diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/common/detail/scatter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/common/detail/scatter.cuh
index 015da6a507..f7eec52985 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/common/detail/scatter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/common/detail/scatter.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/vectorized.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <typename DataT, int VecLen, typename Lambda, typename IdxT>
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ void scatterImpl(
 }
 
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/comms_test.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/comms_test.hpp
index 309f4a2550..d137cd1536 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/comms_test.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/comms_test.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 
 /**
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ bool test_commsplit(raft::resources const& h, int n_colors)
   return detail::test_commsplit(h, n_colors);
 }
 }  // namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/mpi_comms.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/mpi_comms.hpp
index a83794434b..f4e393c96a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/mpi_comms.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/mpi_comms.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #ifndef MPI_TRY_NO_THROW
 #define MPI_TRY_NO_THROW(call) RAFT_MPI_TRY_NO_THROW(call)
 #endif
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -457,4 +457,4 @@ class mpi_comms : public comms_iface {
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/std_comms.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/std_comms.hpp
index 5efc686eb3..26edb279e9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/std_comms.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/std_comms.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -597,4 +597,4 @@ class std_comms : public comms_iface {
 };
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // end namespace comms
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/test.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/test.hpp
index 6f1eecae15..1152d99797 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/test.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/test.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <numeric>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -531,4 +531,4 @@ bool test_commsplit(raft::resources const& h, int n_colors)
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/ucp_helper.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/ucp_helper.hpp
index c4a5b3a635..964cc6ac3f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/ucp_helper.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/ucp_helper.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <ucp/api/ucp.h>
 #include <ucp/api/ucp_def.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ class comms_ucp_handler {
 };
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace comms
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/util.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/util.hpp
index d48d9197b0..58a7f9f51f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/util.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/detail/util.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ inline status_t nccl_sync_stream(ncclComm_t comm, cudaStream_t stream)
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/mpi_comms.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/mpi_comms.hpp
index 8a65c2a00b..353e6c97cf 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/mpi_comms.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/mpi_comms.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/comms.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 
 using mpi_comms = detail::mpi_comms;
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ inline void initialize_mpi_comms(resources* handle, MPI_Comm comm)
  */
 
 };  // namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/comms/std_comms.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/comms/std_comms.hpp
index 7a26293b8c..cf63215fd3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/comms/std_comms.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/comms/std_comms.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace comms {
 
 using std_comms = detail::std_comms;
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ inline void get_nccl_unique_id(char* uid)
   memcpy(uid, id.internal, NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES);
 }
 };  // namespace comms
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/cublas_macros.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/cublas_macros.hpp
index ac596e562a..4d9cf7043d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/cublas_macros.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/cublas_macros.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct cublas_error : public raft::exception {
  * @}
  */
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ inline const char* cublas_error_to_string(cublasStatus_t err)
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #undef _CUBLAS_ERR_TO_STR
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/cusolver_macros.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/cusolver_macros.hpp
index f25c23c139..7496feb058 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/cusolver_macros.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/cusolver_macros.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ struct cusolver_error : public raft::exception {
  * @}
  */
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ inline const char* cusolver_error_to_string(cusolverStatus_t err)
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #undef _CUSOLVER_ERR_TO_STR
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/cusparse_macros.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/cusparse_macros.hpp
index 7e374ecf86..d1a8495d12 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/cusparse_macros.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/cusparse_macros.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ struct cusparse_error : public raft::exception {
 /**
  * @}
  */
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ inline const char* cusparse_error_to_string(cusparseStatus_t err)
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace sparse
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #undef _CUSPARSE_ERR_TO_STR
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/copy.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/copy.hpp
index 67fb87c003..785665a99a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/copy.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/copy.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <bool B,
@@ -543,4 +543,4 @@ mdspan_copyable_t<DstType, SrcType> copy(resources const& res, DstType&& dst, Sr
   }
 }
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/fail_container_policy.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/fail_container_policy.hpp
index 6c36151800..b88c59347d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/fail_container_policy.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/fail_container_policy.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ struct fail_container_policy {
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_numpy_serializer.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_numpy_serializer.hpp
index 6ccae7ef54..8115ba8dc4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_numpy_serializer.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_numpy_serializer.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -487,4 +487,4 @@ inline T deserialize_scalar(std::istream& is)
 
 }  // end namespace numpy_serializer
 }  // end namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_util.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_util.cuh
index 0701ac3a94..903c937192 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_util.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/mdspan_util.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <class T, std::size_t N, std::size_t... Idx>
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ RAFT_INLINE_FUNCTION auto popc(uint64_t v) -> int32_t
 }
 
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx.hpp
index 88bcbe8779..334e18d665 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace common::nvtx::detail {
 
 /**
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ inline void pop_range()
 }
 
 }  // namespace common::nvtx::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #else   // NVTX_ENABLED
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace common::nvtx::detail {
 
 template <typename Domain, typename... Args>
@@ -196,5 +196,5 @@ inline void pop_range()
 }
 
 }  // namespace common::nvtx::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif  // NVTX_ENABLED
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx_range_stack.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx_range_stack.hpp
index e3825c8fa2..b0145a6904 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx_range_stack.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/nvtx_range_stack.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace common::nvtx {
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ inline auto thread_local_current_range() -> std::shared_ptr<const current_range>
 }
 
 }  // namespace common::nvtx
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/span.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/span.hpp
index 9debe1ff82..ee925ce7de 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/span.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/detail/span.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <limits>  // numeric_limits
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 template <class ElementType, bool is_device, std::size_t Extent>
 class span;
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ struct span_storage<T, dynamic_extent> {
   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto data() const noexcept -> T* { return ptr_; }
 };
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdarray.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdarray.hpp
index a9f430b576..f04618132c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdarray.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdarray.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class array_interface {
   auto view() const noexcept { return static_cast<Base*>(this)->view(); }
 };
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 template <typename T, typename = void>
 struct is_array_interface : std::false_type {};
@@ -68,7 +71,9 @@ using is_array_interface_t = is_array_interface<std::remove_const_t<T>>;
 template <typename T>
 inline constexpr bool is_array_interface_v = is_array_interface<std::remove_const_t<T>>::value;
 }  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 template <typename...>
 struct is_array_interface : std::true_type {};
 template <typename T1>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdbuffer.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdbuffer.cuh
index 161db31e0c..62f3c877cc 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdbuffer.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdbuffer.cuh
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ using alternate_from_mem_type =
   std::variant_alternative_t<variant_index_from_memory_type(MemType) % std::variant_size_v<Variant>,
                              Variant>;
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 template <typename T, raft::memory_type MemType>
 struct memory_type_to_default_policy {};
@@ -92,7 +95,9 @@ struct memory_type_to_default_policy<T, raft::memory_type::pinned> {
 template <typename T, raft::memory_type MemType>
 using memory_type_to_default_policy_t = typename memory_type_to_default_policy<T, MemType>::type;
 }  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 /**
  * @brief A variant of container policies for each memory type which can be
  * used to build the default container policy for a buffer.
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdspan.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdspan.hpp
index e04040ffa2..9b6e80d1cc 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/mdspan.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/mdspan.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ template <typename ElementType,
           typename AccessorPolicy = cuda::std::default_accessor<ElementType>>
 using mdspan = cuda::std::mdspan<ElementType, Extents, LayoutPolicy, AccessorPolicy>;
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <typename IntType>
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ struct alignment {
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 /**
  * @brief Padded layouts that take a padding value directly.
  */
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/memory_type.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/memory_type.hpp
index 60c03ace16..a2db2583e1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/memory_type.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/memory_type.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ struct memory_type_constant {
   }();
 };
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <bool is_host_accessible, bool is_device_accessible>
@@ -73,7 +76,9 @@ auto constexpr memory_type_from_access()
 }
 
 }  // end namespace detail
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 template <typename T>
 auto memory_type_from_pointer(T* ptr)
 {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/detail/stream_sync_event.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/detail/stream_sync_event.hpp
index e3109ea59e..2d3c7777b7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/detail/stream_sync_event.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/detail/stream_sync_event.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace resource::detail {
 
 /**
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ inline cudaEvent_t& get_cuda_stream_sync_event(resources const& res)
 };
 
 }  // namespace resource::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/device_memory_resource.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/device_memory_resource.hpp
index 8cab2df92c..32b36a6def 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/device_memory_resource.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/resource/device_memory_resource.hpp
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ class workspace_resource_factory : public resource_factory {
   }
 };
 
+}  // namespace resource
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
+namespace resource {
 namespace detail {
 
 inline auto get_workspace_adaptor(resources const& res) -> rmm::mr::limiting_resource_adaptor*
@@ -175,7 +180,11 @@ inline auto get_workspace_adaptor(resources const& res) -> rmm::mr::limiting_res
 }
 
 }  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace resource
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace resource {
 /**
  * @brief Load a temp workspace resource from a resources instance (and populate it on the res if
  * needed).
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/stream_view.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/stream_view.hpp
index d7ec816208..9a9180da50 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/stream_view.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/stream_view.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 
+}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 struct fail_stream_view {
   constexpr fail_stream_view()                                           = default;
@@ -35,7 +38,9 @@ struct fail_stream_view {
   }
 };
 }  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace raft
 
+namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
 /** A lightweight wrapper around rmm::cuda_stream_view that can be used in
  * CUDA-free builds
  *
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/label/classlabels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/label/classlabels.cuh
index de66756bc5..d02bf8feaf 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/label/classlabels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/label/classlabels.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/label/detail/classlabels.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace label {
 
