diff --git a/scala/private/rule_impls.bzl b/scala/private/rule_impls.bzl
index 79353118f..2a2c2d5f8 100644
--- a/scala/private/rule_impls.bzl
+++ b/scala/private/rule_impls.bzl
@@ -1014,71 +1014,6 @@ def _pack_source_jars(ctx):
     #_pack_source_jar may return None if java_common.pack_sources returned None (and it can)
     return [source_jar] if source_jar else []
 
-def scala_repl_impl(ctx):
-    scalac_provider = get_scalac_provider(ctx)
-
-    unused_dependency_checker_mode = get_unused_dependency_checker_mode(ctx)
-    unused_dependency_checker_is_off = unused_dependency_checker_mode == "off"
-
-    # need scala-compiler for MainGenericRunner below
-    jars = collect_jars_from_common_ctx(
-        ctx,
-        scalac_provider.default_repl_classpath,
-        unused_dependency_checker_is_off = unused_dependency_checker_is_off,
-    )
-    (cjars, transitive_rjars) = (jars.compile_jars, jars.transitive_runtime_jars)
-
-    args = " ".join(ctx.attr.scalacopts)
-
-    executable = declare_executable(ctx)
-
-    wrapper = write_java_wrapper(
-        ctx,
-        args,
-        wrapper_preamble = """
-# save stty like in bin/scala
-saved_stty=$(stty -g 2>/dev/null)
-if [[ ! $? ]]; then
-  saved_stty=""
-fi
-function finish() {
-  if [[ "$saved_stty" != "" ]]; then
-    stty $saved_stty
-    saved_stty=""
-  fi
-}
-trap finish EXIT
-""",
-    )
-
-    out = scala_binary_common(
-        ctx,
-        executable,
-        cjars,
-        transitive_rjars,
-        jars.transitive_compile_jars,
-        jars.jars2labels,
-        wrapper,
-        unused_dependency_checker_ignored_targets = [
-            target.label
-            for target in scalac_provider.default_repl_classpath +
-                          ctx.attr.unused_dependency_checker_ignored_targets
-        ],
-        unused_dependency_checker_mode = unused_dependency_checker_mode,
-        deps_providers = jars.deps_providers,
-    )
-    write_executable(
-        ctx = ctx,
-        executable = executable,
-        jvm_flags = ["-Dscala.usejavacp=true"] + ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
-        main_class = "scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner",
-        rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
-        use_jacoco = False,
-        wrapper = wrapper,
-    )
-
-    return out
-
 def _gen_test_suite_flags_based_on_prefixes_and_suffixes(ctx, archives):
     return struct(
         archiveFlag = "-Dbazel.discover.classes.archives.file.paths=%s" %
diff --git a/scala/private/rules/scala_repl.bzl b/scala/private/rules/scala_repl.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1ec4c483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scala/private/rules/scala_repl.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+"""Rule for launching a Scala REPL with dependencies"""
+
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:common_attributes.bzl",
+    "common_attrs",
+    "implicit_deps",
+    "launcher_template",
+    "resolve_deps",
+)
+load("@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:common_outputs.bzl", "common_outputs")
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:rule_impls.bzl",
+    "collect_jars_from_common_ctx",
+    "declare_executable",
+    "get_scalac_provider",
+    "get_unused_dependency_checker_mode",
+    "scala_binary_common",
+    "write_executable",
+    "write_java_wrapper",
+)
+
+def _scala_repl_impl(ctx):
+    scalac_provider = get_scalac_provider(ctx)
+
+    unused_dependency_checker_mode = get_unused_dependency_checker_mode(ctx)
+    unused_dependency_checker_is_off = unused_dependency_checker_mode == "off"
+
+    # need scala-compiler for MainGenericRunner below
+    jars = collect_jars_from_common_ctx(
+        ctx,
+        scalac_provider.default_repl_classpath,
+        unused_dependency_checker_is_off = unused_dependency_checker_is_off,
+    )
