diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
index 28b4a01cf0ecd..53fa881c99fb0 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -509,10 +509,6 @@ def SymbolDCE : Pass<"symbol-dce"> {
     information on `Symbols`.
   }];
   let constructor = "mlir::createSymbolDCEPass()";
-
-  let statistics = [
-    Statistic<"numDCE", "num-dce'd", "Number of symbols DCE'd">,
-  ];
 }
 
 def SymbolPrivatize : Pass<"symbol-privatize"> {
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/SymbolDceUtils.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/SymbolDceUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04f19156a972d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/SymbolDceUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//===- SymbolDceUtils.h.h ---------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// 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
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef MLIR_TRANSFORMS_SYMBOLDCEUTILS_H
+#define MLIR_TRANSFORMS_SYMBOLDCEUTILS_H
+
+#include "mlir/Support/LLVM.h"
+
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/LogicalResult.h"
+
+namespace mlir {
+
+class Operation;
+class SymbolTableCollection;
+
+/// Eliminate dead symbols in the symbolTableOp.
+LogicalResult symbolDce(Operation *);
+
+/// Compute the liveness of the symbols within the given symbol table.
+/// `symbolTableIsHidden` is true if this symbol table is known to be
+/// unaccessible from operations in its parent regions.
+LogicalResult computeLiveness(Operation *, SymbolTableCollection &, bool,
+                              DenseSet<Operation *> &);
+} // end namespace mlir
+
+#endif // MLIR_TRANSFORMS_SYMBOLDCEUTILS_H
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp b/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
index 87885be00daa3..acfe647ec36e5 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Transforms/Passes.h"
 
 #include "mlir/IR/Operation.h"
-#include "mlir/IR/SymbolTable.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/DebugLog.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/InterleavedRange.h"
+#include "mlir/Transforms/SymbolDceUtils.h"
 
 namespace mlir {
 #define GEN_PASS_DEF_SYMBOLDCE
@@ -26,165 +23,16 @@ namespace mlir {
 
 using namespace mlir;
 
-#define DEBUG_TYPE "symbol-dce"
-
 namespace {
 struct SymbolDCE : public impl::SymbolDCEBase<SymbolDCE> {
   void runOnOperation() override;
-
-  /// Compute the liveness of the symbols within the given symbol table.
-  /// `symbolTableIsHidden` is true if this symbol table is known to be
-  /// unaccessible from operations in its parent regions.
-  LogicalResult computeLiveness(Operation *symbolTableOp,
-                                SymbolTableCollection &symbolTable,
-                                bool symbolTableIsHidden,
-                                DenseSet<Operation *> &liveSymbols);
 };
 } // namespace
 