 /**
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ void make_monotonic(Type* out, Type* in, size_t N, cudaStream_t stream, bool zer
   detail::make_monotonic<Type>(out, in, N, stream, zero_based);
 }
 };  // namespace label
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/classlabels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/classlabels.cuh
index a3991f6cae..f0e9a14f69 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/classlabels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/classlabels.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace label {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -192,4 +192,4 @@ void make_monotonic(Type* out, Type* in, size_t N, cudaStream_t stream, bool zer
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace label
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/merge_labels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/merge_labels.cuh
index 2c47ca4419..b58a0753a3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/merge_labels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/label/detail/merge_labels.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace label {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ void merge_labels(value_idx* labels_a,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace label
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/label/merge_labels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/label/merge_labels.cuh
index 549aedf37f..f49d3033f4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/label/merge_labels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/label/merge_labels.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/label/detail/merge_labels.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace label {
 
 /**
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ void merge_labels(value_idx* labels_a,
 }
 
 };  // namespace label
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/add.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/add.cuh
index 09b7c3b23e..4171b53a27 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/add.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/add.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -193,6 +193,6 @@ void add_scalar(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group add
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/axpy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/axpy.cuh
index d18fe89336..83a045bda7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/axpy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/axpy.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/host_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ void axpy(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group axpy
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
index 059278be74..64256067e6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/map.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ void binary_op(raft::resources const& handle, InType in1, InType in2, OutType ou
 /** @} */  // end of group binary_op
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/cholesky_r1_update.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
index 432af89d02..f76745b13e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cublas_handle.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ void choleskyRank1Update(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh
index 36b1a9e78a..818eee0ec3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ void coalesced_reduction(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group coalesced_reduction
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/contractions.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/contractions.cuh
index f6f33eb4e7..ae3157959d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/contractions.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/contractions.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -238,6 +238,6 @@ struct Policy2x8<half, _veclen> {
 using detail::Contractions_NT;
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/add.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/add.cuh
index 5f361ed3e7..905b59938c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/add.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/add.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ void addDevScalar(
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/axpy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/axpy.cuh
index c52b962e22..6347522138 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/axpy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/axpy.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <cublas_v2.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 template <typename T, bool DevicePointerMode = false>
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ void axpy(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace linalg::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cholesky_r1_update.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
index f8c8dfa656..ae1f82a74f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cholesky_r1_update.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ void choleskyRank1Update(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/coalesced_reduction-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/coalesced_reduction-inl.cuh
index f59fe1307f..4cc549f79e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/coalesced_reduction-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/coalesced_reduction-inl.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/block/block_reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -614,4 +614,4 @@ void coalescedReduction(OutType* dots,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/contractions.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/contractions.cuh
index b6e2c84cf3..b9fec0d6f3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/contractions.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/contractions.cuh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/device_loads_stores.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -310,4 +310,4 @@ struct Contractions_NT {
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublas_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublas_wrappers.hpp
index 6baafdb8b6..d08d4daf0d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublas_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublas_wrappers.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -1024,4 +1024,4 @@ inline cublasStatus_t cublasscal(
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublaslt_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublaslt_wrappers.hpp
index bfdd75e8cd..2337413fbd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublaslt_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cublaslt_wrappers.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 /** Get the cublas compute type for the combination of input types. */
@@ -373,4 +373,4 @@ void matmul(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace linalg::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cusolver_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cusolver_wrappers.hpp
index 10bb5306ab..6649d67fe9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cusolver_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/cusolver_wrappers.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -1520,4 +1520,4 @@ inline cusolverStatus_t cusolverDnxsyevd(  // NOLINT
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/divide.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/divide.cuh
index 00a59e0942..c6b9d455f9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/divide.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/divide.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/operators.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ void divideScalar(OutT* out, const InT* in, InT scalar, IdxType len, cudaStream_
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eig.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eig.cuh
index 1e539d663f..5dca01d87d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eig.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eig.cuh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cuda_runtime_api.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -312,4 +312,4 @@ void eigJacobi(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eltwise.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eltwise.cuh
index e317a5adac..57163f2ea8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eltwise.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/eltwise.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh>
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ void eltwiseDivideCheckZero(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.cuh
index c0cb930e53..0cf0a37549 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 template <typename A_T, typename B_T, typename C_T, typename S_T, bool DevicePointerMode = false>
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ void legacy_gemm(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace linalg::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemv.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemv.hpp
index e9ad06e6fa..8e5760f706 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemv.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemv.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <cublas_v2.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ void gemv(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/lstsq.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/lstsq.cuh
index 4a5c50df5e..2f0d2aa5c3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/lstsq.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/lstsq.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -443,4 +443,4 @@ void lstsqQR(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map.cuh
index d4e13e0dc9..714869aaa5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map.cuh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cuda/std/tuple>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 template <bool PassOffset, typename OutT, typename IdxT, typename Func, typename... InTs>
@@ -223,4 +223,4 @@ void map(const raft::resources& res, OutType out, Func f, InTypes... ins)
 }
 
 }  // namespace linalg::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map_then_reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map_then_reduce.cuh
index 7a224aa084..e495e2eae1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map_then_reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/map_then_reduce.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/block/block_reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ void mapThenReduceImpl(OutType* out,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/matrix_vector_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/matrix_vector_op.cuh
index 936b01c211..af9632a7da 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/matrix_vector_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/matrix_vector_op.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/linewise_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ void matrixVectorOp(MatT* out,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/mean_squared_error.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/mean_squared_error.cuh
index 9d266d4cc5..a516d8b1a6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/mean_squared_error.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/mean_squared_error.cuh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/map_then_reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ void meanSquaredError(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/multiply.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/multiply.cuh
index a5fdb00057..57df0a9516 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/multiply.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/multiply.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/operators.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ void multiplyScalar(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/norm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
index 3eadddcccf..782438fdd2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ void colNormCaller(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/normalize.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/normalize.cuh
index f7af638e3c..f63533e885 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/normalize.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/normalize.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/block/block_reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@ void coalesced_normalize(Type* out,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/pca.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/pca.cuh
index 1c2504bfd1..58cec63151 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/pca.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/pca.cuh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 template <typename math_t, typename idx_t>
@@ -321,4 +321,4 @@ void pca_fit_transform(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 };  // end namespace linalg::detail
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/qr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/qr.cuh
index 91652d6769..bf981ecae0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/qr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/qr.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ void qrGetQR(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce.cuh
index c1f8273bb6..2a689649b4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh>
 #include <raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ void reduce(OutType* dots,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
index 051c2a49a5..04d92b0d04 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ void reduce_cols_by_key(const T* data,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
index 59703d315a..29d714fbe1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 
 #define MAX_BLOCKS 65535u
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -400,4 +400,4 @@ void reduce_rows_by_key(const DataIteratorT d_A,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/rsvd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/rsvd.cuh
index f9b581adaa..8adf3bfb48 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/rsvd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/rsvd.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -503,4 +503,4 @@ void rsvdPerc(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/strided_reduction.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/strided_reduction.cuh
index b2f7f334d7..85839cea1a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/strided_reduction.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/strided_reduction.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ void stridedReduction(OutType* dots,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/subtract.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/subtract.cuh
index 4b91c5e841..32eec06b1e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/subtract.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/subtract.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ void subtractDevScalar(math_t* outDev,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/svd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/svd.cuh
index 0dc896069a..15396324cc 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/svd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/svd.cuh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -333,4 +333,4 @@ bool evaluateSVDByL2Norm(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/transpose.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/transpose.cuh
index b7049434a7..82fdb1c6f7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/transpose.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/transpose.cuh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cmath>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -269,4 +269,4 @@ void transpose_col_major_impl(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/tsvd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/tsvd.cuh
index 8a8b3e4b7d..68ab68747f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/tsvd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/tsvd.cuh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <thrust/for_each.h>
 #include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg::detail {
 
 template <typename math_t, typename idx_t>
@@ -521,4 +521,4 @@ void tsvd_fit_transform(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 };  // end namespace linalg::detail
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/divide.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/divide.cuh
index 176cca7c46..b5cbacbce3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/divide.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/divide.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ void divide_scalar(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group add
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/dot.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/dot.cuh
index d2b5085414..c8684341a8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/dot.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/dot.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/detail/cublas_wrappers.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ void dot(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group dot
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eig.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eig.cuh
index bec4b29a41..109316c23c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eig.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eig.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -211,6 +211,6 @@ void eig_jacobi(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of eig
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eltwise.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eltwise.cuh
index 72a739fdce..bcef78247c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eltwise.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/eltwise.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ void eltwiseDivideCheckZero(
 /** @} */
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
index 93ec0f09d6..ada9dfe75f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -286,6 +286,6 @@ void gemm(raft::resources const& res,
 /** @} */  // end of gemm
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemv.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemv.cuh
index 5cd16895f1..c4e73a72bc 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemv.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemv.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -296,5 +296,5 @@ void gemv(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of gemv
 
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/init.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/init.cuh
index d336a4ebe8..96d39595e7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/init.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/init.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/map.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ void zero(T* out, int n, cudaStream_t stream)
 }
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/linalg_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/linalg_types.hpp
index 453b71f13e..8b9803991a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/linalg_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/linalg_types.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ enum class FillMode { UPPER, LOWER };
 enum class Operation { NON_TRANSPOSE, TRANSPOSE };
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/lstsq.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/lstsq.cuh
index 0db49f8930..214fff01ed 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/lstsq.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/lstsq.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/detail/lstsq.cuh>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /** Solves the linear ordinary least squares problem `Aw = b`
@@ -236,6 +236,6 @@ void lstsq_qr(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of lstsq
 
