diff --git a/tests/framework/callbacks/test_base_checkpointer.py b/tests/framework/callbacks/test_base_checkpointer.py
index fe97de1d99..105d6052ea 100644
--- a/tests/framework/callbacks/test_base_checkpointer.py
+++ b/tests/framework/callbacks/test_base_checkpointer.py
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@
 from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.base_checkpointer import (
     BaseCheckpointer as BaseCheckpointer,
 )
-from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import RestoreOptions
+from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import (
+    BestCheckpointConfig,
+    RestoreOptions,
+)
 from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.lambda_callback import Lambda
 from torchtnt.framework.fit import fit
 from torchtnt.framework.state import State
 
 from torchtnt.framework.train import train
 from torchtnt.framework.unit import AppStateMixin, TrainUnit, TTrainData
-from torchtnt.utils.checkpoint import BestCheckpointConfig
 from torchtnt.utils.distributed import get_global_rank, spawn_multi_process
 from torchtnt.utils.env import init_from_env
 from torchtnt.utils.test_utils import skip_if_not_distributed
diff --git a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/base_checkpointer.py b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/base_checkpointer.py
index 3cf4cd1746..ded257c412 100644
--- a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/base_checkpointer.py
+++ b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/base_checkpointer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 import torch.distributed as dist
 from pyre_extensions import none_throws
 from torchtnt.framework.callback import Callback
-from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import RestoreOptions
+from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import (
+    BestCheckpointConfig,
+    RestoreOptions,
+)
 from torchtnt.framework.state import EntryPoint, State
 from torchtnt.framework.unit import AppStateMixin, TEvalUnit, TTrainData, TTrainUnit
 from torchtnt.framework.utils import get_timing_context
@@ -25,7 +28,6 @@
     _metadata_exists,
     _sort_by_metric_value,
     _sort_by_recency,
-    BestCheckpointConfig,
     get_best_checkpoint_path,
     get_checkpoint_dirpaths,
     get_latest_checkpoint_path,
diff --git a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/checkpointer_types.py b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/checkpointer_types.py
index d7ab2693cf..5ccdf7862d 100644
--- a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/checkpointer_types.py
+++ b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/checkpointer_types.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # pyre-strict
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Literal, Optional
 
 
 # TODO: eventually support overriding all knobs
@@ -39,3 +39,17 @@ class RestoreOptions:
     restore_eval_progress: bool = True
     restore_optimizers: bool = True
     restore_lr_schedulers: bool = True
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BestCheckpointConfig:
+    """
+    Config for saving the best checkpoints.
+
+    Args:
+        monitored_metric: Metric to monitor for saving best checkpoints. Must be an numerical or tensor attribute on the unit.
+        mode: One of `min` or `max`. The save file is overwritten based the max or min of the monitored metric.
+    """
+
+    monitored_metric: str
+    mode: Literal["min", "max"] = "min"
diff --git a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/dcp_saver.py b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/dcp_saver.py
index 3b9f274d92..66cd699f50 100644
--- a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/dcp_saver.py
+++ b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/dcp_saver.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 )
 
 from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.base_checkpointer import BaseCheckpointer
-from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import KnobOptions, RestoreOptions
+from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import (
+    BestCheckpointConfig,
+    KnobOptions,
+    RestoreOptions,
+)
 from torchtnt.framework.state import State
 from torchtnt.framework.unit import (
     AppStateMixin,
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@
     TTrainUnit,
 )
 from torchtnt.framework.utils import get_timing_context
-from torchtnt.utils.checkpoint import BestCheckpointConfig
 from torchtnt.utils.optimizer import init_optim_state
 from torchtnt.utils.rank_zero_log import rank_zero_info, rank_zero_warn
 from torchtnt.utils.stateful import MultiStateful, Stateful
diff --git a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/torchsnapshot_saver.py b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/torchsnapshot_saver.py
index ab2a0515d6..b5138cd681 100644
--- a/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/torchsnapshot_saver.py
+++ b/torchtnt/framework/callbacks/torchsnapshot_saver.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 )
 
 from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.base_checkpointer import BaseCheckpointer
-from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import KnobOptions, RestoreOptions
+from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.checkpointer_types import (
+    BestCheckpointConfig,
+    KnobOptions,
+    RestoreOptions,
+)
 from torchtnt.framework.state import State
 from torchtnt.framework.unit import (
     AppStateMixin,
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@
     TTrainUnit,
 )
 from torchtnt.framework.utils import get_timing_context
-from torchtnt.utils.checkpoint import BestCheckpointConfig
 from torchtnt.utils.optimizer import init_optim_state
 from torchtnt.utils.rank_zero_log import rank_zero_info, rank_zero_warn
 from torchtnt.utils.stateful import Stateful
diff --git a/torchtnt/utils/__init__.py b/torchtnt/utils/__init__.py
index eac6b113e4..07ed6cfc52 100644
--- a/torchtnt/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/torchtnt/utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # pyre-strict
 
 from .checkpoint import (
-    BestCheckpointConfig,
     CheckpointPath,
     get_best_checkpoint_path,
     get_checkpoint_dirpaths,
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@
     "get_best_checkpoint_path",
     "get_checkpoint_dirpaths",
     "get_latest_checkpoint_path",
-    "BestCheckpointConfig",
     "copy_data_to_device",
     "CPUStats",
     "get_device_from_env",
diff --git a/torchtnt/utils/checkpoint.py b/torchtnt/utils/checkpoint.py
index 5438afc830..f8e1817ef5 100644
--- a/torchtnt/utils/checkpoint.py
+++ b/torchtnt/utils/checkpoint.py
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ class MetricData:
     value: float
 
 
-@dataclass
-class BestCheckpointConfig:
-    """
-    Config for saving the best checkpoints.
-
-    Args:
-        monitored_metric: Metric to monitor for saving best checkpoints. Must be an numerical or tensor attribute on the unit.
-        mode: One of `min` or `max`. The save file is overwritten based the max or min of the monitored metric.
-    """
-
-    monitored_metric: str
-    mode: Literal["min", "max"] = "min"
-
-
 @total_ordering
 class CheckpointPath:
     """