diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
index d58b0b1ea99..116d22b66a6 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ set(SRC
   intern/action_mirror.cc
   intern/addon.cc
   intern/anim_data.cc
+  intern/anim_data_bmain_utils.cc
   intern/anim_path.cc
   intern/anim_sys.cc
   intern/anim_visualization.cc
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data.cc
index c32c9bbbf30..694060005b7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data.cc
@@ -1368,142 +1368,6 @@ void BKE_fcurves_main_cb(Main *bmain, const FunctionRef<void(ID *, FCurve *)> fu
                        [&](ID *id, AnimData *adt) { adt_apply_all_fcurves_cb(id, adt, wrapper); });
 }
 
-/* Whole Database Ops -------------------------------------------- */
-
-void BKE_animdata_main_cb(Main *bmain, const FunctionRef<void(ID *, AnimData *)> func)
-{
-  ID *id;
-
-/* standard data version */
-#define ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(first) \
-  for (id = static_cast<ID *>(first); id; id = static_cast<ID *>(id->next)) { \
-    AnimData *adt = BKE_animdata_from_id(id); \
-    if (adt) { \
-      func(id, adt); \
-    } \
-  } \
-  (void)0
-
-/* "embedded" nodetree cases (i.e. scene/material/texture->nodetree) */
-#define ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(first, NtId_Type) \
-  for (id = static_cast<ID *>(first); id; id = static_cast<ID *>(id->next)) { \
-    AnimData *adt = BKE_animdata_from_id(id); \
-    NtId_Type *ntp = (NtId_Type *)id; \
-    if (ntp->nodetree) { \
-      AnimData *adt2 = BKE_animdata_from_id((ID *)ntp->nodetree); \
-      if (adt2) { \
-        func((ID *)ntp->nodetree, adt2); \
-      } \
-    } \
-    if (adt) { \
-      func(id, adt); \
-    } \
-  } \
-  (void)0
-
-  /* nodes */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->nodetrees.first);
-
-  /* textures */
-  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->textures.first, Tex);
-
-  /* lights */
-  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->lights.first, Light);
-
-  /* materials */
-  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->materials.first, Material);
-
-  /* cameras */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->cameras.first);
-
-  /* shapekeys */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->shapekeys.first);
-
-  /* metaballs */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->metaballs.first);
-
-  /* curves */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->curves.first);
-
-  /* armatures */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->armatures.first);
-
-  /* lattices */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->lattices.first);
-
-  /* meshes */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->meshes.first);
-
-  /* particles */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->particles.first);
-
-  /* speakers */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->speakers.first);
-
-  /* movie clips */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->movieclips.first);
-
-  /* objects */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->objects.first);
-
-  /* masks */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->masks.first);
-
-  /* worlds */
-  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->worlds.first, World);
-
-  /* scenes */
-  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->scenes.first, Scene);
-
-  /* line styles */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->linestyles.first);
-
-  /* grease pencil */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->gpencils.first);
-
-  /* grease pencil */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->grease_pencils.first);
-
-  /* palettes */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->palettes.first);
-
-  /* cache files */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->cachefiles.first);
-
-  /* Hair Curves. */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->hair_curves.first);
-
-  /* pointclouds */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->pointclouds.first);
-
-  /* volumes */
-  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->volumes.first);
-}
-
-void BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all(ID *ref_id,
-                                       const char *prefix,
-                                       const char *oldName,
-                                       const char *newName)
-{
-  Main *bmain = G.main; /* XXX UGLY! */
-  BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all_ex(bmain, ref_id, prefix, oldName, newName, 0, 0, true);
-}
-
-void BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all_ex(Main *bmain,
-                                          ID *ref_id,
-                                          const char *prefix,
-                                          const char *oldName,
-                                          const char *newName,
-                                          const int oldSubscript,
-                                          const int newSubscript,
-                                          const bool verify_paths)
-{
-  BKE_animdata_main_cb(bmain, [&](ID *id, AnimData *adt) {
-    BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename(
-        id, adt, ref_id, prefix, oldName, newName, oldSubscript, newSubscript, verify_paths);
-  });
-}
-
 /* .blend file API -------------------------------------------- */
 
