diff --git a/src/material/_index.scss b/src/material/_index.scss
index 1f140daa4d99..a9c8a9ea0d48 100644
--- a/src/material/_index.scss
+++ b/src/material/_index.scss
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 @forward './core/typography/typography' show typography-hierarchy;
 @forward './core/typography/typography-utils' show font-shorthand;
 @forward './core/tokens/m2' show m2-tokens-from-theme;
-@forward './core/tokens/m3-tokens' show system-level-colors,
+@forward './core/tokens/m3-system' show system-level-colors,
     system-level-typography, system-level-elevation, system-level-shape,
     system-level-motion, system-level-state;
 
diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-system.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-system.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8db652c339cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-system.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+@use '../style/elevation';
+@use '../style/sass-utils';
+@use './m3-tokens';
+@use './m3/definitions';
+@use 'sass:map';
+
+// Prefix used for component token fallback variables, e.g.
+// `color: var(--mdc-text-button-label-text-color, var(--mat-app-primary));`
+$_system-fallback-prefix: mat-app;
+
+// Emits CSS variables for Material's system level values. Uses the
+// namespace prefix in $_system-fallback-prefix.
+// e.g. --mat-app-surface: #E5E5E5
+@mixin theme($theme, $overrides: ()) {
+  @include system-level-colors($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+  @include system-level-typography($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+  @include system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+  @include system-level-shape($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+  @include system-level-motion($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+  @include system-level-state($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-colors($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
+  $palettes: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, palettes);
+  $base-palettes: (
+    neutral: map.get($palettes, neutral),
+    neutral-variant: map.get($palettes, neutral-variant),
+    secondary: map.get($palettes, secondary),
+    error: map.get($palettes, error),
+  );
+
+  $type: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, theme-type);
+  $primary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, primary), $base-palettes);
+  $tertiary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, tertiary), $base-palettes);
+  $error: map.get($palettes, error);
+
+  @if (not $prefix) {
+    $prefix: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access,
+        color-system-variables-prefix) or $_system-level-prefix;
+  }
+
+  $ref: (
+    md-ref-palette: m3-tokens.generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error)
+  );
+
+  $sys-colors: if($type == dark,
+    definitions.md-sys-color-values-dark($ref),
+    definitions.md-sys-color-values-light($ref));
+
+  & {
+    @each $name, $value in $sys-colors {
+      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-typography($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
+  $font-definition: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, font-definition);
+  $brand: map.get($font-definition, brand);
+  $plain: map.get($font-definition, plain);
+  $bold: map.get($font-definition, bold);
+  $medium: map.get($font-definition, medium);
+  $regular: map.get($font-definition, regular);
+  $ref: (md-ref-typeface:
+      m3-tokens.generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular)
+  );
+
+  @if (not $prefix) {
+    $prefix: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access,
+        typography-system-variables-prefix) or $_system-level-prefix;
+  }
+
+  & {
+    @each $name, $value in definitions.md-sys-typescale-values($ref) {
+      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
+  $shadow-color: map.get(
+      $theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, color-tokens, (mdc, theme), shadow);
+
+  @for $level from 0 through 24 {
+    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
+    --#{$prefix}-elevation-shadow-level-#{$level}: #{$value};
+  }
+
+  @each $name, $value in definitions.md-sys-elevation-values() {
+    $level: map.get($overrides, $name) or $value;
+    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{$value};
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-shape($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
+  & {
+    @each $name, $value in definitions.md-sys-shape-values() {
+      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-state($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
+  & {
+    @each $name, $value in definitions.md-sys-state-values() {
+      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-motion($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
+  & {
+    @each $name, $value in definitions.md-sys-motion-values() {
+      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Return a new map where the values are the same as the provided map's
+// keys, prefixed with "--mat-app-". For example:
+// (key1: '', key2: '') --> (key1: --mat-app-key1, key2: --mat-app-key2)
+@function _create-system-app-vars-map($map) {
+  $new-map: ();
+  @each $key, $value in $map {
+    $new-map: map.set($new-map, $key, --#{$_system-fallback-prefix}-#{$key});
+  }
+  @return $new-map;
+}
+
+// Create a components tokens map where values are based on
+// system fallback variables referencing Material's system keys.
+// Includes density token fallbacks where density is 0.
+@function create-system-fallbacks() {
+  $app-vars: (
+    'md-sys-color':
+        _create-system-app-vars-map(definitions.md-sys-color-values-light()),
+    'md-sys-typescale':
+        _create-system-app-vars-map(definitions.md-sys-typescale-values()),
+    'md-sys-elevation':
+        _create-system-app-vars-map(definitions.md-sys-elevation-values()),
+    'md-sys-state':
+        _create-system-app-vars-map(definitions.md-sys-state-values()),
+    'md-sys-shape':
+        _create-system-app-vars-map(definitions.md-sys-shape-values()),
+  );
+
+  @return sass-utils.deep-merge-all(
+      m3-tokens.generate-tokens($app-vars, true, true),
+      m3-tokens.generate-density-tokens(0)
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-tokens.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-tokens.scss
index 4c6f65990b19..cc6cbe155237 100644
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-tokens.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/_m3-tokens.scss
@@ -4,17 +4,12 @@
 @use './m3';
 @use './m3/definitions' as m3-token-definitions;
 @use '../tokens/m2' as m2-tokens;
-@use '../style/elevation';
 @use './density';
 @use './format-tokens';
 
