diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
index 986ff29636e7..f11ef866fa09 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #include <libyul/YulStack.h>
 #include <libyul/AST.h>
 #include <libyul/AsmParser.h>
-#include <libyul/optimiser/Suite.h>
+#include <libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h>
 
 #include <liblangutil/Scanner.h>
 #include <liblangutil/SemVerHandler.h>
@@ -1676,8 +1676,8 @@ std::string CompilerStack::createMetadata(Contract const& _contract, bool _forIR
 		}
 		else if
 		(
-			OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps) &&
-			OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps)
+			isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps) &&
+			isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps)
 		)
 		{
 			details["yulDetails"] = Json::objectValue;
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
index b74f764c5592..76da19948a48 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <libsolidity/ast/ASTJsonExporter.h>
 #include <libyul/YulStack.h>
 #include <libyul/Exceptions.h>
+#include <libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h>
 #include <libyul/optimiser/Suite.h>
 
 #include <libevmasm/Disassemble.h>
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ std::optional<Json::Value> checkOptimizerDetailSteps(Json::Value const& _details
 		if (_details[_name].isString())
 		{
 			std::string const fullSequence = _details[_name].asString();
-			if (!_runYulOptimizer && !OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(fullSequence))
+			if (!_runYulOptimizer && !isEmptyOptimizerSequence(fullSequence))
 				return formatFatalError(Error::Type::JSONError, "If Yul optimizer is disabled, only an empty optimizerSteps sequence is accepted.");
 
 			try
diff --git a/libyul/YulStack.cpp b/libyul/YulStack.cpp
index 6c89cadbdfd9..87a132200be4 100644
--- a/libyul/YulStack.cpp
+++ b/libyul/YulStack.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <libyul/backends/evm/EVMObjectCompiler.h>
 #include <libyul/backends/evm/EVMMetrics.h>
 #include <libyul/ObjectParser.h>
+#include <libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h>
 #include <libyul/optimiser/Semantics.h>
 #include <libyul/optimiser/Suite.h>
 #include <libevmasm/Assembly.h>
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ void YulStack::optimize(Object& _object, bool _isCreation)
 		if (!m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser)
 		{
 			// Yul optimizer disabled, but empty sequence (:) explicitly provided
-			if (OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps + ":" + m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps))
+			if (isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps + ":" + m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps))
 				return std::make_tuple(true, "", "");
 			// Yul optimizer disabled, and no sequence explicitly provided (assumes default sequence)
 			else
diff --git a/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.cpp b/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.cpp
index 17f912762b38..d4033a9f5e98 100644
--- a/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.cpp
+++ b/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.cpp
@@ -78,3 +78,22 @@ void StatementRemover::operator()(Block& _block)
 	);
 	ASTModifier::operator()(_block);
 }
+
+bool yul::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(std::string const& _sequence)
+{
+	size_t delimiterCount{0};
+	for (char const step: _sequence)
+		switch (step)
+		{
+			case ':':
+				if (++delimiterCount > 1)
+					return false;
+				break;
+			case ' ':
+			case '\n':
+				break;
+			default:
+				return false;
+		}
+	return true;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h b/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h
index cb07f7a53006..f3e84af21b46 100644
--- a/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h
+++ b/libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ std::optional<evmasm::Instruction> toEVMInstruction(Dialect const& _dialect, Yul
 /// It returns the default EVM version if dialect is not an EVMDialect.
 langutil::EVMVersion const evmVersionFromDialect(Dialect const& _dialect);
 
+/// Check whether the provided sequence is empty provided that the allowed characters are
+/// whitespace, newline and :
+bool isEmptyOptimizerSequence(std::string const& _sequence);
+
 class StatementRemover: public ASTModifier
 {
 public:
diff --git a/libyul/optimiser/Suite.cpp b/libyul/optimiser/Suite.cpp
index 545ae4de06d7..58561ee10a15 100644
--- a/libyul/optimiser/Suite.cpp
+++ b/libyul/optimiser/Suite.cpp
@@ -383,25 +383,6 @@ void OptimiserSuite::validateSequence(std::string_view _stepAbbreviations)
 	assertThrow(nestingLevel == 0, OptimizerException, "Unbalanced brackets");
 }
 
-bool OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(std::string const& _sequence)
-{
-	size_t delimiterCount{0};
-	for (char const step: _sequence)
-		switch (step)
-		{
-		case ':':
-			if (++delimiterCount > 1)
-				return false;
-			break;
-		case ' ':
-		case '\n':
-			break;
-		default:
-			return false;
-		}
-	return true;
-}
-
 void OptimiserSuite::runSequence(std::string_view _stepAbbreviations, Block& _ast, bool _repeatUntilStable)
 {
 	validateSequence(_stepAbbreviations);
diff --git a/libyul/optimiser/Suite.h b/libyul/optimiser/Suite.h
index 6e3886da3b2d..abed2720e2a5 100644
--- a/libyul/optimiser/Suite.h
+++ b/libyul/optimiser/Suite.h
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ class OptimiserSuite
 	/// Ensures that specified sequence of step abbreviations is well-formed and can be executed.
 	/// @throw OptimizerException if the sequence is invalid
 	static void validateSequence(std::string_view _stepAbbreviations);
-	/// Check whether the provided sequence is empty provided that the allowed characters are
-	/// whitespace, newline and :
-	static bool isEmptyOptimizerSequence(std::string const& _sequence);
-
 
 	void runSequence(std::vector<std::string> const& _steps, Block& _ast);
 	void runSequence(std::string_view _stepAbbreviations, Block& _ast, bool _repeatUntilStable = false);
diff --git a/solc/CommandLineParser.cpp b/solc/CommandLineParser.cpp
index 3ed1b7b634ca..ba0c540a15b2 100644
--- a/solc/CommandLineParser.cpp
+++ b/solc/CommandLineParser.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <solc/Exceptions.h>
 
+#include <libyul/optimiser/OptimizerUtilities.h>
 #include <libyul/optimiser/Suite.h>
 
 #include <liblangutil/EVMVersion.h>
@@ -1229,7 +1230,7 @@ void CommandLineParser::processArgs()
 	if (m_args.count(g_strYulOptimizations))
 	{
 		OptimiserSettings optimiserSettings = m_options.optimiserSettings();
-		if (!optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser && !OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_args[g_strYulOptimizations].as<std::string>()))
+		if (!optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser && !isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_args[g_strYulOptimizations].as<std::string>()))
 			solThrow(CommandLineValidationError, "--" + g_strYulOptimizations + " is invalid with a non-empty sequence if Yul optimizer is disabled.");
 
 		try