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map.cuh
index a161a5892b..17052365d1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -303,6 +303,6 @@ void map_offset(
 /** @} */  // end of map
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_reduce.cuh
index 1fed50a386..66d8a1d6a2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_reduce.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ void map_reduce(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of map_reduce
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_then_reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_then_reduce.cuh
index b7b7d790e4..f16f7cc04a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_then_reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/map_then_reduce.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ template <typename InType,
 }
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector.cuh
index 3d11612da3..69e57b3db8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ void binary_sub(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of matrix_vector
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector_op.cuh
index d689c9c69d..6eca1ea9e8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/matrix_vector_op.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -235,6 +235,6 @@ void matrix_vector_op(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_vector_op
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/mean_squared_error.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/mean_squared_error.cuh
index 57a346448f..f14a64a7c8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/mean_squared_error.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/mean_squared_error.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ void mean_squared_error(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group mean_squared_error
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/multiply.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/multiply.cuh
index 2dbd2c90cf..30d9be2611 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/multiply.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/multiply.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ void multiply_scalar(
 /** @} */  // end of group multiply
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm.cuh
index 9a732da3e7..7395c41925 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -150,6 +150,6 @@ void norm(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp
index b1c6c3ae36..7b8a706669 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /** Enum to tell how to compute a norm */
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ enum NormType : unsigned short {
 };
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/normalize.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/normalize.cuh
index c31c10291c..ca1f65b26c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/normalize.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/normalize.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ void row_normalize(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */
 
 }  // namespace linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca.cuh
index e7cf897247..4022c82989 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -191,4 +191,4 @@ void trunc_comp_exp_vars(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group pca
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca_types.hpp
index a701daeec5..434354e2ba 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/pca_types.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ struct paramsPCA : paramsTSVD {
 };
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/power.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/power.cuh
index a070fb7da1..f3ddc4037a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/power.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/power.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@ void power_scalar(
 /** @} */  // end of group add
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/qr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/qr.cuh
index 88643fa6eb..c0fdf8e4b3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/qr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/qr.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ void qr_get_qr(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */
 
 };  // namespace linalg
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce.cuh
index f6804d98a3..63db7d3ce6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ void reduce(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group reduction
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
index 91c45a7325..07759ec206 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_cols_by_key.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ void reduce_cols_by_key(
 /** @} */  // end of group reduce_cols_by_key
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
index ee8e93d4d4..dd2f54c7bc 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/reduce_rows_by_key.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -183,6 +183,6 @@ void reduce_rows_by_key(
 /** @} */  // end of group reduce_rows_by_key
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/rsvd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/rsvd.cuh
index 7b8f10efa3..16935af0e7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/rsvd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/rsvd.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -868,6 +868,6 @@ void randomized_svd(const raft::resources& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group rsvd
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/sqrt.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/sqrt.cuh
index a007ae18d8..c571b68ae5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/sqrt.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/sqrt.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ void sqrt(raft::resources const& handle, InType in, OutType out)
 /** @} */  // end of group add
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
index 109098f00e..9480eb9fa0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ void strided_reduction(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group strided_reduction
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/subtract.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/subtract.cuh
index 8c6c4c50c2..8e1b9ca9db 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/subtract.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/subtract.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -191,6 +191,6 @@ void subtract_scalar(
 /** @} */  // end of group subtract
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/svd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/svd.cuh
index f4800a042a..363b75ab15 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/svd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/svd.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -408,6 +408,6 @@ void svd_reconstruction(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group svd
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/ternary_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/ternary_op.cuh
index 3cb6179ee8..29bb2775f5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/ternary_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/ternary_op.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/map.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 /**
  * @brief perform element-wise ternary operation on the input arrays
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ void ternary_op(
 /** @} */  // end of group ternary_op
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/transpose.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/transpose.cuh
index b399c45c10..412b55a813 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/transpose.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/transpose.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/type_traits.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ auto transpose(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group transpose
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/tsvd.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/tsvd.cuh
index 32598ea42c..effd0e4173 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/tsvd.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/tsvd.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ void sign_flip_components(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group tsvd
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh
index fbbca2d25b..abba6113a1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/map.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace linalg {
 
 /**
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ void write_only_unary_op(const raft::resources& handle, OutType out, Lambda op)
 /** @} */  // end of group unary_op
 
 };  // end namespace linalg
-};  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmax.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmax.cuh
index c67df3de6a..83736ba2c0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmax.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmax.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ void argmax(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group argmax
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmin.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmin.cuh
index 951a816439..c5d37e05cd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmin.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/argmin.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ void argmin(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group argmin
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/col_wise_sort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/col_wise_sort.cuh
index 6dae536e6d..fc0f3f1063 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/col_wise_sort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/col_wise_sort.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@ void sort_cols_per_row(Args... args)
 /** @} */  // end of group col_wise_sort
 
 };  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/copy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/copy.cuh
index 574dd17d88..f673835915 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/copy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/copy.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ void trunc_zero_origin(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_copy
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
index 4bb9007b90..c8c8b9090d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   devKeyValSortColumnPerRow<InType, OutType, blockSize, elemPT><<<rows, blockSize, 0, stream>>>( \
     keyIn, keyOut, valueInOut, rows, columns, std::numeric_limits<InType>::max())
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -342,4 +342,4 @@ void sortColumnsPerRow(const InType* in,
 }
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace matrix
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather.cuh
index f443b9567e..c1686b2f55 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather.cuh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <functional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -622,4 +622,4 @@ void gather(raft::resources const& res,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather_inplace.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather_inplace.cuh
index cec7a0420a..1cfd7664ec 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather_inplace.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/gather_inplace.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <cuda/iterator>
 #include <thrust/for_each.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ void gather(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/linewise_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/linewise_op.cuh
index a4e20eafa3..a764bd6e17 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/linewise_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/linewise_op.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -807,4 +807,4 @@ struct MatrixLinewiseOp {
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh
index d70e55e3ba..14a7846704 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/block/block_reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -402,4 +402,4 @@ void signFlip(math_t* inout, int n_rows, int n_cols, cudaStream_t stream)
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh
index c2b8c9d2a3..f3545fb103 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ m_t getL2Norm(raft::resources const& handle, const m_t* in, idx_t size, cudaStre
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/print.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/print.hpp
index d02b1d5a6a..38876fc2e0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/print.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/print.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail {
 
 template <typename m_t, typename idx_t = int>
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ void printHost(
 }
 
 }  // namespace matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/sample_rows.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/sample_rows.cuh
index 1bd16b257f..a79329b53f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/sample_rows.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/sample_rows.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail {
 
 /** Select rows randomly from input and copy to output. */
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ void sample_rows(raft::resources const& res,
   sample_rows<T, IdxT>(res, random_state, input, n_dim, n_rows_input, output);
 }
 }  // namespace matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/scatter_inplace.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/scatter_inplace.cuh
index ac712505e8..2c735e3fda 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/scatter_inplace.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/scatter_inplace.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ void scatter(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
index 0d4159e0de..f693f986c6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/device/device_segmented_radix_sort.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail {
 
 /**
@@ -311,4 +311,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& handle,
   }
 }
 }  // namespace matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k_layout.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k_layout.cuh
index 6f7f5e579b..144f02a1d7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k_layout.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k_layout.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail::select {
 
 /**
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ struct csr_layout {
 };
 
 }  // namespace matrix::detail::select
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
index 80299a6c48..0947a6f962 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <cub/block/block_store.cuh>
 #include <cub/block/radix_rank_sort_operations.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail::select::radix {
 namespace impl {
 
@@ -1316,4 +1316,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace matrix::detail::select::radix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
index 991a4647a7..b517ef8c10 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       }
  */
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail::select::warpsort {
 
 static constexpr int kMaxCapacity = 256;
@@ -1232,4 +1232,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace matrix::detail::select::warpsort
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/shift.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/shift.cuh
index e8925e8cc7..f7e9f78a6f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/shift.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/shift.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix::detail {
 enum FillType { CONSTANT, MATRIX, SELF_ID };
 
