diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index f06a7a6ceaa..c968d7c893b 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ add_library(
   src/sort/sort_column.cu
   src/sort/sort_radix.cu
   src/sort/sorted_order_radix.cu
-  src/sort/stable_segmented_sort.cu
   src/sort/stable_sort_column.cu
   src/sort/stable_sort.cu
   src/sort/top_k.cu
diff --git a/cpp/src/sort/segmented_sort.cu b/cpp/src/sort/segmented_sort.cu
index 2a2144fa95a..2230c80d1bf 100644
--- a/cpp/src/sort/segmented_sort.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/sort/segmented_sort.cu
@@ -65,6 +65,30 @@ std::unique_ptr<table> segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
     values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<column> stable_segmented_sorted_order(
+  table_view const& keys,
+  column_view const& segment_offsets,
+  std::vector<order> const& column_order,
+  std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
+  cuda::stream_ref stream,
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
+{
+  return segmented_sorted_order_common<sort_method::STABLE>(
+    keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<table> stable_segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
+                                                    table_view const& keys,
+                                                    column_view const& segment_offsets,
+                                                    std::vector<order> const& column_order,
+                                                    std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
+                                                    cuda::stream_ref stream,
+                                                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
+{
+  return segmented_sort_by_key_common<sort_method::STABLE>(
+    values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
+}
+
 }  // namespace detail
 
 std::unique_ptr<column> segmented_sorted_order(table_view const& keys,
@@ -92,4 +116,30 @@ std::unique_ptr<table> segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
     values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<column> stable_segmented_sorted_order(
+  table_view const& keys,
+  column_view const& segment_offsets,
+  std::vector<order> const& column_order,
+  std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
+  cuda::stream_ref stream,
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
+{
+  CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
+  return detail::stable_segmented_sorted_order(
+    keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<table> stable_segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
+                                                    table_view const& keys,
+                                                    column_view const& segment_offsets,
+                                                    std::vector<order> const& column_order,
+                                                    std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
+                                                    cuda::stream_ref stream,
+                                                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
+{
+  CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
+  return detail::stable_segmented_sort_by_key(
+    values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
+}
+
 }  // namespace cudf
diff --git a/cpp/src/sort/stable_segmented_sort.cu b/cpp/src/sort/stable_segmented_sort.cu
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f096c608a9..00000000000
--- a/cpp/src/sort/stable_segmented_sort.cu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-#include "segmented_sort_impl.cuh"
-
-#include <cudf/detail/nvtx/ranges.hpp>
-#include <cudf/detail/sorting.hpp>
-#include <cudf/sorting.hpp>
-#include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
-#include <cudf/utilities/memory_resource.hpp>
-
-namespace cudf {
-namespace detail {
-
-std::unique_ptr<column> stable_segmented_sorted_order(
-  table_view const& keys,
-  column_view const& segment_offsets,
-  std::vector<order> const& column_order,
-  std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
-  cuda::stream_ref stream,
-  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
-{
-  return segmented_sorted_order_common<sort_method::STABLE>(
-    keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
-}
-
-std::unique_ptr<table> stable_segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
-                                                    table_view const& keys,
-                                                    column_view const& segment_offsets,
-                                                    std::vector<order> const& column_order,
-                                                    std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
-                                                    cuda::stream_ref stream,
-                                                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
-{
-  return segmented_sort_by_key_common<sort_method::STABLE>(
-    values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
-}
-
-}  // namespace detail
-
-std::unique_ptr<column> stable_segmented_sorted_order(
-  table_view const& keys,
-  column_view const& segment_offsets,
-  std::vector<order> const& column_order,
-  std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
-  cuda::stream_ref stream,
-  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
-{
-  CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
-  return detail::stable_segmented_sorted_order(
-    keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
-}
-
-std::unique_ptr<table> stable_segmented_sort_by_key(table_view const& values,
-                                                    table_view const& keys,
-                                                    column_view const& segment_offsets,
-                                                    std::vector<order> const& column_order,
-                                                    std::vector<null_order> const& null_precedence,
-                                                    cuda::stream_ref stream,
-                                                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
-{
-  CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
-  return detail::stable_segmented_sort_by_key(
-    values, keys, segment_offsets, column_order, null_precedence, stream, mr);
-}
-
-}  // namespace cudf