diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/kernel_bundle.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/kernel_bundle.hpp
index c817de17e47df..202a16f77ab44 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/kernel_bundle.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/kernel_bundle.hpp
@@ -373,19 +373,8 @@ __SYCL_EXPORT detail::KernelBundleImplPtr
 get_kernel_bundle_impl(const context &Ctx, const std::vector<device> &Devs,
                        bundle_state State);
 
-inline auto getDeviceComparisonLambda() {
-  return [](device a, device b) { return a.getNative() != b.getNative(); };
-}
-
-inline const std::vector<device>
-removeDuplicateDevices(const std::vector<device> &Devs) {
-  auto compareDevices = getDeviceComparisonLambda();
-  std::set<device, decltype(compareDevices)> UniqueDeviceSet(
-      Devs.begin(), Devs.end(), compareDevices);
-  std::vector<device> UniqueDevices(UniqueDeviceSet.begin(),
-                                    UniqueDeviceSet.end());
-  return UniqueDevices;
-}
+__SYCL_EXPORT const std::vector<device>
+removeDuplicateDevices(const std::vector<device> &Devs);
 
 } // namespace detail
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/kernel_bundle.cpp b/sycl/source/kernel_bundle.cpp
index 49b1bb352606a..a4402461ceac7 100644
--- a/sycl/source/kernel_bundle.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/kernel_bundle.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ bool kernel_bundle_plain::is_specialization_constant_set(
 ///// sycl::detail free functions
 //////////////////////////////////
 
+const std::vector<device>
+removeDuplicateDevices(const std::vector<device> &Devs) {
+  auto compareDevices = [](device a, device b) {
+    return getSyclObjImpl(a)->getHandleRef() <
+           getSyclObjImpl(b)->getHandleRef();
+  };
+  std::set<device, decltype(compareDevices)> UniqueDeviceSet(
+      Devs.begin(), Devs.end(), compareDevices);
+  std::vector<device> UniqueDevices(UniqueDeviceSet.begin(),
+                                    UniqueDeviceSet.end());
+  return UniqueDevices;
+}
+
 kernel_id get_kernel_id_impl(std::string KernelName) {
   return detail::ProgramManager::getInstance().getSYCLKernelID(KernelName);
 }
diff --git a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
index 5cc6ed20d33da..0a0b8ec703169 100644
--- a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
+++ b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
@@ -3841,6 +3841,7 @@ _ZN4sycl3_V16detail22get_kernel_bundle_implERKNS0_7contextERKSt6vectorINS0_6devi
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail22has_kernel_bundle_implERKNS0_7contextERKSt6vectorINS0_6deviceESaIS6_EENS0_12bundle_stateE
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail22has_kernel_bundle_implERKNS0_7contextERKSt6vectorINS0_6deviceESaIS6_EERKS5_INS0_9kernel_idESaISB_EENS0_12bundle_stateE
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail22reduGetPreferredWGSizeERSt10shared_ptrINS1_10queue_implEEm
+_ZN4sycl3_V16detail22removeDuplicateDevicesERKSt6vectorINS0_6deviceESaIS3_EE
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail23constructorNotificationEPvS2_NS0_6access6targetENS3_4modeERKNS1_13code_locationE
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail23getESIMDDeviceInterfaceEv
 _ZN4sycl3_V16detail24find_device_intersectionERKSt6vectorINS0_13kernel_bundleILNS0_12bundle_stateE1EEESaIS5_EE
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f6349dcc8ab0..2b0a4fe972eff 100644
--- a/sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ add_sycl_unittest(KernelAndProgramTests OBJECT
   KernelInfo.cpp
   DeviceInfo.cpp
   PersistentDeviceCodeCache.cpp
+  KernelBuildOptions.cpp
 )
 target_compile_definitions(KernelAndProgramTests PRIVATE -D__SYCL_INTERNAL_API)
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/misc/KernelBuildOptions.cpp b/sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/KernelBuildOptions.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/unittests/misc/KernelBuildOptions.cpp
rename to sycl/unittests/kernel-and-program/KernelBuildOptions.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl/unittests/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index 127089d85ebaa..9819427ec74a1 100644
--- a/sycl/unittests/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl/unittests/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ set(sycl_lib_dir $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:sycl>)
 add_definitions(-DSYCL_LIB_DIR="${sycl_lib_dir}")
 add_sycl_unittest(MiscTests SHARED
   CircularBuffer.cpp
-  KernelBuildOptions.cpp
   OsUtils.cpp
 )