@@ -192,4 +192,4 @@ void shift(raft::resources const& handle,
     handle, in_out, values.data_handle(), k, shift_direction, shift_type);
 }
 }  // namespace matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/diagonal.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/diagonal.cuh
index c45a34b92e..9936a3e5be 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/diagonal.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/diagonal.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/init.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ void eye(const raft::resources& handle, raft::device_matrix_view<math_t, idx_t,
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_diagonal
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/gather.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/gather.cuh
index 101a3a781c..8b02d3827f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/gather.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/gather.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/gather_inplace.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/itertools.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -467,4 +467,4 @@ void gather(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_gather
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/init.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/init.cuh
index c506928586..58e0c4ed22 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/init.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/init.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/map.cuh>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ void fill(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_init
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/linewise_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/linewise_op.cuh
index 2c7c78d14c..788d9e0044 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/linewise_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/linewise_op.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/types.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/linewise_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ void linewise_op(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group linewise_op
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp
index 41408cf8da..d0805b601a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 struct print_separators {
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ struct print_separators {
 };
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/norm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/norm.cuh
index 842d9f0f66..a04f1da1da 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/norm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/norm.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ m_t l2_norm(raft::resources const& handle, raft::device_mdspan<const m_t, idx_t>
 /** @} */  // end of group matrix_norm
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/power.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/power.cuh
index f3ece2298e..57160e39c0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/power.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/power.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ void power(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_power
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.cuh
index 54a8a47988..77a0440870 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 #include <raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ void print(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_print
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.hpp
index 38ee42d036..671b06df22 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/print.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/print.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/matrix_types.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ void print(raft::host_matrix_view<const m_t, idx_t, col_major> in, print_separat
     in.data_handle(), in.extent(0), in.extent(1), separators.horizontal, separators.vertical);
 }
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/ratio.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/ratio.cuh
index 7b9a94c689..043affc8f7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/ratio.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/ratio.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ void ratio(raft::resources const& handle, raft::device_vector_view<math_t, idx_t
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_ratio
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reciprocal.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reciprocal.cuh
index dddbc598aa..c4aa5be870 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reciprocal.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reciprocal.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ void reciprocal(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_reciprocal
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reverse.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reverse.cuh
index 81e8139e62..240a3c3eba 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reverse.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/reverse.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ void row_reverse(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_reverse
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sample_rows.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sample_rows.cuh
index 36b67fdc91..12c2938aca 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sample_rows.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sample_rows.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/sample_rows.cuh>
 #include <raft/random/rng.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /** @brief Select rows randomly from input and copy to output.
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ raft::device_matrix<T, IdxT> sample_rows(
 }
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/scatter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/scatter.cuh
index 8502d7f693..4cf2f85f94 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/scatter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/scatter.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/scatter_inplace.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 /**
  * @brief In-place scatter elements in a row-major matrix according to a
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ void scatter(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k.cuh
index 631027d03c..10de009524 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group select_k
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp
index 6161e91ae2..c6f42468e4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ inline auto operator<<(std::ostream& os, const SelectAlgo& algo) -> std::ostream
 /** @} */  // end of group select_k
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift.cuh
index a10dc703c0..cdf8a1c224 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/shift.cuh>
 #include <raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ void shift(raft::resources const& handle,
   detail::shift(handle, in_out, values, shift_direction, shift_type);
 }
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp
index 121f5bcb6e..d53b30d925 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/shift_types.hpp
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 enum ShiftDirection { TOWARDS_BEGINNING, TOWARDS_END };
 enum ShiftType { ROW, COL };
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sign_flip.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sign_flip.cuh
index 25314dfed0..4e680f63e7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sign_flip.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sign_flip.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ void sign_flip(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_sign_flip
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/slice.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/slice.cuh
index aca53bad18..eb2f974f62 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/slice.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/slice.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ void slice(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_slice
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sqrt.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sqrt.cuh
index 529f6f0389..468b0ba8c4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sqrt.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/sqrt.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/math.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ void weighted_sqrt(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_sqrt
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/threshold.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/threshold.cuh
index 0e0ecfd38f..dcf11388fe 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/threshold.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/threshold.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ void zero_small_values(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_threshold
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/triangular.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/triangular.cuh
index b4065a9a5b..d7b4659c4b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/triangular.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/triangular.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/matrix/detail/matrix.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ void upper_triangular(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group matrix_triangular
 
 }  // namespace matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_device_resource.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_device_resource.hpp
index 1b2d691a64..3769433f18 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_device_resource.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_device_resource.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <cuda/memory_resource>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 /**
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ using host_device_resource_ref =
   cuda::mr::synchronous_resource_ref<cuda::mr::host_accessible, cuda::mr::device_accessible>;
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_memory_resource.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_memory_resource.hpp
index 03baee661c..b4dcbf906d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_memory_resource.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/host_memory_resource.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 /**
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ inline auto set_default_host_resource(raft::mr::host_resource_ref ref)
 }
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/mmap_memory_resource.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/mmap_memory_resource.hpp
index d2f5b64092..0fffba6cc6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/mmap_memory_resource.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/mmap_memory_resource.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -162,4 +162,4 @@ class mmap_memory_resource {
 };
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/notifying_adaptor.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/notifying_adaptor.hpp
index 85ef3de65b..09be7f3895 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/notifying_adaptor.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/notifying_adaptor.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 /**
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ class notifying_adaptor : public cuda::forward_property<notifying_adaptor<Upstre
 };
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/resource_monitor.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/resource_monitor.hpp
index c8d3578aaf..1dc2311796 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/resource_monitor.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/resource_monitor.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 /**
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ class resource_monitor {
 };
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/mr/statistics_adaptor.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/mr/statistics_adaptor.hpp
index 7993ff3c0c..3d6164a09a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/mr/statistics_adaptor.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/mr/statistics_adaptor.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace mr {
 
 /**
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ template <typename Upstream>
 statistics_adaptor(Upstream) -> statistics_adaptor<Upstream>;
 
 }  // namespace mr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/pmr/resource_adaptor.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/pmr/resource_adaptor.hpp
index 002461f282..191071bff6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/pmr/resource_adaptor.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/pmr/resource_adaptor.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <memory_resource>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace pmr {
 
 /**
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ static_assert(cuda::mr::synchronous_resource_with<resource_adaptor, cuda::mr::ho
               "raft::mr::host_resource_ref consumption");
 
 }  // namespace pmr
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/curand_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/curand_wrappers.hpp
index 78c23180fd..0d25472a45 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/curand_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/curand_wrappers.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <curand.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ inline curandStatus_t curandGenerateNormal(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_blobs.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_blobs.cuh
index f652aa3100..3132bb0bae 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_blobs.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_blobs.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -248,4 +248,4 @@ void make_blobs_caller(DataT* out,
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_regression.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_regression.cuh
index 782b144348..773eae7b39 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_regression.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/make_regression.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -270,4 +270,4 @@ void make_regression_caller(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
index 11f5edf802..b4291b950a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 // mvg.cuh takes in matrices that are column major (as in fortran)
 #define IDX2C(i, j, ld) (j * ld + i)
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -452,4 +452,4 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian : public detail::multi_variable_gaussian_impl<T> {
 
 };  // end of namespace detail
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/permute.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/permute.cuh
index 5a476b7f80..d991d6fc50 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/permute.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/permute.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ void permute(IntType* perms,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
index 05a1e961f9..044ef84171 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -293,4 +293,4 @@ void rmat_rectangular_gen_impl(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator_types.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator_types.cuh
index 902fa62f67..84b6d7101b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator_types.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rmat_rectangular_generator_types.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <variant>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -246,4 +246,4 @@ class rmat_rectangular_gen_output {
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_device.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_device.cuh
index 5740199160..8720d65769 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_device.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_device.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <random>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -756,4 +756,4 @@ RAFT_KERNEL fillKernel(
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace random
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl.cuh
index c0ad8b8f03..683114318a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl.cuh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <cub/device/device_select.cuh>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -461,4 +461,4 @@ auto excess_subsample(raft::resources const& res, RngState& state, IdxT N, IdxT
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace random
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl_deprecated.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl_deprecated.cuh
index 83e3017b03..3284f6d9a8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl_deprecated.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_impl_deprecated.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <random>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -297,4 +297,4 @@ class RngImpl {
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace random
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/device/sample.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/device/sample.cuh
index e12b3f687f..1d51692a99 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/device/sample.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/device/sample.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random::device {
 
 /**
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ DI i_t block_random_sample(rng_t rng, T* shbuf, T weight = 1, i_t idx = threadId
 }
 
 }  // namespace random::device
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/make_blobs.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/make_blobs.cuh
index 6e61db7f56..ec5e1db870 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/make_blobs.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/make_blobs.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -177,5 +177,5 @@ void make_blobs(
 /** @} */  // end group make_blobs
 
 }  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/make_regression.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/make_regression.cuh
index 38db6f2ed6..f19e6007a2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/make_regression.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/make_regression.cuh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -179,6 +179,6 @@ void make_regression(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group make_regression
 
 }  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
index 4e0f3d48d6..ebdfaefe1c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ void multi_variable_gaussian(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */
 
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/permute.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/permute.cuh
index 7c39d94dd1..6a308d1fd4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/permute.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/permute.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 namespace permute_impl {
@@ -196,5 +196,5 @@ void permute(IntType* perms,
 }
 
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/random_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/random/random_types.hpp
index 0006f504a4..95e1cf4f64 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/random_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/random_types.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ enum class multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method { CHOLESKY, JACOBI, QR }
 /** @} */
 
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
index 60fbe03164..9a9070ad8e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/rmat_rectangular_generator.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -296,4 +296,4 @@ void rmat_rectangular_gen(IdxT* out,
 /** @} */
 
 }  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng.cuh
index 1cb6215e81..d013eae07a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <variant>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /**
@@ -1170,4 +1170,4 @@ class DEPR Rng : public detail::RngImpl {
 #undef DEPR
 
 };  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_device.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_device.cuh
index a612fcd0d5..3ba47ce778 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_device.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_device.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 using detail::DeviceState;
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ using detail::custom_next;
 using detail::box_muller_transform;
 
 };  // end namespace random
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_state.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_state.hpp
index 678c7cafc3..201ea4d2ad 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_state.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/rng_state.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 /** all different generator types used */
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ struct RngState {
 };
 
 };  // end namespace random
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/sample_without_replacement.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/sample_without_replacement.cuh
index e89b24a337..7b3c99d5f6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/sample_without_replacement.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/sample_without_replacement.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <variant>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace random {
 
 namespace sample_without_replacement_impl {
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ void sample_without_replacement(Args... args)
 /** @} */
 
 }  // namespace random
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_functions.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_functions.cuh
index d5e8896036..64536ce86a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_functions.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_functions.cuh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 #include <cstddef>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace solver::detail {
 
 const int BLOCKDIMX{64};
@@ -570,4 +570,4 @@ inline void calcObjValPrimal(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace solver::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_kernels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_kernels.cuh
index ac08b1a493..5aa826394c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_kernels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/solver/detail/lap_kernels.cuh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <thrust/for_each.h>
 
