diff --git a/source/blender/editors/curves/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/editors/curves/CMakeLists.txt
index 873df89b40c..36eb0e04647 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/curves/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/editors/curves/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ set(INC
 set(SRC
   intern/curves_add.cc
   intern/curves_data.cc
+  intern/curves_edit.cc
   intern/curves_ops.cc
   intern/curves_selection.cc
   intern/curves_undo.cc
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_edit.cc b/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_edit.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d5e7730ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_edit.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+/** \file
+ * \ingroup edcurves
+ */
+
+#include "BLI_index_mask_ops.hh"
+
+#include "BKE_curves.hh"
+
+#include "ED_curves.h"
+
+namespace blender::ed::curves {
+
+bool remove_selection(bke::CurvesGeometry &curves, const eAttrDomain selection_domain)
+{
+  const bke::AttributeAccessor attributes = curves.attributes();
+  const VArray<bool> selection = attributes.lookup_or_default<bool>(
+      ".selection", selection_domain, true);
+  const int domain_size_orig = attributes.domain_size(selection_domain);
+  Vector<int64_t> indices;
+  const IndexMask mask = index_mask_ops::find_indices_from_virtual_array(
+      selection.index_range(), selection, 4096, indices);
+  switch (selection_domain) {
+    case ATTR_DOMAIN_POINT:
+      curves.remove_points(mask);
+      break;
+    case ATTR_DOMAIN_CURVE:
+      curves.remove_curves(mask);
+      break;
+    default:
+      BLI_assert_unreachable();
+  }
+
+  return attributes.domain_size(selection_domain) != domain_size_orig;
+}
+
+}  // namespace blender::ed::curves
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_ops.cc b/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_ops.cc
index d9496cf6e25..080307ef2bd 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_ops.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/curves/intern/curves_ops.cc
@@ -1097,24 +1097,7 @@ static int delete_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator * /*op*/)
 {
   for (Curves *curves_id : get_unique_editable_curves(*C)) {
     bke::CurvesGeometry &curves = curves_id->geometry.wrap();
-    const eAttrDomain domain = eAttrDomain(curves_id->selection_domain);
-    const bke::AttributeAccessor attributes = curves.attributes();
-    const VArray<bool> selection = attributes.lookup_or_default<bool>(".selection", domain, false);
-    const int domain_size_orig = attributes.domain_size(domain);
-    Vector<int64_t> indices;
-    const IndexMask mask = index_mask_ops::find_indices_from_virtual_array(
-        selection.index_range(), selection, 4096, indices);
-    switch (domain) {
-      case ATTR_DOMAIN_POINT:
-        curves.remove_points(mask);
-        break;
-      case ATTR_DOMAIN_CURVE:
-        curves.remove_curves(mask);
-        break;
-      default:
-        BLI_assert_unreachable();
-    }
-    if (attributes.domain_size(domain) != domain_size_orig) {
+    if (remove_selection(curves, eAttrDomain(curves_id->selection_domain))) {
       DEG_id_tag_update(&curves_id->id, ID_RECALC_GEOMETRY);
       WM_event_add_notifier(C, NC_GEOM | ND_DATA, curves_id);
     }
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_curves.h b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_curves.h
index 2bfe99ea2bd..d9d6c0c2863 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_curves.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_curves.h
@@ -185,5 +185,17 @@ bool select_circle(const ViewContext &vc,
                    eSelectOp sel_op);
 /** \} */
 
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/** \name Editing
+ * \{ */
+
+/**
+ * Remove (dissolve) selected curves or points based on the ".selection" attribute.
+ * \returns true if any point or curve was removed.
+ */
+bool remove_selection(bke::CurvesGeometry &curves, eAttrDomain selection_domain);
+
+/** \} */
+
 }  // namespace blender::ed::curves
 #endif