 // Default system level prefix to use when directly calling the `system-level-*` mixins
 $_system-level-prefix: sys;
 
-// Prefix used for component token fallback variables, e.g.
-// `color: var(--mdc-text-button-label-text-color, var(--mat-app-primary));`
-$_system-fallback-prefix: mat-app;
-
 /// Generates tokens for the given palette with the given prefix.
 /// @param {Map} $palette The palette to generate tokens for
 /// @param {String} $prefix The key prefix used to name the tokens
@@ -35,7 +30,7 @@ $_system-fallback-prefix: mat-app;
 /// @param {Map} $tertiary The tertiary palette
 /// @param {Map} $error The error palette
 /// @return {Map} A set of `md-ref-palette` tokens
-@function _generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error) {
+@function generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error) {
   @return sass-utils.merge-all(
       (black: #000, white: #fff),
       _generate-palette-tokens($primary, primary),
@@ -55,7 +50,7 @@ $_system-fallback-prefix: mat-app;
 /// @param {String} $medium The font-weight to use for medium text
 /// @param {String} $regular The font-weight to use for regular text
 /// @return {Map} A set of `md-ref-typeface` tokens
-@function _generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular) {
+@function generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular) {
   @return (
     brand: $brand,
     plain: $plain,
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
 /// @param {Boolean} $include-non-systemized Whether to include non-systemized tokens
 /// @param {Boolean} $include-density Whether to include density tokens
 /// @return {Map} A map of namespaced tokens
-@function _generate-tokens($systems, $include-non-systemized: false, $include-density: false) {
+@function generate-tokens($systems, $include-non-systemized: false, $include-density: false) {
   $systems: map.merge((
     md-sys-color: (),
     md-sys-elevation: (),
@@ -135,109 +130,6 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
   @return $result;
 }
 
-// Return a new map where the values are the same as the provided map's
-// keys, prefixed with "--mat-app-". For example:
-// (key1: '', key2: '') --> (key1: --mat-app-key1, key2: --mat-app-key2)
-@function _create-system-app-vars-map($map) {
-  $new-map: ();
-  @each $key, $value in $map {
-    $new-map: map.set($new-map, $key, --#{$_system-fallback-prefix}-#{$key});
-  }
-  @return $new-map;
-}
-
-// Create a components tokens map where values are based on
-// system fallback variables referencing Material's system keys.
-// Includes density token fallbacks where density is 0.
-@function create-system-fallbacks() {
-  $app-vars: (
-    'md-sys-color':
-        _create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-light()),
-    'md-sys-typescale':
-        _create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-typescale-values()),
-    'md-sys-elevation':
-        _create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-elevation-values()),
-    'md-sys-state':
-        _create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-state-values()),
-    'md-sys-shape':
-        _create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-shape-values()),
-  );
-
-  @return sass-utils.deep-merge-all(
-    _generate-tokens($app-vars, true, true),
-    generate-density-tokens(0)
-  );
-}
-
-// Emits CSS variables for Material's system level values. Uses the
-// namespace prefix in $_system-fallback-prefix.
-// e.g. --mat-app-surface: #E5E5E5
-@mixin theme($theme, $overrides: ()) {
-  @include system-level-colors($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-  @include system-level-typography($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-  @include system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-  @include system-level-shape($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-  @include system-level-motion($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-  @include system-level-state($theme, $overrides, $_system-fallback-prefix);
-}
-
-@mixin system-level-colors($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
-  $palettes: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, palettes);
-  $base-palettes: (
-    neutral: map.get($palettes, neutral),
-    neutral-variant: map.get($palettes, neutral-variant),
-    secondary: map.get($palettes, secondary),
-    error: map.get($palettes, error),
-  );
-
-  $type: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, theme-type);
-  $primary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, primary), $base-palettes);
-  $tertiary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, tertiary), $base-palettes);
-  $error: map.get($palettes, error);
-
-  @if (not $prefix) {
-    $prefix: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access,
-        color-system-variables-prefix) or $_system-level-prefix;
-  }
-
-  $ref: (
-    md-ref-palette: _generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error)
-  );
-
-  $sys-colors: if($type == dark,
-    m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-dark($ref),
-    m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-light($ref));
-
-  & {
-    @each $name, $value in $sys-colors {
-      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-@mixin system-level-typography($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
-  $font-definition: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, font-definition);
-  $brand: map.get($font-definition, brand);
-  $plain: map.get($font-definition, plain);
-  $bold: map.get($font-definition, bold);
-  $medium: map.get($font-definition, medium);
-  $regular: map.get($font-definition, regular);
-  $ref: (
-    md-ref-typeface: _generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular)
-  );
-
-  @if (not $prefix) {
-    $prefix: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access,
-        typography-system-variables-prefix) or $_system-level-prefix;
-  }
-
-  & {
-    @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-typescale-values($ref) {
-      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 @function create-map($keys, $prefix) {
   $result: ();
   @each $key in $keys {
@@ -246,46 +138,6 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
   @return $result;
 }
 