 void SymbolDCE::runOnOperation() {
   Operation *symbolTableOp = getOperation();
-
-  // SymbolDCE should only be run on operations that define a symbol table.
-  if (!symbolTableOp->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>()) {
-    symbolTableOp->emitOpError()
-        << " was scheduled to run under SymbolDCE, but does not define a "
-           "symbol table";
+  if (failed(symbolDce(symbolTableOp)))
     return signalPassFailure();
-  }
-
-  // A flag that signals if the top level symbol table is hidden, i.e. not
-  // accessible from parent scopes.
-  bool symbolTableIsHidden = true;
-  SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(symbolTableOp);
-  if (symbolTableOp->getParentOp() && symbol)
-    symbolTableIsHidden = symbol.isPrivate();
-
-  // Compute the set of live symbols within the symbol table.
-  DenseSet<Operation *> liveSymbols;
-  SymbolTableCollection symbolTable;
-  if (failed(computeLiveness(symbolTableOp, symbolTable, symbolTableIsHidden,
-                             liveSymbols)))
-    return signalPassFailure();
-
-  // After computing the liveness, delete all of the symbols that were found to
-  // be dead.
-  symbolTableOp->walk([&](Operation *nestedSymbolTable) {
-    if (!nestedSymbolTable->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>())
-      return;
-    for (auto &block : nestedSymbolTable->getRegion(0)) {
-      for (Operation &op : llvm::make_early_inc_range(block)) {
-        if (isa<SymbolOpInterface>(&op) && !liveSymbols.count(&op)) {
-          op.erase();
-          ++numDCE;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-/// Compute the liveness of the symbols within the given symbol table.
-/// `symbolTableIsHidden` is true if this symbol table is known to be
-/// unaccessible from operations in its parent regions.
-LogicalResult SymbolDCE::computeLiveness(Operation *symbolTableOp,
-                                         SymbolTableCollection &symbolTable,
-                                         bool symbolTableIsHidden,
-                                         DenseSet<Operation *> &liveSymbols) {
-  LDBG() << "computeLiveness: "
-         << OpWithFlags(symbolTableOp, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
-  // A worklist of live operations to propagate uses from.
-  SmallVector<Operation *, 16> worklist;
-
-  // Walk the symbols within the current symbol table, marking the symbols that
-  // are known to be live.
-  for (auto &block : symbolTableOp->getRegion(0)) {
-    // Add all non-symbols or symbols that can't be discarded.
-    for (Operation &op : block) {
-      SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(&op);
-      if (!symbol) {
-        worklist.push_back(&op);
-        continue;
-      }
-      bool isDiscardable = (symbolTableIsHidden || symbol.isPrivate()) &&
-                           symbol.canDiscardOnUseEmpty();
-      if (!isDiscardable && liveSymbols.insert(&op).second)
-        worklist.push_back(&op);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Process the set of symbols that were known to be live, adding new symbols
-  // that are referenced within. For operations that are not symbol tables, it
-  // considers the liveness with respect to the op itself rather than scope of
-  // nested symbol tables by enqueuing all the top level operations for
-  // consideration.
-  while (!worklist.empty()) {
-    Operation *op = worklist.pop_back_val();
-    LDBG() << "processing: "
-           << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
-
-    // If this is a symbol table, recursively compute its liveness.
-    if (op->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>()) {
-      // The internal symbol table is hidden if the parent is, if its not a
-      // symbol, or if it is a private symbol.
-      SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(op);
-      bool symIsHidden = symbolTableIsHidden || !symbol || symbol.isPrivate();
-      LDBG() << "\tsymbol table: "
-             << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions())
-             << " is hidden: " << symIsHidden;
-      if (failed(computeLiveness(op, symbolTable, symIsHidden, liveSymbols)))
-        return failure();
-    } else {
-      LDBG() << "\tnon-symbol table: "
-             << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
-      // If the op is not a symbol table, then, unless op itself is dead which
-      // would be handled by DCE, we need to check all the regions and blocks
-      // within the op to find the uses (e.g., consider visibility within op as
-      // if top level rather than relying on pure symbol table visibility). This
-      // is more conservative than SymbolTable::walkSymbolTables in the case
-      // where there is again SymbolTable information to take advantage of.
-      for (auto &region : op->getRegions())
-        for (auto &block : region.getBlocks())
-          for (Operation &op : block)
-            if (op.getNumRegions())
-              worklist.push_back(&op);
-    }
-
-    // Get the first parent symbol table op. Note: due to enqueueing of
-    // top-level ops, we may not have a symbol table parent here, but if we do
-    // not, then we also don't have a symbol.
-    Operation *parentOp = op->getParentOp();
-    if (!parentOp->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>())
-      continue;
-
-    // Collect the uses held by this operation.
-    std::optional<SymbolTable::UseRange> uses = SymbolTable::getSymbolUses(op);
-    if (!uses) {
-      return op->emitError()
-             << "operation contains potentially unknown symbol table, meaning "
-             << "that we can't reliable compute symbol uses";
-    }
-
-    SmallVector<Operation *, 4> resolvedSymbols;
-    LDBG() << "uses of " << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
-    for (const SymbolTable::SymbolUse &use : *uses) {
-      LDBG() << "\tuse: " << use.getUser();
-      // Lookup the symbols referenced by this use.
-      resolvedSymbols.clear();
-      if (failed(symbolTable.lookupSymbolIn(parentOp, use.getSymbolRef(),
-                                            resolvedSymbols)))
-        // Ignore references to unknown symbols.
-        continue;
-      LDBG() << "\t\tresolved symbols: "
-             << llvm::interleaved(resolvedSymbols, ", ");
-
-      // Mark each of the resolved symbols as live.
-      for (Operation *resolvedSymbol : resolvedSymbols)
-        if (liveSymbols.insert(resolvedSymbol).second)
-          worklist.push_back(resolvedSymbol);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return success();
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<Pass> mlir::createSymbolDCEPass() {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ca16239ba33c..2a2d7af1ce7f8 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ add_mlir_library(MLIRTransformUtils
   LoopInvariantCodeMotionUtils.cpp
   RegionUtils.cpp
   WalkPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
+  SymbolDceUtils.cpp
 