 #include <cstddef>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace solver::detail {
 const int DORMANT{0};
 const int ACTIVE{1};
@@ -559,4 +559,4 @@ RAFT_KERNEL kernel_calcObjValPrimal(weight_t* d_obj_val_primal,
 }
 
 }  // namespace solver::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment.cuh
index b035abca6e..0e3d184f08 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment.cuh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <thrust/execution_policy.h>
 #include <thrust/fill.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace solver {
 
 /**
@@ -336,6 +336,6 @@ class LinearAssignmentProblem {
 };
 
 }  // namespace solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment_types.hpp
index 71d83edba3..6afed09419 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/solver/linear_assignment_types.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace solver {
 template <typename vertex_t, typename weight_t>
 struct Vertices {
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ struct VertexData {
   int* is_visited;
 };
 }  // namespace solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/coo.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/coo.cuh
index 3838af2ca5..10a0c2e862 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/coo.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/coo.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/convert/detail/coo.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ void csr_to_coo(
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/csr.cuh
index 0467daaaa8..80b6206893 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/csr.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/convert/detail/csr.cuh>
 #include <raft/sparse/csr.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 
@@ -197,6 +197,6 @@ void bitset_to_csr(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/dense.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/dense.cuh
index 0cf58e28d7..02abb590ed 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/dense.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/dense.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/convert/detail/dense.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ void csr_to_dense(cusparseHandle_t handle,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/adj_to_csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/adj_to_csr.cuh
index 3c2b9eb803..b937195ba9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/adj_to_csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/adj_to_csr.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <cooperative_groups.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -164,4 +164,4 @@ void adj_to_csr(raft::resources const& handle,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitmap_to_csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitmap_to_csr.cuh
index fcd78e685c..39c13412e6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitmap_to_csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitmap_to_csr.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <thrust/fill.h>
 #include <thrust/scan.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -341,4 +341,4 @@ void bitmap_to_csr(raft::resources const& handle,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitset_to_csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitset_to_csr.cuh
index a663a7ada4..20e7200c14 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitset_to_csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/bitset_to_csr.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <thrust/fill.h>
 #include <thrust/scan.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ void bitset_to_csr(raft::resources const& handle,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/coo.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/coo.cuh
index 1041939cd0..f41d2bd0e6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/coo.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/coo.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ void csr_to_coo(
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/csr.cuh
index 7e8570c1cb..e5309bb05e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/csr.cuh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ void sorted_coo_to_csr(const T* rows, nnz_t nnz, outT* row_ind, int m, cudaStrea
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/dense.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/dense.cuh
index bb22232ea2..36aa71e533 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/dense.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/convert/detail/dense.cuh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace convert {
 namespace detail {
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ void csr_to_dense(cusparseHandle_t handle,
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE convert
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/coo.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/coo.hpp
index 563dbaf392..0a4f15b12a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/coo.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/coo.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/detail/coo.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 
 /** @brief A Container object for sparse coordinate. There are two motivations
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ template <typename value_t, typename value_idx = int, typename nnz_t = uint64_t>
 using COO = detail::COO<value_t, value_idx, nnz_t>;
 
 };  // namespace sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/csr.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/csr.hpp
index 7f1886aa3d..e8744a3bf0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/csr.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/csr.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/detail/csr.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 
 constexpr int TPB_X = 256;
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ void weak_cc(Index_* labels,
 }
 
 };  // namespace sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/coo.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/coo.cuh
index eb989ae1c0..0e11e62202 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/coo.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/coo.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -239,4 +239,4 @@ class COO {
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/csr.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/csr.cuh
index 3f9b83aa8f..3d834d0ecf 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/csr.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/csr.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ void weak_cc_batched(Index_* labels,
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
index 683694015b..236dc44eed 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <cusparse.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -1471,4 +1471,4 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecsr2dense(cusparseHandle_t handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace sparse
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/utils.h b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/utils.h
index f0ea2c37b8..0fc59e47e3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/utils.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/utils.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 
 /**
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ __device__ indT get_stop_idx(T row, T m, indT nnz, const indT* ind)
 }
 
 };  // namespace sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/add.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/add.cuh
index 23274d816f..be9d6abe44 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/add.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/add.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/add.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ void csr_add_finalize(const int* a_ind,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/degree.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/degree.cuh
index 5e981d0734..8b5f53ebbb 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/degree.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/degree.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/coo.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/degree.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ void coo_degree_nz(COO<T>* in, int* results, cudaStream_t stream)
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/add.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/add.cuh
index 683597c028..d8416567a6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/add.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/add.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -238,4 +238,4 @@ void csr_add_finalize(const int* a_ind,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/cusparse_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/cusparse_utils.hpp
index a29d20abf9..213b030a00 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/cusparse_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/cusparse_utils.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ inline cusparseOperation_t convert_operation(const raft::linalg::Operation op)
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/degree.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/degree.cuh
index cecd1b35cd..1e65721d20 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/degree.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/degree.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ void coo_degree_nz(const idx_t* rows, const T* vals, nnz_t nnz, idx_t* results,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/laplacian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/laplacian.cuh
index 47e25a9905..40662a5484 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/laplacian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/laplacian.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::linalg::detail {
 
 struct zero_to_one_functor {
@@ -282,4 +282,4 @@ auto laplacian_normalized(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::linalg::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/masked_matmul.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/masked_matmul.cuh
index 0a72ae76f5..f4b0e88802 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/masked_matmul.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/masked_matmul.cuh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <rmm/cuda_device.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ void masked_matmul(raft::resources const& handle,
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
 }  // namespace sparse
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/norm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
index c12906d8e7..2c9d6710b2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/norm.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <limits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -222,4 +222,4 @@ void rowNormCsrCaller(const IdxType* ia,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/sddmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/sddmm.hpp
index b9c9b25c38..d4ff1eef53 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/sddmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/sddmm.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/linalg_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ void sddmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
index d3bc721d8d..bbfb0ffbd5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ void spmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/symmetrize.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/symmetrize.cuh
index c55d72d718..ddbb93d84f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/symmetrize.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/symmetrize.cuh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -425,4 +425,4 @@ void symmetrize(raft::resources const& handle,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/transpose.h b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/transpose.h
index c379715347..a441cfe781 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/transpose.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/transpose.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ void csr_transpose(cusparseHandle_t handle,
 };  // end NAMESPACE detail
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/utils.cuh
index f36c2aff5a..f4f9385ea5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/utils.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 #include <cuda_pipeline.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 namespace detail {
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ void faster_dot_on_csr(raft::resources const& handle,
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace linalg
 }  // namespace sparse
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/laplacian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/laplacian.cuh
index df4fdec402..ac84d4c3c8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/laplacian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/laplacian.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/laplacian.cuh>
 #include <raft/sparse/matrix/diagonal.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::linalg {
 
 /** Given a CSR adjacency matrix, return the graph Laplacian
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ auto laplacian_normalized(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::linalg
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/masked_matmul.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/masked_matmul.cuh
index 9780bf0420..d992ad6d42 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/masked_matmul.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/masked_matmul.cuh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/masked_matmul.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ void masked_matmul(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/norm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/norm.cuh
index 5365d4fa5e..1edfcdaac8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/norm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/norm.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/norm_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/norm.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ void rowNormCsr(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/sddmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/sddmm.hpp
index 2e584a4313..12623d6644 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/sddmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/sddmm.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/sddmm.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ void sddmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
index 28783585b1..cc27544a4e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/cusparse_utils.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ void spmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace sparse
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/symmetrize.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/symmetrize.cuh
index fb1fe5b720..6ff5301a52 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/symmetrize.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/symmetrize.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/coo.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/symmetrize.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -172,6 +172,6 @@ void symmetrize(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/transpose.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/transpose.cuh
index 23342dbc34..24b0758014 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/transpose.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/transpose.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/linalg/detail/transpose.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace linalg {
 
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ void csr_transpose(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 };  // end NAMESPACE linalg
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/diagonal.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/diagonal.cuh
index ace10a3e6c..1b190e1fb0 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/diagonal.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/diagonal.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/init.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix::detail {
 
 /**
@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@ void set_diagonal(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/preprocessing.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/preprocessing.cuh
index 1521614f1d..76c51d3814 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/preprocessing.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/preprocessing.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <thrust/reduce.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix::detail {
 
 /**
@@ -213,4 +213,4 @@ void transform_tfidf(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
index a3893f2c19..cbbbe9db3f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-inl.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix::detail {
 
 using namespace raft::matrix::detail;
@@ -218,4 +218,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/diagonal.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/diagonal.cuh
index d9c3235675..01ceb12ad6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/diagonal.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/diagonal.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/matrix/detail/diagonal.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/input_validation.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix {
 
 /**
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ void set_diagonal(raft::resources const& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/preprocessing.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/preprocessing.cuh
index 721ccb82f2..28b375ec44 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/preprocessing.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/preprocessing.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/convert/coo.cuh>
 #include <raft/sparse/matrix/detail/preprocessing.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix {
 /**
  * @brief This function calculate the tf-idf values for each entry in the COO sparse
@@ -208,4 +208,4 @@ void encode_bm25(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/select_k.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/select_k.cuh
index a8b46a1f3d..bde1dc761f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/select_k.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/select_k.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::matrix {
 
 using SelectAlgo = raft::matrix::SelectAlgo;
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ void select_k(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end of group select_k
 