 void BKE_animdata_blend_write(BlendWriter *writer, ID *id)
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data_bmain_utils.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data_bmain_utils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d958501f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_data_bmain_utils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Blender Authors, Joshua Leung. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+/** \file
+ * \ingroup bke
+ */
+
+#include "BKE_anim_data.hh"
+#include "BKE_animsys.h"
+#include "BKE_global.hh"
+#include "BKE_main.hh"
+
+#include "DNA_light_types.h"
+#include "DNA_material_types.h"
+#include "DNA_scene_types.h"
+#include "DNA_texture_types.h"
+#include "DNA_world_types.h"
+
+/* Whole Database Ops -------------------------------------------- */
+
+using namespace blender;
+
+void BKE_animdata_main_cb(Main *bmain, const FunctionRef<void(ID *, AnimData *)> func)
+{
+  ID *id;
+
+/* standard data version */
+#define ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(first) \
+  for (id = static_cast<ID *>(first); id; id = static_cast<ID *>(id->next)) { \
+    AnimData *adt = BKE_animdata_from_id(id); \
+    if (adt) { \
+      func(id, adt); \
+    } \
+  } \
+  (void)0
+
+/* "embedded" nodetree cases (i.e. scene/material/texture->nodetree) */
+#define ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(first, NtId_Type) \
+  for (id = static_cast<ID *>(first); id; id = static_cast<ID *>(id->next)) { \
+    AnimData *adt = BKE_animdata_from_id(id); \
+    NtId_Type *ntp = (NtId_Type *)id; \
+    if (ntp->nodetree) { \
+      AnimData *adt2 = BKE_animdata_from_id((ID *)ntp->nodetree); \
+      if (adt2) { \
+        func((ID *)ntp->nodetree, adt2); \
+      } \
+    } \
+    if (adt) { \
+      func(id, adt); \
+    } \
+  } \
+  (void)0
+
+  /* nodes */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->nodetrees.first);
+
+  /* textures */
+  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->textures.first, Tex);
+
+  /* lights */
+  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->lights.first, Light);
+
+  /* materials */
+  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->materials.first, Material);
+
+  /* cameras */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->cameras.first);
+
+  /* shapekeys */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->shapekeys.first);
+
+  /* metaballs */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->metaballs.first);
+
+  /* curves */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->curves.first);
+
+  /* armatures */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->armatures.first);
+
+  /* lattices */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->lattices.first);
+
+  /* meshes */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->meshes.first);
+
+  /* particles */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->particles.first);
+
+  /* speakers */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->speakers.first);
+
+  /* movie clips */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->movieclips.first);
+
+  /* objects */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->objects.first);
+
+  /* masks */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->masks.first);
+
+  /* worlds */
+  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->worlds.first, World);
+
+  /* scenes */
+  ANIMDATA_NODETREE_IDS_CB(bmain->scenes.first, Scene);
+
+  /* line styles */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->linestyles.first);
+
+  /* grease pencil */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->gpencils.first);
+
+  /* grease pencil */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->grease_pencils.first);
+
+  /* palettes */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->palettes.first);
+
+  /* cache files */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->cachefiles.first);
+
+  /* Hair Curves. */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->hair_curves.first);
+
+  /* pointclouds */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->pointclouds.first);
+
+  /* volumes */
+  ANIMDATA_IDS_CB(bmain->volumes.first);
+}
+
+void BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all(ID *ref_id,
+                                       const char *prefix,
+                                       const char *oldName,
+                                       const char *newName)
+{
+  Main *bmain = G.main; /* XXX UGLY! */
+  BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all_ex(bmain, ref_id, prefix, oldName, newName, 0, 0, true);
+}
+
+void BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename_all_ex(Main *bmain,
+                                          ID *ref_id,
+                                          const char *prefix,
+                                          const char *oldName,
+                                          const char *newName,
+                                          const int oldSubscript,
+                                          const int newSubscript,
+                                          const bool verify_paths)
+{
+  BKE_animdata_main_cb(bmain, [&](ID *id, AnimData *adt) {
+    BKE_animdata_fix_paths_rename(
+        id, adt, ref_id, prefix, oldName, newName, oldSubscript, newSubscript, verify_paths);
+  });
+}