diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/__init__.py b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/__init__.py
index f80129fa1..2befa4c16 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/__init__.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ async def get_routing_table_impl(
 async def get_auto_router_impl(
     api: Api, routing_table: RoutingTable, deps: dict[str, Any], run_config: StackRunConfig
 ) -> Any:
+    from .datasets import DatasetIORouter
     from .routers import (
-        DatasetIORouter,
         EvalRouter,
         InferenceRouter,
         ScoringRouter,
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/datasets.py b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/datasets.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f28756c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/datasets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from llama_stack.apis.common.responses import PaginatedResponse
+from llama_stack.apis.datasetio import DatasetIO
+from llama_stack.apis.datasets import DatasetPurpose, DataSource
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import RoutingTable
+
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
+
+
+class DatasetIORouter(DatasetIO):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        routing_table: RoutingTable,
+    ) -> None:
+        logger.debug("Initializing DatasetIORouter")
+        self.routing_table = routing_table
+
+    async def initialize(self) -> None:
+        logger.debug("DatasetIORouter.initialize")
+        pass
+
+    async def shutdown(self) -> None:
+        logger.debug("DatasetIORouter.shutdown")
+        pass
+
+    async def register_dataset(
+        self,
+        purpose: DatasetPurpose,
+        source: DataSource,
+        metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        dataset_id: str | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        logger.debug(
+            f"DatasetIORouter.register_dataset: {purpose=} {source=} {metadata=} {dataset_id=}",
+        )
+        await self.routing_table.register_dataset(
+            purpose=purpose,
+            source=source,
+            metadata=metadata,
+            dataset_id=dataset_id,
+        )
+
+    async def iterrows(
+        self,
+        dataset_id: str,
+        start_index: int | None = None,
+        limit: int | None = None,
+    ) -> PaginatedResponse:
+        logger.debug(
+            f"DatasetIORouter.iterrows: {dataset_id}, {start_index=} {limit=}",
+        )
+        return await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(dataset_id).iterrows(
+            dataset_id=dataset_id,
+            start_index=start_index,
+            limit=limit,
+        )
+
+    async def append_rows(self, dataset_id: str, rows: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+        logger.debug(f"DatasetIORouter.append_rows: {dataset_id}, {len(rows)} rows")
+        return await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(dataset_id).append_rows(
+            dataset_id=dataset_id,
+            rows=rows,
+        )
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routers.py b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routers.py
index 66ba7837c..d0cb5ee7e 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routers.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routers.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ from llama_stack.apis.common.content_types import (
     InterleavedContent,
     InterleavedContentItem,
 )
-from llama_stack.apis.common.responses import PaginatedResponse
-from llama_stack.apis.datasetio import DatasetIO
-from llama_stack.apis.datasets import DatasetPurpose, DataSource
 from llama_stack.apis.eval import BenchmarkConfig, Eval, EvaluateResponse, Job
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     BatchChatCompletionResponse,
@@ -671,62 +668,6 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
         return health_statuses
 
 
-class DatasetIORouter(DatasetIO):
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        routing_table: RoutingTable,
-    ) -> None:
-        logger.debug("Initializing DatasetIORouter")
-        self.routing_table = routing_table
-
-    async def initialize(self) -> None:
-        logger.debug("DatasetIORouter.initialize")
-        pass
-
-    async def shutdown(self) -> None:
-        logger.debug("DatasetIORouter.shutdown")
-        pass
-
-    async def register_dataset(
-        self,
-        purpose: DatasetPurpose,
-        source: DataSource,
-        metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        dataset_id: str | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        logger.debug(
-            f"DatasetIORouter.register_dataset: {purpose=} {source=} {metadata=} {dataset_id=}",
-        )
-        await self.routing_table.register_dataset(
-            purpose=purpose,
-            source=source,
-            metadata=metadata,
-            dataset_id=dataset_id,
-        )
-
-    async def iterrows(
-        self,
-        dataset_id: str,
-        start_index: int | None = None,
-        limit: int | None = None,
-    ) -> PaginatedResponse:
-        logger.debug(
-            f"DatasetIORouter.iterrows: {dataset_id}, {start_index=} {limit=}",
-        )
-        return await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(dataset_id).iterrows(
-            dataset_id=dataset_id,
-            start_index=start_index,
-            limit=limit,
-        )
-
-    async def append_rows(self, dataset_id: str, rows: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
-        logger.debug(f"DatasetIORouter.append_rows: {dataset_id}, {len(rows)} rows")
-        return await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(dataset_id).append_rows(
-            dataset_id=dataset_id,
-            rows=rows,
-        )
-
-
 class ScoringRouter(Scoring):
     def __init__(
         self,