 }  // namespace sparse::matrix
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/filter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/filter.cuh
index 986bf8b569..631e17ec9b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/filter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/filter.cuh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 namespace detail {
@@ -273,4 +273,4 @@ void coo_remove_zeros(COO<T, idx_t, nnz_t>* in, COO<T, idx_t, nnz_t>* out, cudaS
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/reduce.cuh
index 770e7c4a5b..cc1ebbfc3c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/reduce.cuh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 namespace detail {
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@ void max_duplicates(raft::resources const& handle,
 };  // END namespace detail
 };  // END namespace op
 };  // END namespace sparse
-};  // END namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // END namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/row_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/row_op.cuh
index 92815af214..b28f0ca900 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/row_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/row_op.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 namespace detail {
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ void csr_row_op(const Index_* row_ind, Index_ n_rows, Index_ nnz, Lambda op, cud
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/slice.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/slice.cuh
index da68fb1725..bfbf9519d6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/slice.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/slice.cuh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 namespace detail {
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ void csr_row_slice_populate(value_idx start_offset,
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/sort.h b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/sort.h
index 5d918c3015..ffdde947db 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/sort.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/detail/sort.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 namespace detail {
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ void coo_sort_by_weight(
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/filter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/filter.cuh
index 6d3eee6e25..969819c322 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/filter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/filter.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/coo.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/op/detail/filter.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@ void coo_remove_zeros(COO<T, idx_t, nnz_t>* in, COO<T, idx_t, nnz_t>* out, cudaS
 
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/reduce.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/reduce.cuh
index a32a089f4b..f438a2da31 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/reduce.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/reduce.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/coo.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/op/detail/reduce.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 /**
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ void max_duplicates(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 };  // END namespace op
 };  // END namespace sparse
-};  // END namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // END namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/row_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/row_op.cuh
index d8e0b7896d..a71f1a4a55 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/row_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/row_op.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/op/detail/row_op.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ void csr_row_op(const Index_* row_ind, Index_ n_rows, Index_ nnz, Lambda op, cud
 
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/slice.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/slice.cuh
index 6f63fd70b5..68fc1ffd2d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/slice.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/slice.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/op/detail/slice.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ void csr_row_slice_populate(value_idx start_offset,
 
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/sort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/sort.cuh
index 9b8e3ae4cf..e33da812f9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/sort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/op/sort.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/op/detail/sort.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse {
 namespace op {
 
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ void coo_sort_by_weight(
 }
 };  // namespace op
 };  // end NAMESPACE sparse
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/lanczos.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/lanczos.cuh
index 33231a6fe7..9aa4304c04 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/lanczos.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/lanczos.cuh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver::detail {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -796,4 +796,4 @@ auto lanczos_compute_eigenpairs(
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_kernels.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_kernels.cuh
index 3569f7a1cf..9d243c9e66 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_kernels.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_kernels.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver::detail {
 
 template <typename vertex_t, typename edge_t, typename alteration_t>
@@ -321,4 +321,4 @@ RAFT_KERNEL kernel_count_new_mst_edges(const vertex_t* mst_src,
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_solver_inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_solver_inl.cuh
index fe76d631bd..feaa6c0d21 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_solver_inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_solver_inl.cuh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver {
 
 // curand generator uniform
@@ -403,4 +403,4 @@ void MST_solver<vertex_t, edge_t, weight_t, alteration_t>::append_src_dst_pair(
                   new_edges_functor<vertex_t, weight_t>());
 }
 }  // namespace sparse::solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_utils.cuh
index 60936f03e1..bf1520710a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_utils.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver::detail {
 
 template <typename idx_t>
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ __device__ idx_t get_1D_idx()
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos.cuh
index 45a53ce0f4..010b407be1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/sparse/solver/lanczos_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/spectral/matrix_wrappers.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver {
 
 // =========================================================
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ auto lanczos_compute_eigenpairs(
 }
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos_types.hpp
index 567e00e7c0..f24ff8043c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/lanczos_types.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver {
 
 /**
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ struct lanczos_solver_config {
 };
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst.cuh
index 060ae61b63..10801482cb 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst.cuh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/sparse/solver/mst_solver.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver {
 
 /**
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ Graph_COO<vertex_t, edge_t, weight_t> mst(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // end namespace sparse::solver
-}  // end namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // end namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst_solver.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst_solver.cuh
index 56a49c4706..5ce7917569 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst_solver.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/solver/mst_solver.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace sparse::solver {
 
 template <typename vertex_t, typename edge_t, typename weight_t>
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ class MST_solver {
 };
 
 }  // namespace sparse::solver
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #include <raft/sparse/solver/detail/mst_solver_inl.cuh>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/matrix_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/matrix_wrappers.hpp
index e3ea04de31..87e45cb3fa 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/matrix_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/matrix_wrappers.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 // Get index of matrix entry
 #define IDX(i, j, lda) ((size_t)(i) + (j) * (lda))
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 namespace matrix {
 namespace detail {
@@ -474,4 +474,4 @@ struct modularity_matrix_t : laplacian_matrix_t<index_type, value_type, nnz_type
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace matrix
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/modularity_maximization.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/modularity_maximization.hpp
index 921d8f4cfc..c1ff1f52a7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/modularity_maximization.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/modularity_maximization.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <tuple>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ void analyzeModularity(
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/partition.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/partition.hpp
index d290752da6..76ffa94e8e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/partition.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/partition.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <tuple>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ void analyzePartition(raft::resources const& handle,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/spectral_util.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/spectral_util.cuh
index a856907316..d60a9d16b2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/spectral_util.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/detail/spectral_util.cuh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 
 template <typename vertex_t, typename edge_t, typename weight_t>
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ bool construct_indicator(
 }
 
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/matrix_wrappers.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/matrix_wrappers.hpp
index aa008813da..4c58bddd5d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/matrix_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/matrix_wrappers.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // Useful macros
 // =========================================================
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 namespace matrix {
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ using detail::modularity_matrix_t;
 
 }  // namespace matrix
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/modularity_maximization.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/modularity_maximization.cuh
index 9f4b996bcf..396f168b73 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/modularity_maximization.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/modularity_maximization.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <tuple>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 
 //===================================================
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ void analyzeModularity(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/partition.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/partition.cuh
index fcea8bf1a9..783c2bab50 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spectral/partition.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spectral/partition.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <tuple>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace spectral {
 
 // =========================================================
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ void analyzePartition(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 
 }  // namespace spectral
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/accuracy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/accuracy.cuh
index d4609edb32..8d14ac75ee 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/accuracy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/accuracy.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ float accuracy(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_accuracy
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/adjusted_rand_index.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
index efdea3910e..e123b6a019 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/adjusted_rand_index.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ double adjusted_rand_index(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_adj_rand_index
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/completeness_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/completeness_score.cuh
index 1c8a4253ba..b60bc4c6ae 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/completeness_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/completeness_score.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ double completeness_score(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_completeness
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/contingency_matrix.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/contingency_matrix.cuh
index 1be3c6a3a9..f796ff04d4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/contingency_matrix.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/contingency_matrix.cuh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/contingencyMatrix.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -202,5 +202,5 @@ void contingency_matrix(Args... args)
   contingency_matrix(std::forward<Args>(args)..., std::nullopt, std::nullopt);
 }
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/cov.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/cov.cuh
index 6dbfd8a960..40d5960d89 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/cov.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/cov.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/cov.cuh>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 /**
  * @brief Compute covariance of the input matrix
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ void cov(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_cov
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/adjusted_rand_index.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
index 22abe2f05e..bb1cc464e4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/adjusted_rand_index.cuh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -193,4 +193,4 @@ double compute_adjusted_rand_index(const T* firstClusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/information_criterion.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/information_criterion.cuh
index ad9464d1a6..63a85f55c3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/information_criterion.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/information_criterion.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <cmath>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace batched {
 namespace detail {
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ void information_criterion(ScalarT* d_ic,
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace batched
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/silhouette_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/silhouette_score.cuh
index b9d1127602..17829f1cd1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/silhouette_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/batched/silhouette_score.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <thrust/fill.h>
 #include <thrust/reduce.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace batched {
 namespace detail {
@@ -268,4 +268,4 @@ value_t silhouette_score(
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace batched
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/contingencyMatrix.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/contingencyMatrix.cuh
index 94363d34ec..c6b47ee47e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/contingencyMatrix.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/contingencyMatrix.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -302,4 +302,4 @@ void contingencyMatrix(const T* groundTruth,
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/cov.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/cov.cuh
index c179a049e1..9416b07dfb 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/cov.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/cov.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/gemm.cuh>
 #include <raft/stats/mean_center.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 /**
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ void cov(raft::resources const& handle,
 }
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/dispersion.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/dispersion.cuh
index f60889b9e9..17ea419b48 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/dispersion.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/dispersion.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ DataT dispersion(const DataT* centroids,
 
 }  // end namespace detail
 }  // end namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/entropy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/entropy.cuh
index 53961c2965..9e468dda8f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/entropy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/entropy.cuh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -144,4 +144,4 @@ double entropy(const T* clusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/histogram.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/histogram.cuh
index d70aec3730..7800843844 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/histogram.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/histogram.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 ///@todo: add cub's histogram as another option
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -484,4 +484,4 @@ void histogram(HistType type,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh
index d94f53428f..79aa78417b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <raft/stats/entropy.cuh>
 #include <raft/stats/mutual_info_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 /**
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ double homogeneity_score(const T* truthClusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/kl_divergence.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/kl_divergence.cuh
index 7874a28c0c..e32a2b219a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/kl_divergence.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/kl_divergence.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ DataT kl_divergence(const DataT* modelPDF, const DataT* candidatePDF, int size,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
index 93e8d81ad8..05e17d6d8a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ template <bool rowMajor, typename Type, typename IdxType = int>
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean_center.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean_center.cuh
index 9c902b7212..a4206ac414 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean_center.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean_center.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/vectorized.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ void meanAdd(Type* out, const Type* data, const Type* mu, IdxType D, IdxType N,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/meanvar.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/meanvar.cuh
index 8d60925809..2ca64536b2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/meanvar.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/meanvar.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats::detail {
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ void meanvar(
 }
 
