
-    case DType::kBFloat16:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_BFLOAT16;
-    case DType::kFloat8E4M3:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_FP8_E4M3;
-    case DType::kFloat8E5M2:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_FP8_E5M2;
-    default:
-      NVTE_ERROR("Invalid cuDNN data type. \n");
-  }
-}
-
-// get cuDNN data type
-cudnn_frontend::DataType_t get_cudnn_fe_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t) {
-  using namespace transformer_engine;
-  switch (t) {
-    case DType::kInt32:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::INT32;
-    case DType::kInt64:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::INT64;
-    case DType::kFloat16:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::HALF;
-    case DType::kFloat32:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FLOAT;
-    case DType::kBFloat16:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::BFLOAT16;
-    case DType::kFloat8E4M3:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FP8_E4M3;
-    case DType::kFloat8E5M2:
-      return cudnn_frontend::DataType_t::FP8_E5M2;
-    default:
-      NVTE_ERROR("Invalid cuDNN data type. \n");
-  }
-}
 }  // namespace transformer_engine
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.h b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.h
index c060c4907d..f790d3b567 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.h
+++ b/transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.h
@@ -140,29 +140,8 @@ DType get_ragged_offset_dtype(NVTE_QKV_Layout_Group layout_group, int64_t num_at
 
 size_t get_max_batch_size(size_t batch_size);
 size_t get_max_tokens(size_t num_tokens);
-}  // namespace fused_attn
-
-cudnnDataType_t get_cudnn_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t);
-cudnn_frontend::DataType_t get_cudnn_fe_dtype(const transformer_engine::DType t);
 
-class cudnnExecutionPlanManager {
- public:
-  static cudnnExecutionPlanManager &Instance() {
-    static thread_local cudnnExecutionPlanManager instance;
-    return instance;
-  }
-
-  cudnnHandle_t GetCudnnHandle() {
-    static thread_local std::once_flag flag;
-    std::call_once(flag, [&] { cudnnCreate(&handle_); });
-    return handle_;
-  }
-
-  ~cudnnExecutionPlanManager() {}
-
- private:
-  cudnnHandle_t handle_ = nullptr;
-};
+}  // namespace fused_attn
 }  // namespace transformer_engine
 
 #endif
diff --git a/transformer_engine/common/pycudnn.cpp b/transformer_engine/common/pycudnn.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d06f332cb..0000000000
--- a/transformer_engine/common/pycudnn.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
- *
- * See LICENSE for license information.
- ************************************************************************/
-
-namespace cudnn_frontend {
-
-// This is needed to define the symbol `cudnn_dlhandle`
-// When using the flag NV_CUDNN_FRONTEND_USE_DYNAMIC_LOADING
-// to enable dynamic loading.
-void *cudnn_dlhandle = nullptr;
-
-}  // namespace cudnn_frontend