diff --git a/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.cpp b/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f9b533e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#include "tokenizers_path.hpp"
+
+#include <sstream>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#    include <windows.h>
+#    define MAX_ABS_PATH _MAX_PATH
+#    define get_absolute_path(result, path) _fullpath(result, path.c_str(), MAX_ABS_PATH)
+#else
+#    include <dlfcn.h>
+#    include <limits.h>
+#    include <string.h>
+#    define MAX_ABS_PATH PATH_MAX
+#    define get_absolute_path(result, path) realpath(path.c_str(), result)
+#endif
+
+namespace {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+std::string get_absolute_file_path(const std::string& path) {
+    std::string absolutePath;
+    absolutePath.resize(MAX_ABS_PATH);
+    std::ignore = get_absolute_path(&absolutePath[0], path);
+    if (!absolutePath.empty()) {
+        // on Linux if file does not exist or no access, function will return NULL, but
+        // `absolutePath` will contain resolved path
+        absolutePath.resize(absolutePath.find('\0'));
+        return std::string(absolutePath);
+    }
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << "Can't get absolute file path for [" << path << "], err = " << strerror(errno);
+    throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+}
+#endif
+
+std::string get_ov_genai_library_path() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    CHAR genai_library_path[MAX_PATH];
+    HMODULE hm = NULL;
+    if (!GetModuleHandleExA(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
+                            reinterpret_cast<LPSTR>(get_ov_genai_library_path),
+                            &hm)) {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "GetModuleHandle returned " << GetLastError();
+        throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+    }
+    GetModuleFileNameA(hm, (LPSTR)genai_library_path, sizeof(genai_library_path));
+    return std::string(genai_library_path);
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+    Dl_info info;
+    dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(get_ov_genai_library_path), &info);
+    return get_absolute_file_path(info.dli_fname).c_str();
+#else
+#    error "Unsupported OS"
+#endif  // _WIN32
+}
+
+std::filesystem::path with_openvino_tokenizers(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "openvino_tokenizers.dll";
+#elif __linux__
+    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "libopenvino_tokenizers.so";
+#elif __APPLE__
+    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "libopenvino_tokenizers.dylib";
+#endif
+    return path.parent_path() / tokenizers;
+}
+}
+
+std::filesystem::path tokenizers_relative_to_genai() {
+    return with_openvino_tokenizers(get_ov_genai_library_path());
+}
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diff --git a/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.hpp b/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.hpp
index 4899daccc4..de3957745e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.hpp
+++ b/src/cpp/src/tokenizers_path.hpp
@@ -4,71 +4,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <filesystem>
-#include <sstream>
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#    include <windows.h>
-#    define MAX_ABS_PATH _MAX_PATH
-#    define get_absolute_path(result, path) _fullpath(result, path.c_str(), MAX_ABS_PATH)
-#else
-#    include <dlfcn.h>
-#    include <limits.h>
-#    define MAX_ABS_PATH PATH_MAX
-#    define get_absolute_path(result, path) realpath(path.c_str(), result)
-
-namespace {
-std::string get_absolute_file_path(const std::string& path) {
-    std::string absolutePath;
-    absolutePath.resize(MAX_ABS_PATH);
-    std::ignore = get_absolute_path(&absolutePath[0], path);
-    if (!absolutePath.empty()) {
-        // on Linux if file does not exist or no access, function will return NULL, but
-        // `absolutePath` will contain resolved path
-        absolutePath.resize(absolutePath.find('\0'));
-        return std::string(absolutePath);
-    }
-    std::stringstream ss;
-    ss << "Can't get absolute file path for [" << path << "], err = " << strerror(errno);
-    throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
-}
-}
-#endif
-
-// These utilites are used in openvino_genai library and python
-// bindings. Put in anonymous namespace to avoid exposing the utilites
-// but compile them twice.
-namespace {
-std::string get_ov_genai_library_path() {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    CHAR genai_library_path[MAX_PATH];
-    HMODULE hm = NULL;
-    if (!GetModuleHandleExA(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
-                            reinterpret_cast<LPSTR>(get_ov_genai_library_path),
-                            &hm)) {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << "GetModuleHandle returned " << GetLastError();
-        throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
-    }
-    GetModuleFileNameA(hm, (LPSTR)genai_library_path, sizeof(genai_library_path));
-    return std::string(genai_library_path);
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
-    Dl_info info;
-    dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(get_ov_genai_library_path), &info);
-    return get_absolute_file_path(info.dli_fname).c_str();
-#else
-#    error "Unsupported OS"
-#endif  // _WIN32
-}
-
-std::filesystem::path with_openvino_tokenizers(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "openvino_tokenizers.dll";
-#elif __linux__
-    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "libopenvino_tokenizers.so";
-#elif __APPLE__
-    constexpr char tokenizers[] = "libopenvino_tokenizers.dylib";
-#endif
-    return path.parent_path() / tokenizers;
-}
 
 // Returns an absolute path. The path is this library's directory
 // concatenated with openvino_tokenizers OS specific
@@ -77,10 +12,9 @@ std::filesystem::path with_openvino_tokenizers(const std::filesystem::path& path
 // tokenizers_relative_to_genai() and ScopedVar allow passing a path to
 // openvino_tokenizers through env var removing one argument from
 // Tokenizer's constructor.
-std::filesystem::path tokenizers_relative_to_genai() {
-    return with_openvino_tokenizers(get_ov_genai_library_path());
-}
+std::filesystem::path tokenizers_relative_to_genai();
 
+namespace {
 // Sets ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME to environment_variable_value
 // and unsets in destructor. Does nothing if ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME
 // was already defined.