 };  // namespace stats::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/minmax.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/minmax.cuh
index 458083eca8..f0fe175f70 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/minmax.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/minmax.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -225,4 +225,4 @@ void minmax(const T* data,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mutual_info_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mutual_info_score.cuh
index 8e95468a6a..e4c72b36fd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mutual_info_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mutual_info_score.cuh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ double mutual_info_score(const T* firstClusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/neighborhood_recall.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/neighborhood_recall.cuh
index 1a79cb1a84..347f77c094 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/neighborhood_recall.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/neighborhood_recall.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats::detail {
 
 template <typename IndicesValueType,
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ void neighborhood_recall(
 }
 
 }  // namespace stats::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/rand_index.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/rand_index.cuh
index e22b84b230..d3c9353926 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/rand_index.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/rand_index.cuh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ double compute_rand_index(const T* firstClusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh
index 8c680e3a46..062a47f2e4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #define N_THREADS 512
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 /**
@@ -206,4 +206,4 @@ void regression_metrics(const T* predictions,
 }
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/silhouette_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/silhouette_score.cuh
index 5767516096..ded61f93c9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/silhouette_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/silhouette_score.cuh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <numeric>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ DataT silhouette_score(
 
 };  // namespace detail
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/stddev.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/stddev.cuh
index f99d731335..e265d05082 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/stddev.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/stddev.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ void vars(Type* var,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/sum.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/sum.cuh
index 9b6c02003c..a079fcc12d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/sum.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/sum.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ void sum(Type* output, const Type* input, IdxType D, IdxType N, cudaStream_t str
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/trustworthiness_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/trustworthiness_score.cuh
index a3c4d50c51..d92ecf355c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/trustworthiness_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/trustworthiness_score.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #define N_THREADS 512
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -208,4 +208,4 @@ double trustworthiness_score(const raft::resources& h,
 
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/v_measure.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/v_measure.cuh
index d6ae299f8f..0042d726c6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/v_measure.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/v_measure.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/homogeneity_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ double v_measure(const T* truthClusterArray,
 
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/weighted_mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/weighted_mean.cuh
index e67fb3e903..3bc4993a04 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/weighted_mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/weighted_mean.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ void weightedMean(
 }
 };  // end namespace detail
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/dispersion.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/dispersion.cuh
index bc7c0cb4b2..caeaa8bf55 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/dispersion.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/dispersion.cuh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ value_t cluster_dispersion(
   return cluster_dispersion(handle, centroids, cluster_sizes, opt_centroid, n_points);
 }
 }  // end namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/entropy.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/entropy.cuh
index 45777d306b..5bc8cf515a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/entropy.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/entropy.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/entropy.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ double entropy(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_entropy
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/histogram.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/histogram.cuh
index 05ae10c6fd..d3b573e6a2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/histogram.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/histogram.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 ///@todo: add cub's histogram as another option
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ void histogram(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_histogram
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/homogeneity_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/homogeneity_score.cuh
index d10ed871dc..8edf1624f2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/homogeneity_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/homogeneity_score.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/homogeneity_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ double homogeneity_score(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_homogeneity_score
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/information_criterion.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/information_criterion.cuh
index 6b684a299d..8969c0f24a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/information_criterion.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/information_criterion.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <raft/stats/detail/batched/information_criterion.cuh>
 #include <raft/stats/stats_types.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ void information_criterion_batched(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_information_criterion
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/kl_divergence.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/kl_divergence.cuh
index 15a7da5057..86ddbd388f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/kl_divergence.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/kl_divergence.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/kl_divergence.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ value_t kl_divergence(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group kl_divergence
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
index 6fdb6bfcd6..87310a0bb2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@ template <typename value_t, typename idx_t, typename layout_t>
 /** @} */  // end group stats_mean
 
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean_center.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean_center.cuh
index 56b9633ab4..9ccfd82705 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean_center.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean_center.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/mean_center.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -139,5 +139,5 @@ void mean_add(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_mean_center
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/meanvar.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/meanvar.cuh
index 613bbbb1f1..e21f586f9e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/meanvar.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/meanvar.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/meanvar.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ void meanvar(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_mean_var
 
 };  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/minmax.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/minmax.cuh
index 122aa73d8b..91f6a56537 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/minmax.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/minmax.cuh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@ void minmax(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_minmax
 
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mutual_info_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mutual_info_score.cuh
index a3ae98b6ac..7e9c0e4cd7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mutual_info_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mutual_info_score.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/mutual_info_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ double mutual_info_score(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_mutual_info
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/neighborhood_recall.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/neighborhood_recall.cuh
index 9a95e498d7..b3c10d3e85 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/neighborhood_recall.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/neighborhood_recall.cuh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ void neighborhood_recall(
 /** @} */  // end group stats_recall
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/r2_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/r2_score.cuh
index 2cb5dd4bd6..a4b7bfdf03 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/r2_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/r2_score.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ value_t r2_score(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_r2_score
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/rand_index.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/rand_index.cuh
index 534e8e9385..c0334e27af 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/rand_index.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/rand_index.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/rand_index.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ double rand_index(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_rand_index
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/regression_metrics.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/regression_metrics.cuh
index 25e38c49db..5fb7abd503 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/regression_metrics.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/regression_metrics.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/scores.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ void regression_metrics(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_regression_metrics
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/silhouette_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/silhouette_score.cuh
index 647e7562a0..9468267aa5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/silhouette_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/silhouette_score.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/stats/detail/batched/silhouette_score.cuh>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/silhouette_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -211,5 +211,5 @@ value_t silhouette_score_batched(
     handle, X, labels, opt_scores, n_unique_labels, batch_size, metric);
 }
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/stats_types.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/stats/stats_types.hpp
index 705b4ab400..981ee6c2fd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/stats_types.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/stats_types.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ enum IC_Type { AIC, AICc, BIC };
 /** @} */
 
 };  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/stddev.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/stddev.cuh
index c02858f91f..6caae0f62e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/stddev.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/stddev.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/stddev.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -169,5 +169,5 @@ void vars(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_variance
 
 };  // namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/sum.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/sum.cuh
index d3968e7a38..8f006f9234 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/sum.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/sum.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/stats/detail/sum.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ void sum(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_sum
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/trustworthiness_score.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/trustworthiness_score.cuh
index 80a86097e2..e341fd4a55 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/trustworthiness_score.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/trustworthiness_score.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/trustworthiness_score.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ double trustworthiness_score(
 /** @} */  // end group stats_trustworthiness
 
 }  // namespace stats
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/v_measure.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/v_measure.cuh
index 432a01c40c..6c7274d950 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/v_measure.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/v_measure.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/v_measure.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ double v_measure(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_vmeasure
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/weighted_mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/weighted_mean.cuh
index 8ab75b7433..62cb0d9ff9 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/weighted_mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/weighted_mean.cuh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/types.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/weighted_mean.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 /**
@@ -170,5 +170,5 @@ void col_weighted_mean(raft::resources const& handle,
 /** @} */  // end group stats_weighted_mean
 
 };  // end namespace stats
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/arch.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/arch.cuh
index 77e5d559e7..b7a18a4326 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/arch.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/arch.cuh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp>  // RAFT_CUDA_TRY
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util::arch {
 
 /* raft::util::arch provides the following facilities:
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ struct SM_range {
 };
 
 }  // namespace util::arch
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/bitonic_sort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/bitonic_sort.cuh
index 260b491c48..318b47e0dd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/bitonic_sort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/bitonic_sort.cuh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util {
 
 namespace {
@@ -237,4 +237,4 @@ class bitonic {
 };
 
 }  // namespace util
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.cuh
index 7d12bdb1fa..d67e1e6d3d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.cuh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cstddef>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace cache {
 
 /**
@@ -397,4 +397,4 @@ class Cache {
   }
 };
 };  // namespace cache
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.hpp
index 2354fc76a4..0364a0c707 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace cache {
 
 /** Associative cache with least recently used replacement policy. */
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ class lru {
 };
 
 };  // namespace cache
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache_util.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache_util.cuh
index e350aa49a2..c8ed5c4d4a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cache_util.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cache_util.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/block/block_radix_sort.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace cache {
 
