diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/atomic.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/atomic.hpp
index c2bedd9989fcd..2f1044537c82c 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/atomic.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/atomic.hpp
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <sycl/__spirv/spirv_ops.hpp>
-#include <sycl/__spirv/spirv_types.hpp>       // for Scope, MemorySemanticsMask
-#include <sycl/access/access.hpp>             // for address_space, decorated
+#include <sycl/__spirv/spirv_types.hpp> // for Scope, MemorySemanticsMask
+#include <sycl/aliases.hpp>
+#include <sycl/bit_cast.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp> // for __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED
-#include <sycl/detail/helpers.hpp>            // for getSPIRVMemorySemanticsMask
-#include <sycl/memory_enums.hpp> // for memory_order, getStdMemoryO...
-#include <sycl/multi_ptr.hpp>    // for multi_ptr
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
+#include <sycl/detail/helpers.hpp> // for getSPIRVMemorySemanticsMask
+#include <sycl/memory_enums.hpp>   // for memory_order, getStdMemoryO...
 
 #include <type_traits> // for is_same
 
@@ -28,12 +29,6 @@
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
-
-// Forward declaration
-template <typename pointerT, access::address_space addressSpace,
-          access::decorated isDecorated>
-class multi_ptr;
-
 namespace detail {
 
 using memory_order = sycl::memory_order;
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..934646f8181ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sycl/access/access.hpp>
+
+namespace sycl {
+inline namespace _V1 {
+// Forward declaration
+template <typename ElementType, access::address_space Space,
+          access::decorated DecorateAddress>
+class multi_ptr;
+} // namespace _V1
+} // namespace sycl
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp
index 69c30260f21de..78d209ebeb899 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 #include <sycl/detail/type_traits/vec_marray_traits.hpp>
 
-#include <sycl/access/access.hpp> // for decorated, address_space
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
 
-#include <array>       // for array
-#include <cstddef>     // for size_t
-#include <type_traits> // for true_type, false_type
+#include <array>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ class half;
 } // namespace detail
 using half = detail::half_impl::half;
 
-// Forward declaration
-template <typename ElementType, access::address_space Space,
-          access::decorated DecorateAddress>
-class multi_ptr;
-
 template <class T>
 struct is_group : std::bool_constant<detail::is_group<T>::value ||
                                      detail::is_sub_group<T>::value> {};
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/usm_pointers.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/usm_pointers.hpp
index fc43845648389..ab49c74136814 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/usm_pointers.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/usm_pointers.hpp
@@ -8,17 +8,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <sycl/access/access.hpp> // for decorated, address_space
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
-
-template <typename ElementType, access::address_space Space,
-          access::decorated DecorateAddress>
-class multi_ptr;
-
-namespace ext {
-namespace intel {
+namespace ext::intel {
 
 template <typename ElementType,
           access::decorated IsDecorated = access::decorated::legacy>
@@ -59,7 +53,6 @@ using decorated_host_ptr =
     multi_ptr<ElementType, access::address_space::ext_intel_global_host_space,
               access::decorated::yes>;
 
-} // namespace intel
-} // namespace ext
+} // namespace ext::intel
 } // namespace _V1
 } // namespace sycl
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/multi_ptr.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/multi_ptr.hpp
index 686d0a629a4a9..4a30322ec9936 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/multi_ptr.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/multi_ptr.hpp
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 #include <sycl/aliases.hpp>       // for half
 #include <sycl/detail/address_space_cast.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp> // for __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED
-#include <sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp>        // for const_if_const_AS
-#include <sycl/half_type.hpp>                 // for BIsRepresentationT
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
+#include <sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp> // for const_if_const_AS
+#include <sycl/half_type.hpp>          // for BIsRepresentationT
 
 #include <cstddef>     // for nullptr_t, ptrdiff_t, size_t
 #include <iterator>    // for random_access_iterator_tag
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/pointers.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/pointers.hpp
index cd082b9f79904..12bb3b4f03bbe 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/pointers.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/pointers.hpp
@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <sycl/access/access.hpp> // for decorated, address_space
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
-
-template <typename ElementType, access::address_space Space,
-          access::decorated DecorateAddress>
-class multi_ptr;
 // Template specialization aliases for different pointer address spaces
 
 template <typename ElementType,
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/sub_group.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/sub_group.hpp
index 1cbed2091924a..4bad8036f5c63 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/sub_group.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/sub_group.hpp
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <sycl/__spirv/spirv_ops.hpp>
-#include <sycl/access/access.hpp> // for address_space, decorated
 #include <sycl/detail/address_space_cast.hpp>
-#include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp>  // for __SYCL_DEPRECATED
+#include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp> // for __SYCL_DEPRECATED
+#include <sycl/detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/generic_type_traits.hpp> // for select_cl_scalar_inte...
 #include <sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp>         // for is_scalar_arithmetic
 #include <sycl/exception.hpp>                  // for exception, make_error...
 #include <sycl/id.hpp>                         // for id
 #include <sycl/memory_enums.hpp>               // for memory_scope
-#include <sycl/multi_ptr.hpp>                  // for multi_ptr
 #include <sycl/nd_item.hpp>
 #include <sycl/range.hpp> // for range
 
@@ -27,12 +26,7 @@
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
-template <typename T, access::address_space Space,
-          access::decorated DecorateAddress>
-class multi_ptr;
-template <typename Type, int NumElements> class __SYCL_EBO vec;
 namespace detail {
-
 namespace sub_group {
 
 // Selects 8, 16, 32, or 64-bit type depending on size of scalar type T.
diff --git a/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_accessor.hpp.cpp b/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_accessor.hpp.cpp
index 668cbc647daef..fd6f33d470b0c 100644
--- a/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_accessor.hpp.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_accessor.hpp.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT: aliases.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: detail/type_traits.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: detail/type_traits/vec_marray_traits.hpp
+// CHECK-NEXT: detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: half_type.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: bit_cast.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: aspects.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_detail_core.hpp.cpp b/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_detail_core.hpp.cpp
index 017297c8addc6..cb6d25ca11fb6 100644
--- a/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_detail_core.hpp.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/include_deps/sycl_detail_core.hpp.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT: aliases.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: detail/type_traits.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: detail/type_traits/vec_marray_traits.hpp
+// CHECK-NEXT: detail/fwd/multi_ptr.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: half_type.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: bit_cast.hpp
 // CHECK-NEXT: aspects.hpp