diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/provider-entry.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/provider-entry.ts
index 3fe4e84aa93..755a82703e2 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/provider-entry.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/provider-entry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { UnifiedModelCatalogEntry } from "../model-catalog/types.js";
 import { createProviderApiKeyAuthMethod } from "../plugins/provider-api-key-auth.js";
+import { projectProviderCatalogResultToUnifiedTextRows } from "../plugins/provider-catalog-unified-text.js";
 import type {
   ProviderPlugin,
   ProviderCatalogContext,
@@ -109,33 +110,6 @@ function resolveEnvVars(params: {
   return combined.length > 0 ? uniqueStrings(combined) : undefined;
 }
 
-function projectProviderCatalogResultToUnifiedTextRows(params: {
-  providerId: string;
-  result: ProviderCatalogResult;
-  source: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry["source"];
-}): UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] {
-  if (!params.result) {
-    return [];
-  }
-  const providers =
-    "provider" in params.result
-      ? { [params.providerId]: params.result.provider }
-      : params.result.providers;
-  const rows: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] = [];
-  for (const [providerId, providerConfig] of Object.entries(providers)) {
-    for (const model of providerConfig.models ?? []) {
-      rows.push({
-        kind: "text",
-        provider: providerId,
-        model: model.id,
-        ...(model.name ? { label: model.name } : {}),
-        source: params.source,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-  return rows;
-}
-
 async function runUnifiedTextCatalog(params: {
   providerId: string;
   catalog: ProviderPluginCatalog;
diff --git a/src/plugins/model-catalog-registration.ts b/src/plugins/model-catalog-registration.ts
index 6c0529052c2..7643acac879 100644
--- a/src/plugins/model-catalog-registration.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/model-catalog-registration.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import type {
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import { uniqueValues } from "../shared/string-normalization.js";
 import type { PluginDiagnostic } from "./manifest-types.js";
+import { projectProviderCatalogResultToUnifiedTextRows } from "./provider-catalog-unified-text.js";
 import type { PluginRecord, PluginRegistry } from "./registry-types.js";
 import type {
-  ProviderCatalogResult,
   ProviderPlugin,
   UnifiedModelCatalogProviderContext,
   UnifiedModelCatalogProviderPlugin,
@@ -58,33 +58,6 @@ function mergeModelCatalogHooks(
   };
 }
 
-function projectProviderCatalogResultToUnifiedTextRows(params: {
-  providerId: string;
-  result: ProviderCatalogResult;
-  source: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry["source"];
-}): UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] {
-  if (!params.result) {
-    return [];
-  }
-  const providers =
-    "provider" in params.result
-      ? { [params.providerId]: params.result.provider }
-      : params.result.providers;
-  const rows: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] = [];
-  for (const [providerId, providerConfig] of Object.entries(providers)) {
-    for (const model of providerConfig.models ?? []) {
-      rows.push({
-        kind: "text",
-        provider: providerId,
-        model: model.id,
-        ...(model.name ? { label: model.name } : {}),
-        source: params.source,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-  return rows;
-}
-
 export function createModelCatalogRegistrationHandlers(params: {
   registry: PluginRegistry;
   pushDiagnostic: (diagnostic: PluginDiagnostic) => void;
diff --git a/src/plugins/provider-catalog-unified-text.ts b/src/plugins/provider-catalog-unified-text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7428df58fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/provider-catalog-unified-text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type { UnifiedModelCatalogEntry } from "../model-catalog/types.js";
+import type { ProviderCatalogResult } from "./types.js";
+
+export function projectProviderCatalogResultToUnifiedTextRows(params: {
+  providerId: string;
+  result: ProviderCatalogResult;
+  source: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry["source"];
+}): UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] {
+  if (!params.result) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  const providers =
+    "provider" in params.result
+      ? { [params.providerId]: params.result.provider }
+      : params.result.providers;
+  const rows: UnifiedModelCatalogEntry[] = [];
+  for (const [providerId, providerConfig] of Object.entries(providers)) {
+    for (const model of providerConfig.models ?? []) {
+      rows.push({
+        kind: "text",
+        provider: providerId,
+        model: model.id,
+        ...(model.name ? { label: model.name } : {}),
+        source: params.source,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return rows;
+}