+    (cjars, transitive_rjars) = (jars.compile_jars, jars.transitive_runtime_jars)
+
+    args = " ".join(ctx.attr.scalacopts)
+
+    executable = declare_executable(ctx)
+
+    wrapper = write_java_wrapper(
+        ctx,
+        args,
+        wrapper_preamble = """
+# save stty like in bin/scala
+saved_stty=$(stty -g 2>/dev/null)
+if [[ ! $? ]]; then
+  saved_stty=""
+fi
+function finish() {
+  if [[ "$saved_stty" != "" ]]; then
+    stty $saved_stty
+    saved_stty=""
+  fi
+}
+trap finish EXIT
+""",
+    )
+
+    out = scala_binary_common(
+        ctx,
+        executable,
+        cjars,
+        transitive_rjars,
+        jars.transitive_compile_jars,
+        jars.jars2labels,
+        wrapper,
+        unused_dependency_checker_ignored_targets = [
+            target.label
+            for target in scalac_provider.default_repl_classpath +
+                          ctx.attr.unused_dependency_checker_ignored_targets
+        ],
+        unused_dependency_checker_mode = unused_dependency_checker_mode,
+        deps_providers = jars.deps_providers,
+    )
+    write_executable(
+        ctx = ctx,
+        executable = executable,
+        jvm_flags = ["-Dscala.usejavacp=true"] + ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
+        main_class = "scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner",
+        rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
+        use_jacoco = False,
+        wrapper = wrapper,
+    )
+
+    return out
+
+_scala_repl_attrs = {}
+
+_scala_repl_attrs.update(launcher_template)
+
+_scala_repl_attrs.update(implicit_deps)
+
+_scala_repl_attrs.update(common_attrs)
+
+_scala_repl_attrs.update(resolve_deps)
+
+scala_repl = rule(
+    attrs = _scala_repl_attrs,
+    executable = True,
+    fragments = ["java"],
+    outputs = common_outputs,
+    toolchains = ["@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala:toolchain_type"],
+    implementation = _scala_repl_impl,
+)
diff --git a/scala/scala.bzl b/scala/scala.bzl
index 60ce05678..fdc5882ae 100644
--- a/scala/scala.bzl
+++ b/scala/scala.bzl
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ load(
     _scala_library_for_plugin_bootstrapping_impl = "scala_library_for_plugin_bootstrapping_impl",
     _scala_library_impl = "scala_library_impl",
     _scala_macro_library_impl = "scala_macro_library_impl",
-    _scala_repl_impl = "scala_repl_impl",
 )
 load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:common_attributes.bzl",
@@ -40,6 +39,10 @@ load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:rules/scala_doc.bzl",
     _scala_doc = "scala_doc",
 )
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:rules/scala_repl.bzl",
+    _scala_repl = "scala_repl",
+)
 load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala/private:rules/scala_test.bzl",
     _scala_test = "scala_test",
@@ -143,25 +146,6 @@ scala_macro_library = rule(
     implementation = _scala_macro_library_impl,
 )
 
-_scala_repl_attrs = {}
-
-_scala_repl_attrs.update(launcher_template)
-
-_scala_repl_attrs.update(implicit_deps)
-
-_scala_repl_attrs.update(common_attrs)
-
-_scala_repl_attrs.update(resolve_deps)
-
-scala_repl = rule(
-    attrs = _scala_repl_attrs,
-    executable = True,
-    fragments = ["java"],
-    outputs = common_outputs,
-    toolchains = ["@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala:toolchain_type"],
-    implementation = _scala_repl_impl,
-)
-
 # Scala library suite generates a series of scala libraries
 # then it depends on them with a meta one which exports all the sub targets
 def scala_library_suite(
@@ -259,6 +243,7 @@ def scala_specs2_junit_test(name, **kwargs):
 # Re-export private rules for public consumption
 scala_binary = _scala_binary
 scala_doc = _scala_doc
+scala_repl = _scala_repl
 scala_repositories = _scala_repositories
 scala_test = _scala_test
 scala_test_suite = _scala_test_suite