diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/CMakeLists.txt b/GaudiCommonSvc/CMakeLists.txt
index 128bede6d243c0d56b61177eb35afb7171bc760c..0fc495d0287ccee882584865286bc6c16370b4bc 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,3 @@ if(GAUDI_USE_AIDA)
                                         src/HistogramPersistencySvc/HistogramPersistencySvc.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(GaudiCommonSvc PRIVATE AIDA::aida GaudiCommonSvcLib)
 endif()
-
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
-  gaudi_add_executable(test_HistoUtils SOURCES tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
-    LINK GaudiCommonSvcLib Boost::unit_test_framework TEST)
-endif()
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSink.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSink.cpp
index 5fdf5c78e6c9585391e7c6bf18672cce2b929cdb..46b340195a33cb3b3d0669e072f55544567ca99b 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSink.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSink.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***********************************************************************************\
-* (c) Copyright 1998-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
+* (c) Copyright 1998-2023 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
 *                                                                                   *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache version 2 licence,     *
 * copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE".                                            *
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 * or submit itself to any jurisdiction.                                             *
 \***********************************************************************************/
 
-#include "GaudiKernel/Service.h"
-
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSinkBase.h>
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
-
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Base.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
+#include <GaudiKernel/Service.h>
 #include <TH1D.h>
 #include <TH2D.h>
 #include <TH3D.h>
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H1D.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H1D.cpp
index 46479db5e8c306385b89e23514ef29e5cb11ff21..9eda4f6e74d7345e4ca69ac0b6fba10f81c16a88 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H1D.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H1D.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <GaudiKernel/ObjectFactory.h>
 #include <GaudiKernel/StreamBuffer.h>
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 std::pair<DataObject*, AIDA::IHistogram1D*> Gaudi::createH1D( ISvcLocator* svcLocator, const std::string& path,
                                                               const std::string& title, int nBins, double xlow,
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H2D.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H2D.cpp
index db25d900de68c3bd2fba4ae5054cf9aba2e65b50..cc562627341abcd65399aa2a782e509440f6663e 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H2D.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H2D.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <TProfile.h>
 #include <array>
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 namespace {
   using AIDA::IHistogram1D;
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H3D.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H3D.cpp
index 4d106adfde14fa45d82cb0e67d8943904a4589a2..2d96a8ba42cba549743f744bbcf782daa7ef01c9 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H3D.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/H3D.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <GaudiKernel/DataObject.h>
 #include <GaudiKernel/ObjectFactory.h>
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 #include "GaudiPI.h"
 #include "TH3D.h"
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P1D.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P1D.cpp
index 966a2ba37b76bd7c0de9b5503f5791c66f2a860f..cd33e3c4c8ecd14c43c0ec954cd644649151f8df 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P1D.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P1D.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <GaudiCommonSvc/P1D.h>
 #include <GaudiKernel/ObjectFactory.h>
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
 
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P2D.cpp b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P2D.cpp
index 708276358dc661cd071087e9424f5eae5ca526aa..78970b60d1e3ea21eb578a6fcbf8b094db3c2be4 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P2D.cpp
+++ b/GaudiCommonSvc/src/HistogramSvc/P2D.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <GaudiKernel/DataObject.h>
 #include <GaudiKernel/ObjectFactory.h>
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 #include <TH2D.h>
 #include <TProfile2D.h>
diff --git a/GaudiKernel/CMakeLists.txt b/GaudiKernel/CMakeLists.txt
index e55a0ed38c0f93fba7a24ffbb05c2b4ede10440a..2d53646fbbcfc500e9707eb85ca960c131c58b39 100644
--- a/GaudiKernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GaudiKernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #####################################################################################
-# (c) Copyright 1998-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations #
+# (c) Copyright 1998-2023 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations #
 #                                                                                   #
 # This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache version 2 licence,     #
 # copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE".                                            #
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ gaudi_add_library(GaudiKernel
            cppgsl::cppgsl
            fmt::fmt
            nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
+           Rangev3::rangev3
            ${GAUDI_ATOMIC_LIBS}
     PRIVATE Python::Python
 )
@@ -313,6 +314,9 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   gaudi_add_executable(test_GaudiTimer SOURCES tests/src/test_GaudiTimer.cpp
     LINK GaudiKernel Boost::unit_test_framework TEST)
 
+  gaudi_add_executable(test_HistoUtils SOURCES tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
+    LINK GaudiKernel Boost::unit_test_framework ROOT::Hist TEST)
+
   foreach(test_case IN ITEMS 01 02 03 04)
     add_executable(test_StatusCodeFail_case${test_case} tests/src/test_StatusCode_fail.cxx)
     target_include_directories(test_StatusCodeFail_case${test_case} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSinkBase.h b/GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Base.h
similarity index 98%
rename from GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSinkBase.h
rename to GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Base.h
index c1529b7dd18107013d4b0cb83b6448fb1bea768f..a33b8bee0ffbf4c84b176c4e8048b4fb7da58fca 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramSinkBase.h
+++ b/GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Base.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***********************************************************************************\
-* (c) Copyright 1998-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
+* (c) Copyright 1998-2023 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
 *                                                                                   *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache version 2 licence,     *
 * copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE".                                            *
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@
 
 #include <Gaudi/BaseSink.h>
 #include <Gaudi/MonitoringHub.h>
-
 #include <TFile.h>
-
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <map>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h b/GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h
similarity index 99%
rename from GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h
rename to GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h
index 781955201a27f1bc9667a282472087c44957e3d8..c090d156a5a95bbe5b21a56c272ca3a42fba7fef 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/include/HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h
+++ b/GaudiKernel/include/Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***********************************************************************************\
-* (c) Copyright 1998-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
+* (c) Copyright 1998-2023 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
 *                                                                                   *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache version 2 licence,     *
 * copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE".                                            *
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
 \***********************************************************************************/
 #pragma once
 
-#include "GaudiKernel/GaudiException.h"
-
-#include <functional>
-
+#include <GaudiKernel/GaudiException.h>
 #include <TDirectory.h>
 #include <TFile.h>
 #include <TH1.h>
@@ -22,11 +19,17 @@
 #include <TH3D.h>
 #include <TProfile.h>
 #include <TProfile2D.h>
-
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <functional>
+#include <gsl/span>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/numeric/accumulate.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/range/conversion.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/view/split_when.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/view/transform.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
 // upstream has renamed namespace ranges::view -> ranges::views
 #if RANGE_V3_VERSION < 900
 namespace ranges::views {
@@ -34,14 +37,6 @@ namespace ranges::views {
 }
 #endif
 
-#include <gsl/span>
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <functional>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
 namespace Gaudi::Histograming::Sink {
 
   /**
diff --git a/GaudiCommonSvc/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp b/GaudiKernel/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from GaudiCommonSvc/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
rename to GaudiKernel/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
index e0086b1127f3f251307b744ab08f93f53cff8277..e48f9eec5db8977111178541f7b47bb6e72a542e 100644
--- a/GaudiCommonSvc/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
+++ b/GaudiKernel/tests/src/RootHistogramUtilsUnitTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***********************************************************************************\
-* (c) Copyright 1998-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
+* (c) Copyright 1998-2023 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb and ATLAS collaborations *
 *                                                                                   *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache version 2 licence,     *
 * copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE".                                            *
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 * or submit itself to any jurisdiction.                                             *
 \***********************************************************************************/
 #define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
-#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE test_CounterHistos
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE test_HistoUtils
 
-#include <HistogramPersistencySvc/RootHistogramUtils.h>
+#include <Gaudi/Histograming/Sink/Utils.h>
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>