diff --git a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts b/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
index ab84387e525a..db96a742b2bb 100644
--- a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-export { getSavedObjectNamespaces } from './namespaces';
 export { isFoundGetResponse, type GetResponseFound } from './es_responses';
 export { findSharedOriginObjects } from './find_shared_origin_objects';
 export {
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ export {
   getSavedObjectFromSource,
   setManaged,
   normalizeNamespace,
+  getSavedObjectNamespaces,
   type GetSavedObjectFromSourceOptions,
 } from './internal_utils';
 export { type Left, type Either, type Right, isLeft, isRight } from './either';
diff --git a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/internal_utils.ts b/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/internal_utils.ts
index 49f02df61414..f06894bcca1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/internal_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/internal_utils.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,24 @@ export function setManaged({
   return optionsManaged ?? objectManaged ?? false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a string array of namespaces for a given saved object. If the saved object is undefined, the result is an array that contains the
+ * current namespace. Value may be undefined if an existing saved object has no namespaces attribute; this should not happen in normal
+ * operations, but it is possible if the Elasticsearch document is manually modified.
+ *
+ * @param namespace The current namespace.
+ * @param document Optional existing saved object that was obtained in a preflight operation.
+ */
+export function getSavedObjectNamespaces(
+  namespace?: string,
+  document?: SavedObjectsRawDoc
+): string[] | undefined {
+  if (document) {
+    return document._source?.namespaces;
+  }
+  return [SavedObjectsUtils.namespaceIdToString(namespace)];
+}
+
 /**
  * Extracts the contents of a decorated error to return the attributes for bulk operations.
  */
diff --git a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/namespaces.ts b/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/namespaces.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1592d00c0c42..000000000000
--- a/packages/core/saved-objects/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/utils/namespaces.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import type { SavedObjectsRawDoc } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-server';
-import { SavedObjectsUtils } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-utils-server';
-
-/**
- * Returns a string array of namespaces for a given saved object. If the saved object is undefined, the result is an array that contains the
- * current namespace. Value may be undefined if an existing saved object has no namespaces attribute; this should not happen in normal
- * operations, but it is possible if the Elasticsearch document is manually modified.
- *
- * @param namespace The current namespace.
- * @param document Optional existing saved object that was obtained in a preflight operation.
- */
-export function getSavedObjectNamespaces(
-  namespace?: string,
-  document?: SavedObjectsRawDoc
-): string[] | undefined {
-  if (document) {
-    return document._source?.namespaces;
-  }
-  return [SavedObjectsUtils.namespaceIdToString(namespace)];
-}