diff --git a/cql3/prepared_cache_key_type.hh b/cql3/prepared_cache_key_type.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf33109bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cql3/prepared_cache_key_type.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-present ScyllaDB
+ *
+ * Modified by ScyllaDB
+ */
+
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: (LicenseRef-ScyllaDB-Source-Available-1.1 and Apache-2.0)
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "bytes.hh"
+#include "utils/hash.hh"
+#include "cql3/dialect.hh"
+
+namespace cql3 {
+
+typedef bytes cql_prepared_id_type;
+
+/// \brief The key of the prepared statements cache
+///
+/// TODO: consolidate prepared_cache_key_type and the nested cache_key_type
+///       the latter was introduced for unifying the CQL and Thrift prepared
+///       statements so that they can be stored in the same cache.
+class prepared_cache_key_type {
+public:
+    // derive from cql_prepared_id_type so we can customize the formatter of
+    // cache_key_type
+    struct cache_key_type : public cql_prepared_id_type {
+        cache_key_type(cql_prepared_id_type&& id, cql3::dialect d) : cql_prepared_id_type(std::move(id)), dialect(d) {}
+        cql3::dialect dialect; // Not part of hash, but we don't expect collisions because of that
+        bool operator==(const cache_key_type& other) const = default;
+    };
+
+private:
+    cache_key_type _key;
+
+public:
+    explicit prepared_cache_key_type(cql_prepared_id_type cql_id, dialect d) : _key(std::move(cql_id), d) {}
+
+    cache_key_type& key() { return _key; }
+    const cache_key_type& key() const { return _key; }
+
+    static const cql_prepared_id_type& cql_id(const prepared_cache_key_type& key) {
+        return key.key();
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const prepared_cache_key_type& other) const = default;
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace std {
+
+template<>
+struct hash<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type> final {
+    size_t operator()(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type& k) const {
+        return std::hash<cql3::cql_prepared_id_type>()(k);
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct hash<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type> final {
+    size_t operator()(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type& k) const {
+        return std::hash<cql3::cql_prepared_id_type>()(k.key());
+    }
+};
+}
+
+// for prepared_statements_cache log printouts
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type> {
+    constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
+    auto format(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type& p, fmt::format_context& ctx) const {
+        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "{{cql_id: {}, dialect: {}}}", static_cast<const cql3::cql_prepared_id_type&>(p), p.dialect);
+    }
+};
+
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type> {
+    constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
+    auto format(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type& p, fmt::format_context& ctx) const {
+        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "{}", p.key());
+    }
+};
diff --git a/cql3/prepared_statements_cache.hh b/cql3/prepared_statements_cache.hh
index 2f1c8e36a0..f64e55b60a 100644
--- a/cql3/prepared_statements_cache.hh
+++ b/cql3/prepared_statements_cache.hh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/loading_cache.hh"
 #include "utils/hash.hh"
+#include "cql3/prepared_cache_key_type.hh"
 #include "cql3/statements/prepared_statement.hh"
 #include "cql3/column_specification.hh"
 #include "cql3/dialect.hh"
@@ -27,39 +28,6 @@ struct prepared_cache_entry_size {
     }
 };
 
-typedef bytes cql_prepared_id_type;
-
-/// \brief The key of the prepared statements cache
-///
-/// TODO: consolidate prepared_cache_key_type and the nested cache_key_type
-///       the latter was introduced for unifying the CQL and Thrift prepared
-///       statements so that they can be stored in the same cache.
-class prepared_cache_key_type {
-public:
-    // derive from cql_prepared_id_type so we can customize the formatter of
-    // cache_key_type
-    struct cache_key_type : public cql_prepared_id_type {
-        cache_key_type(cql_prepared_id_type&& id, cql3::dialect d) : cql_prepared_id_type(std::move(id)), dialect(d) {}
-        cql3::dialect dialect; // Not part of hash, but we don't expect collisions because of that
-        bool operator==(const cache_key_type& other) const = default;
-    };
-
-private:
-    cache_key_type _key;
-
-public:
-    explicit prepared_cache_key_type(cql_prepared_id_type cql_id, dialect d) : _key(std::move(cql_id), d) {}
-
-    cache_key_type& key() { return _key; }
-    const cache_key_type& key() const { return _key; }
-
-    static const cql_prepared_id_type& cql_id(const prepared_cache_key_type& key) {
-        return key.key();
-    }
-
-    bool operator==(const prepared_cache_key_type& other) const = default;
-};
-
 class prepared_statements_cache {
 public:
     struct stats {
@@ -164,35 +132,3 @@ public:
     }
 };
 }
-
-namespace std {
-
-template<>
-struct hash<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type> final {
-    size_t operator()(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type& k) const {
-        return std::hash<cql3::cql_prepared_id_type>()(k);
-    }
-};
-
-template<>
-struct hash<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type> final {
-    size_t operator()(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type& k) const {
-        return std::hash<cql3::cql_prepared_id_type>()(k.key());
-    }
-};
-}
-
-// for prepared_statements_cache log printouts
-template <> struct fmt::formatter<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type> {
-    constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
-    auto format(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type::cache_key_type& p, fmt::format_context& ctx) const {
-        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "{{cql_id: {}, dialect: {}}}", static_cast<const cql3::cql_prepared_id_type&>(p), p.dialect);
-    }
-};
-
-template <> struct fmt::formatter<cql3::prepared_cache_key_type> {
-    constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) { return ctx.begin(); }
-    auto format(const cql3::prepared_cache_key_type& p, fmt::format_context& ctx) const {
-        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "{}", p.key());
-    }
-};