diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/NormCast.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/NormCast.lean
index c0cc81cf2256..d727d309c841 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/NormCast.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/NormCast.lean
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Authors: Paul-Nicolas Madelaine, Robert Y. Lewis, Mario Carneiro, Gabriel Ebner
 -/
 prelude
 import Lean.Meta.CongrTheorems
-import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.SimpTheorems
+import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Attr
 import Lean.Meta.CoeAttr
 
 namespace Lean.Meta.NormCast
diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp.lean
index 3afb43498f00..6987220330c7 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp.lean
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.SimpAll
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Simproc
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.BuiltinSimprocs
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.RegisterCommand
+import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Attr
 
 namespace Lean
 
diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Attr.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Attr.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf5755534407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Attr.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2024 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Leonardo de Moura
+-/
+prelude
+import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.SimpTheorems
+import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Types
+
+namespace Lean.Meta
+
+def mkSimpAttr (attrName : Name) (attrDescr : String) (ext : SimpExtension)
+    (ref : Name := by exact decl_name%) : IO Unit :=
+  registerBuiltinAttribute {
+    ref   := ref
+    name  := attrName
+    descr := attrDescr
+    applicationTime := AttributeApplicationTime.afterCompilation
+    add   := fun declName stx attrKind =>
+      let go : MetaM Unit := do
+        let info ← getConstInfo declName
+        let post := if stx[1].isNone then true else stx[1][0].getKind == ``Lean.Parser.Tactic.simpPost
+        let prio ← getAttrParamOptPrio stx[2]
+        if (← isProp info.type) then
+          addSimpTheorem ext declName post (inv := false) attrKind prio
+        else if info.hasValue then
+          if let some eqns ← getEqnsFor? declName then
+            for eqn in eqns do
+              addSimpTheorem ext eqn post (inv := false) attrKind prio
+            ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfoldThms declName eqns) attrKind
+            if hasSmartUnfoldingDecl (← getEnv) declName then
+              ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfold declName) attrKind
+          else
+            ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfold declName) attrKind
+        else
+          throwError "invalid 'simp', it is not a proposition nor a definition (to unfold)"
+      discard <| go.run {} {}
+    erase := fun declName => do
+      let s := ext.getState (← getEnv)
+      let s ← s.erase (.decl declName)
+      modifyEnv fun env => ext.modifyState env fun _ => s
+  }
+
+def registerSimpAttr (attrName : Name) (attrDescr : String)
+    (ref : Name := by exact decl_name%) : IO SimpExtension := do
+  let ext ← mkSimpExt ref
+  mkSimpAttr attrName attrDescr ext ref -- Remark: it will fail if it is not performed during initialization
+  simpExtensionMapRef.modify fun map => map.insert attrName ext
+  return ext
+
+builtin_initialize simpExtension : SimpExtension ← registerSimpAttr `simp "simplification theorem"
+
+builtin_initialize sevalSimpExtension : SimpExtension ← registerSimpAttr `seval "symbolic evaluator theorem"
+
+def getSimpTheorems : CoreM SimpTheorems :=
+  simpExtension.getTheorems
+
+def getSEvalTheorems : CoreM SimpTheorems :=
+  sevalSimpExtension.getTheorems
+
+def Simp.Context.mkDefault : MetaM Context :=
+  return { config := {}, simpTheorems := #[(← Meta.getSimpTheorems)], congrTheorems := (← Meta.getSimpCongrTheorems) }
+
+end Lean.Meta
diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Rewrite.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Rewrite.lean
index 39197f24fcd4..90e83f5235df 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Rewrite.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Rewrite.lean
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Lean.Meta.Tactic.UnifyEq
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Types
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.LinearArith.Simp
 import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Simproc
+import Lean.Meta.Tactic.Simp.Attr
 
 namespace Lean.Meta.Simp
 
diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/SimpTheorems.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/SimpTheorems.lean
index 44816e98a6e1..143f226246e3 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/SimpTheorems.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/SimpTheorems.lean
@@ -362,37 +362,6 @@ def addSimpTheorem (ext : SimpExtension) (declName : Name) (post : Bool) (inv :
   for simpThm in simpThms do
     ext.add (SimpEntry.thm simpThm) attrKind
 