 /**
@@ -352,4 +352,4 @@ RAFT_KERNEL get_cache_idx(int* keys,
   }
 }
 };  // namespace cache
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_data_type.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_data_type.hpp
index 51ef521186..2c3ff76d6d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_data_type.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_data_type.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 template <typename T>
 constexpr auto get_cuda_data_type() -> cudaDataType_t;
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ inline constexpr auto get_cuda_data_type<double>() -> cudaDataType_t
 {
   return CUDA_R_64F;
 }
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_dev_essentials.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_dev_essentials.cuh
index 977a4501b5..1921991b0b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_dev_essentials.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_dev_essentials.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // scope is necessarily limited to ensure that compilation times are minimized.
 // Please make sure not to include large / expensive files from here.
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /** helper macro for device inlined functions */
 #define DI  inline __device__
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ HDI auto to_float(T& a)
   }
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp
index ef0d7241af..3ce7636ab4 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdio>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief Exception thrown when a CUDA error is encountered.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct cuda_error : public raft::exception {
   explicit cuda_error(std::string const& message) : raft::exception(message) {}
 };
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 /**
  * @brief Error checking macro for CUDA runtime API functions.
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh
index 5cd9f5f263..da56be7bf5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_dev_essentials.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/reduction.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /** Device function to have atomic add support for older archs */
 template <typename Type>
@@ -674,4 +674,4 @@ inline cudaStream_t select_stream(cudaStream_t user_stream,
   return n_int_streams > 0 ? int_streams[idx % n_int_streams] : user_stream;
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
index e835ea789c..4403b76ef1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /** Helper method to get to know warp size in device code */
 __host__ __device__ constexpr inline int warp_size() { return 32; }
@@ -470,4 +470,4 @@ constexpr inline auto upper_bound<__nv_bfloat16>() -> __nv_bfloat16
   return static_cast<__nv_bfloat16>(__bfloat16_constexpr{0x7f80u});
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/cub_wrappers.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/cub_wrappers.cuh
index f086e692a3..b4976cbce2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/cub_wrappers.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/cub_wrappers.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <cub/device/device_radix_sort.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief Convenience wrapper over cub's SortPairs method
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ void sortPairs(rmm::device_uvector<char>& workspace,
     workspace.data(), worksize, inKeys, outKeys, inVals, outVals, len, 0, sizeof(KeyT) * 8, stream);
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/itertools.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/itertools.hpp
index 289f65f7f0..1980c666b2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/itertools.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/itertools.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util::itertools::detail {
 
 template <class S, typename... Args, size_t... Is>
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ inline std::vector<S> product(std::index_sequence<Is...> index, const std::vecto
 }
 
 }  // namespace util::itertools::detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/popc.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/popc.cuh
index 55afb31cd9..69747ecf16 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/popc.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/popc.cuh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/coalesced_reduction.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 /**
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ void popc(const raft::resources& res,
 }
 
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/scatter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/scatter.cuh
index 015da6a507..f7eec52985 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/scatter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/detail/scatter.cuh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/vectorized.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace detail {
 
 template <typename DataT, int VecLen, typename Lambda, typename IdxT>
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ void scatterImpl(
 }
 
 }  // namespace detail
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_atomics.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_atomics.cuh
index 54a0b57959..d013c2c149 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_atomics.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_atomics.cuh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 namespace device_atomics {
 namespace detail {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ __forceinline__ __device__ bool genericAtomicOperation(bool* address,
   return T(fun(address, update_value, op));
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
 
 /**
  * @brief Overloads for `atomicAdd`
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_loads_stores.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_loads_stores.cuh
index 8735eff90c..ff5114d842 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_loads_stores.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_loads_stores.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>  // uintX_t
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @defgroup SmemStores Shared memory store operations
@@ -771,4 +771,4 @@ DI void stg(const int64_t& reg, void* addr, bool guard)
 
 /** @} */
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_utils.cuh
index 459ec60e6c..ef3e162267 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/device_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/device_utils.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <utility>  // pair
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 // TODO move to raft https://github.com/rapidsai/raft/issues/90
 /** helper method to get the compute capability version numbers */
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ DI T batchedBlockReduce(T val, char* smem)
   return val;
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/fast_int_div.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/fast_int_div.cuh
index e92d581771..527fd46e14 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/fast_int_div.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/fast_int_div.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util {
 
 /**
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ HDI int operator%(int n, const FastIntDiv& divisor)
 }
 
 };  // namespace util
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/input_validation.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/input_validation.hpp
index 264305d2c5..db3dad538c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/input_validation.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/input_validation.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 template <class ElementType, class Extents, class Layout, class Accessor>
 constexpr bool is_row_or_column_major(mdspan<ElementType, Extents, Layout, Accessor> m)
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ constexpr bool is_scalar_view(mdspan<ElementType, Extents> m)
   return false;
 }
 
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/integer_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/integer_utils.hpp
index 81675a67d5..16871f4f50 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/integer_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/integer_utils.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 //! Utility functions
 /**
  * Finds the smallest integer not less than `number_to_round` and modulo `S` is
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ _RAFT_HOST_DEVICE inline void wmul_64bit(uint64_t& res_hi, uint64_t& res_lo, uin
 #endif
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/itertools.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/itertools.hpp
index ebec47d86b..44ef5d2b51 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/itertools.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/itertools.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util::itertools {
 
 /**
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ std::vector<S> product(std::initializer_list<Args>... lists)
 }
 
 }  // namespace util::itertools
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_tracking_resources.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_tracking_resources.hpp
index 6994deda01..1f96e48938 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_tracking_resources.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_tracking_resources.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief A resources handle that wraps all reachable memory resources with
@@ -226,4 +226,4 @@ class memory_tracking_resources : public resources {
   }
 };
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_type_dispatcher.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_type_dispatcher.cuh
index 6e0e831647..8a99bd22fa 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_type_dispatcher.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_type_dispatcher.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 namespace detail {
 
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@ decltype(auto) memory_type_dispatcher(raft::resources const& res, lambda_t&& f,
 
 /** @} */
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/popc.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/popc.cuh
index 5d5f938ee5..dd46737d41 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/popc.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/popc.cuh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/detail/popc.cuh>
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief Count the number of bits that are set to 1 in a vector.
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ void popc(const raft::resources& res,
   detail::popc(res, values, max_len, counter);
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh
index 747a284bdf..e530fd8dda 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * Checks whether an integer is a power of 2.
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ struct Pow2 {
 #undef Pow2_WHEN_INTEGRAL
 };
 
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp
index e5f824b0b2..92b6c882e7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     throw "raft_explicit_error";                                                               \
   }
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace util::raft_explicit {
 /**
  * @brief Template that is always false
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ struct implicit_instantiation {
   static constexpr bool value = false;
 };
 }  // namespace util::raft_explicit
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/reduction.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/reduction.cuh
index 784eb81084..71492b8f17 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/reduction.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/reduction.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief Logical-warp-level reduction
@@ -287,4 +287,4 @@ DI void logicalWarpReduceVector(T* acc, int lane_id, ReduceLambda reduce_op)
   }
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/scatter.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/scatter.cuh
index c8dd3f39e8..01ffcf5a2e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/scatter.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/scatter.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/detail/scatter.cuh>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /**
  * @brief Performs scatter operation based on the input indexing array
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ void scatter(DataT* out,
   }
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/seive.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/seive.hpp
index 25c41fd6cd..a280b782a2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/seive.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/seive.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // Taken from:
 //  https://github.com/teju85/programming/blob/master/euler/include/seive.h
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 namespace common {
 
 /**
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ class Seive {
   std::vector<unsigned> seive;
 };
 };  // namespace common
-};  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+};  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/variant_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/variant_utils.hpp
index 9cb2356ee6..b67805886e 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/variant_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/variant_utils.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <variant>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 template <typename variant1, typename variant2>
 struct concatenated_variant;
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ struct is_type_in_variant<T, std::variant<Vs...>> {
 template <typename T, typename VariantType>
 auto static constexpr is_type_in_variant_v = is_type_in_variant<T, VariantType>::value;
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized.cuh
index ad4dd29d12..34b5a117f1 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized.cuh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 // Third parameter enables SFINAE for conditional specializations (e.g., KeyValuePair by size)
 template <typename math_, int VecLen, typename Enable = void>
@@ -428,4 +428,4 @@ DI void copy_vectorized(T* out, const T* in, uint32_t n)
     }
   }
 }
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized_kvp.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized_kvp.cuh
index d475401777..f6935e0511 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized_kvp.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/vectorized_kvp.cuh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 /**
  * Generic IOType specializations for ALL KeyValuePair<K, V> types based on sizeof.
  *
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ struct IOType<KeyValuePair<K, V>, 1, std::enable_if_t<sizeof(KeyValuePair<K, V>)
   static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<KeyValuePair<K, V>>);
   using Type = int4;
 };
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/warp_primitives.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/util/warp_primitives.cuh
index bf45f85fd6..4a43298cbd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/warp_primitives.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/warp_primitives.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft {
+namespace raft {
 
 /** True CUDA alignment of a type (adapted from CUB) */
 template <typename T>
@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ DI std::enable_if_t<!is_shuffleable_v<T>, T> shfl_xor(T val,
   return output;
 }
 
-}  // namespace RAFT_EXPORT raft
+}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft_runtime/matrix/select_k.hpp b/cpp/include/raft_runtime/matrix/select_k.hpp
index 26ca4fd393..ec50293aa6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft_runtime/matrix/select_k.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft_runtime/matrix/select_k.hpp
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@
 #include <optional>
 
 namespace raft::runtime::matrix {
-RAFT_EXPORT void select_k(
-  const resources& handle,
-  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t, row_major> in_val,
-  std::optional<raft::device_matrix_view<const int64_t, int64_t, row_major>> in_idx,
-  raft::device_matrix_view<float, int64_t, row_major> out_val,
-  raft::device_matrix_view<int64_t, int64_t, row_major> out_idx,
-  bool select_min);
+void select_k(const resources& handle,
+              raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t, row_major> in_val,
+              std::optional<raft::device_matrix_view<const int64_t, int64_t, row_major>> in_idx,
+              raft::device_matrix_view<float, int64_t, row_major> out_val,
+              raft::device_matrix_view<int64_t, int64_t, row_major> out_idx,
+              bool select_min);
 
 }  // namespace raft::runtime::matrix