-@mixin system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
-  $shadow-color: map.get(
-      $theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, color-tokens, (mdc, theme), shadow);
-
-  @for $level from 0 through 24 {
-    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
-    --#{$prefix}-elevation-shadow-level-#{$level}: #{$value};
-  }
-
-  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-elevation-values() {
-    $level: map.get($overrides, $name) or $value;
-    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
-    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{$value};
-  }
-}
-
-@mixin system-level-shape($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
-  & {
-    @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-shape-values() {
-      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-@mixin system-level-state($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
-  & {
-    @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-state-values() {
-      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-@mixin system-level-motion($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $_system-level-prefix) {
-  & {
-    @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-motion-values() {
-      --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 @function _get-sys-color($type, $ref, $prefix) {
   $mdc-sys-color: if($type == dark,
     m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-dark($ref),
@@ -461,12 +313,12 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
 /// @return {Map} A map of namespaced color tokens
 @function generate-color-tokens($type, $primary, $tertiary, $error, $system-variables-prefix) {
   $ref: (
-    md-ref-palette: _generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error)
+    md-ref-palette: generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error)
   );
 
   $sys-color: _get-sys-color($type, $ref, $system-variables-prefix);
 
-  @return _generate-tokens(map.merge($ref, (
+  @return generate-tokens(map.merge($ref, (
     md-sys-color: $sys-color,
     // Because the elevation values are always combined with color values to create the box shadow,
     // elevation needs to be part of the color dimension.
@@ -490,10 +342,10 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
 @function generate-typography-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular,
 $system-variables-prefix) {
   $ref: (
-    md-ref-typeface: _generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular)
+    md-ref-typeface: generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular)
   );
   $sys-typeface: _get-sys-typeface($ref, $system-variables-prefix);
-  @return _generate-tokens((
+  @return generate-tokens((
     md-sys-typescale: $sys-typeface
   ));
 }
@@ -510,7 +362,7 @@ $system-variables-prefix) {
 /// @return {Map} A map of namespaced tokens not related to color, typography, or density
 @function generate-base-tokens() {
   // TODO(mmalerba): Exclude density tokens once implemented.
-  @return _generate-tokens((
+  @return generate-tokens((
     md-sys-motion: m3-token-definitions.md-sys-motion-values(),
     md-sys-shape: m3-token-definitions.md-sys-shape-values(),
   ), $include-non-systemized: true);
diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/_token-utils.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/_token-utils.scss
index a4845610970a..6015309d23fc 100644
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/_token-utils.scss
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/_token-utils.scss
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 @use 'sass:string';
 @use '../style/elevation';
 @use '../style/sass-utils';
-@use './m3-tokens';
+@use 'm3-system';
 
 $_tokens: null;
 $_component-prefix: null;
-$_system-fallbacks: m3-tokens.create-system-fallbacks();
+$_system-fallbacks: m3-system.create-system-fallbacks();
 
 // Sets the token prefix and map to use when creating token slots.
 @mixin use-tokens($prefix, $tokens) {