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Transforms
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/SymbolDceUtils.cpp b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/SymbolDceUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ad7808cbaa275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/SymbolDceUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+//===- SymbolDceUtils.cpp -------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file implements eliminate dead symbols
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir/Transforms/SymbolDceUtils.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Operation.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/SymbolTable.h"
+
+#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/DebugLog.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/InterleavedRange.h"
+
+#define DEBUG_TYPE "symbol-dce"
+
+llvm::LogicalResult mlir::symbolDce(Operation *symbolTableOp) {
+  // SymbolDCE should only be run on operations that define a symbol table.
+  if (!symbolTableOp->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>()) {
+    symbolTableOp->emitOpError()
+        << " was scheduled to run under SymbolDCE, but does not define a "
+           "symbol table";
+    return failure();
+  }
+
+  // A flag that signals if the top level symbol table is hidden, i.e. not
+  // accessible from parent scopes.
+  bool symbolTableIsHidden = true;
+  SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(symbolTableOp);
+  if (symbolTableOp->getParentOp() && symbol)
+    symbolTableIsHidden = symbol.isPrivate();
+
+  // Compute the set of live symbols within the symbol table.
+  DenseSet<Operation *> liveSymbols;
+  SymbolTableCollection symbolTable;
+  if (failed(computeLiveness(symbolTableOp, symbolTable, symbolTableIsHidden,
+                             liveSymbols)))
+    return failure();
+
+  // After computing the liveness, delete all of the symbols that were found to
+  // be dead.
+  symbolTableOp->walk([&](Operation *nestedSymbolTable) {
+    if (!nestedSymbolTable->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>())
+      return;
+    for (auto &block : nestedSymbolTable->getRegion(0)) {
+      for (Operation &op : llvm::make_early_inc_range(block)) {
+        if (isa<SymbolOpInterface>(&op) && !liveSymbols.count(&op)) {
+          op.erase();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  return success();
+}
+
+/// Compute the liveness of the symbols within the given symbol table.
+/// `symbolTableIsHidden` is true if this symbol table is known to be
+/// unaccessible from operations in its parent regions.
+llvm::LogicalResult mlir::computeLiveness(Operation *symbolTableOp,
+                                          SymbolTableCollection &symbolTable,
+                                          bool symbolTableIsHidden,
+                                          DenseSet<Operation *> &liveSymbols) {
+  LDBG() << "computeLiveness: "
+         << OpWithFlags(symbolTableOp, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
+  // A worklist of live operations to propagate uses from.
+  SmallVector<Operation *, 16> worklist;
+
+  // Walk the symbols within the current symbol table, marking the symbols that
+  // are known to be live.
+  for (auto &block : symbolTableOp->getRegion(0)) {
+    // Add all non-symbols or symbols that can't be discarded.
+    for (Operation &op : block) {
+      SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(&op);
+      if (!symbol) {
+        worklist.push_back(&op);
+        continue;
+      }
+      bool isDiscardable = (symbolTableIsHidden || symbol.isPrivate()) &&
+                           symbol.canDiscardOnUseEmpty();
+      if (!isDiscardable && liveSymbols.insert(&op).second)
+        worklist.push_back(&op);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Process the set of symbols that were known to be live, adding new symbols
+  // that are referenced within. For operations that are not symbol tables, it
+  // considers the liveness with respect to the op itself rather than scope of
+  // nested symbol tables by enqueuing all the top level operations for
+  // consideration.
+  while (!worklist.empty()) {
+    Operation *op = worklist.pop_back_val();
+    LDBG() << "processing: "
+           << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
+
+    // If this is a symbol table, recursively compute its liveness.
+    if (op->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>()) {
+      // The internal symbol table is hidden if the parent is, if its not a
+      // symbol, or if it is a private symbol.
+      SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(op);
+      bool symIsHidden = symbolTableIsHidden || !symbol || symbol.isPrivate();
+      LDBG() << "\tsymbol table: "
+             << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions())
+             << " is hidden: " << symIsHidden;
+      if (failed(computeLiveness(op, symbolTable, symIsHidden, liveSymbols)))
+        return failure();
+    } else {
+      LDBG() << "\tnon-symbol table: "
+             << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
+      // If the op is not a symbol table, then, unless op itself is dead which
+      // would be handled by DCE, we need to check all the regions and blocks
+      // within the op to find the uses (e.g., consider visibility within op as
+      // if top level rather than relying on pure symbol table visibility). This
+      // is more conservative than SymbolTable::walkSymbolTables in the case
+      // where there is again SymbolTable information to take advantage of.
+      for (auto &region : op->getRegions())
+        for (auto &block : region.getBlocks())
+          for (Operation &op : block)
+            if (op.getNumRegions())
+              worklist.push_back(&op);
+    }
+
+    // Get the first parent symbol table op. Note: due to enqueueing of
+    // top-level ops, we may not have a symbol table parent here, but if we do
+    // not, then we also don't have a symbol.
+    Operation *parentOp = op->getParentOp();
+    if (!parentOp->hasTrait<OpTrait::SymbolTable>())
+      continue;
+
+    // Collect the uses held by this operation.
+    std::optional<SymbolTable::UseRange> uses = SymbolTable::getSymbolUses(op);
+    if (!uses) {
+      return op->emitError()
+             << "operation contains potentially unknown symbol table, meaning "
+             << "that we can't reliable compute symbol uses";
+    }
+
+    SmallVector<Operation *, 4> resolvedSymbols;
+    LDBG() << "uses of " << OpWithFlags(op, OpPrintingFlags().skipRegions());
+    for (const SymbolTable::SymbolUse &use : *uses) {
+      LDBG() << "\tuse: " << use.getUser();
+      // Lookup the symbols referenced by this use.
+      resolvedSymbols.clear();
+      if (failed(symbolTable.lookupSymbolIn(parentOp, use.getSymbolRef(),
+                                            resolvedSymbols)))
+        // Ignore references to unknown symbols.
+        continue;
+      LDBG() << "\t\tresolved symbols: "
+             << llvm::interleaved(resolvedSymbols, ", ");
+
+      // Mark each of the resolved symbols as live.
+      for (Operation *resolvedSymbol : resolvedSymbols)
+        if (liveSymbols.insert(resolvedSymbol).second)
+          worklist.push_back(resolvedSymbol);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return success();
+}