-def mkSimpAttr (attrName : Name) (attrDescr : String) (ext : SimpExtension)
-    (ref : Name := by exact decl_name%) : IO Unit :=
-  registerBuiltinAttribute {
-    ref   := ref
-    name  := attrName
-    descr := attrDescr
-    applicationTime := AttributeApplicationTime.afterCompilation
-    add   := fun declName stx attrKind =>
-      let go : MetaM Unit := do
-        let info ← getConstInfo declName
-        let post := if stx[1].isNone then true else stx[1][0].getKind == ``Lean.Parser.Tactic.simpPost
-        let prio ← getAttrParamOptPrio stx[2]
-        if (← isProp info.type) then
-          addSimpTheorem ext declName post (inv := false) attrKind prio
-        else if info.hasValue then
-          if let some eqns ← getEqnsFor? declName then
-            for eqn in eqns do
-              addSimpTheorem ext eqn post (inv := false) attrKind prio
-            ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfoldThms declName eqns) attrKind
-            if hasSmartUnfoldingDecl (← getEnv) declName then
-              ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfold declName) attrKind
-          else
-            ext.add (SimpEntry.toUnfold declName) attrKind
-        else
-          throwError "invalid 'simp', it is not a proposition nor a definition (to unfold)"
-      discard <| go.run {} {}
-    erase := fun declName => do
-      let s := ext.getState (← getEnv)
-      let s ← s.erase (.decl declName)
-      modifyEnv fun env => ext.modifyState env fun _ => s
-  }
 
 def mkSimpExt (name : Name := by exact decl_name%) : IO SimpExtension :=
   registerSimpleScopedEnvExtension {
@@ -409,26 +378,9 @@ abbrev SimpExtensionMap := HashMap Name SimpExtension
 
 builtin_initialize simpExtensionMapRef : IO.Ref SimpExtensionMap ← IO.mkRef {}
 
-def registerSimpAttr (attrName : Name) (attrDescr : String)
-    (ref : Name := by exact decl_name%) : IO SimpExtension := do
-  let ext ← mkSimpExt ref
-  mkSimpAttr attrName attrDescr ext ref -- Remark: it will fail if it is not performed during initialization
-  simpExtensionMapRef.modify fun map => map.insert attrName ext
-  return ext
-
-builtin_initialize simpExtension : SimpExtension ← registerSimpAttr `simp "simplification theorem"
-
-builtin_initialize sevalSimpExtension : SimpExtension ← registerSimpAttr `seval "symbolic evaluator theorem"
-
 def getSimpExtension? (attrName : Name) : IO (Option SimpExtension) :=
   return (← simpExtensionMapRef.get).find? attrName
 
-def getSimpTheorems : CoreM SimpTheorems :=
-  simpExtension.getTheorems
-
-def getSEvalTheorems : CoreM SimpTheorems :=
-  sevalSimpExtension.getTheorems
-
 /-- Auxiliary method for adding a global declaration to a `SimpTheorems` datastructure. -/
 def SimpTheorems.addConst (s : SimpTheorems) (declName : Name) (post := true) (inv := false) (prio : Nat := eval_prio default) : MetaM SimpTheorems := do
   let s := { s with erased := s.erased.erase (.decl declName post inv) }
diff --git a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Types.lean b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Types.lean
index b778788bbb70..bc722b8870e5 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Types.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Meta/Tactic/Simp/Types.lean
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ structure Context where
 def Context.isDeclToUnfold (ctx : Context) (declName : Name) : Bool :=
   ctx.simpTheorems.isDeclToUnfold declName
 
-def Context.mkDefault : MetaM Context :=
-  return { config := {}, simpTheorems := #[(← getSimpTheorems)], congrTheorems := (← getSimpCongrTheorems) }
-
 abbrev UsedSimps := HashMap Origin Nat
 
 structure State where