diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
index fab94d2f462..ad30808f8af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ add_qtc_plugin(CppEditor
     quickfixes/moveclasstoownfile.cpp quickfixes/moveclasstoownfile.h
     quickfixes/movefunctiondefinition.cpp quickfixes/movefunctiondefinition.h
     quickfixes/rearrangeparamdeclarationlist.cpp quickfixes/rearrangeparamdeclarationlist.h
+    quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.cpp quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.h
     quickfixes/removeusingnamespace.cpp quickfixes/removeusingnamespace.h
     quickfixes/rewritecomment.cpp quickfixes/rewritecomment.cpp
     quickfixes/rewritecontrolstatements.cpp quickfixes/rewritecontrolstatements.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
index bad08132a75..97fa40e22ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "movefunctiondefinition.h",
             "rearrangeparamdeclarationlist.cpp",
             "rearrangeparamdeclarationlist.h",
+            "reformatpointerdeclaration.cpp",
+            "reformatpointerdeclaration.h",
             "removeusingnamespace.cpp",
             "removeusingnamespace.h",
             "rewritecomment.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
index 9d0b1615830..9ad640e7494 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "functionutils.h"
 #include "includeutils.h"
 #include "projectinfo_test.h"
-#include "quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.h"
 #include "symbolsearcher_test.h"
 #include "typehierarchybuilder_test.h"
 #endif
@@ -513,7 +512,6 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::registerTests()
     addTest<Tests::FileAndTokenActionsTest>();
     addTest<Tests::FollowSymbolTest>();
     addTest<Tests::IncludeHierarchyTest>();
-    addTest<Tests::QuickfixTest>();
     addTest<Tests::GlobalRenamingTest>();
     addTest<Tests::SelectionsTest>();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.cpp
index efb2d7fa644..17e2fbf0aef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.cpp
@@ -257,29 +257,6 @@ typedef QSharedPointer<CppQuickFixFactory> CppQuickFixFactoryPtr;
 
 namespace CppEditor::Internal::Tests {
 
-void QuickfixTest::testGeneric_data()
-{
-    QTest::addColumn<CppQuickFixFactoryPtr>("factory");
-    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("original");
-    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("expected");
-
-    // Check: Just a basic test since the main functionality is tested in
-    // cpppointerdeclarationformatter_test.cpp
-    QTest::newRow("ReformatPointerDeclaration")
-        << CppQuickFixFactoryPtr(new ReformatPointerDeclaration)
-        << _("char@*s;")
-        << _("char *s;");
-}
-
-void QuickfixTest::testGeneric()
-{
-    QFETCH(CppQuickFixFactoryPtr, factory);
-    QFETCH(QByteArray, original);
-    QFETCH(QByteArray, expected);
-
-    QuickFixOperationTest(singleDocument(original, expected), factory.data());
-}
-
 class CppCodeStyleSettingsChanger {
 public:
     CppCodeStyleSettingsChanger(const CppCodeStyleSettings &settings);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.h
index 0bead0a5b1e..b1990629706 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfix_test.h
@@ -89,15 +89,6 @@ public:
 QList<TestDocumentPtr> singleDocument(const QByteArray &original,
                                                 const QByteArray &expected);
 
-class QuickfixTest : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-private slots:
-    void testGeneric_data();
-    void testGeneric();
-};
-
 } // namespace Tests
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.cpp
index 74ad56d509f..8fcb17ba1c4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "moveclasstoownfile.h"
 #include "movefunctiondefinition.h"
 #include "rearrangeparamdeclarationlist.h"
+#include "reformatpointerdeclaration.h"
 #include "removeusingnamespace.h"
 #include "rewritecomment.h"
 #include "rewritecontrolstatements.h"
@@ -136,125 +137,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 namespace {
 
-class ReformatPointerDeclarationOp: public CppQuickFixOperation
-{
-public:
-    ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface, const ChangeSet change)
-        : CppQuickFixOperation(interface)
-        , m_change(change)
-    {
-        QString description;
-        if (m_change.operationList().size() == 1) {
-            description = Tr::tr(
-                        "Reformat to \"%1\"").arg(m_change.operationList().constFirst().text());
-        } else { // > 1
-            description = Tr::tr("Reformat Pointers or References");
-        }
-        setDescription(description);
-    }
-
-    void perform() override
-    {
-        CppRefactoringChanges refactoring(snapshot());
-        CppRefactoringFilePtr currentFile = refactoring.cppFile(filePath());
-        currentFile->setChangeSet(m_change);
-        currentFile->apply();
-    }
-
-private:
-    ChangeSet m_change;
-};
-
-/// Filter the results of ASTPath.
-/// The resulting list contains the supported AST types only once.
-/// For this, the results of ASTPath are iterated in reverse order.
-class ReformatPointerDeclarationASTPathResultsFilter
-{
-public:
-    QList<AST*> filter(const QList<AST*> &astPathList)
-    {
-        QList<AST*> filtered;
-
-        for (int i = astPathList.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-            AST *ast = astPathList.at(i);
-
-            if (!m_hasSimpleDeclaration && ast->asSimpleDeclaration()) {
-                m_hasSimpleDeclaration = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasFunctionDefinition && ast->asFunctionDefinition()) {
-                m_hasFunctionDefinition = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasParameterDeclaration && ast->asParameterDeclaration()) {
-                m_hasParameterDeclaration = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasIfStatement && ast->asIfStatement()) {
-                m_hasIfStatement = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasWhileStatement && ast->asWhileStatement()) {
-                m_hasWhileStatement = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasForStatement && ast->asForStatement()) {
-                m_hasForStatement = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            } else if (!m_hasForeachStatement && ast->asForeachStatement()) {
-                m_hasForeachStatement = true;
-                filtered.append(ast);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return filtered;
-    }
-
-private:
-    bool m_hasSimpleDeclaration = false;
-    bool m_hasFunctionDefinition = false;
-    bool m_hasParameterDeclaration = false;
-    bool m_hasIfStatement = false;
-    bool m_hasWhileStatement = false;
-    bool m_hasForStatement = false;
-    bool m_hasForeachStatement = false;
-};
-
-} // anonymous namespace
-
-void ReformatPointerDeclaration::doMatch(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface,
-                                       QuickFixOperations &result)
-{
-    const QList<AST *> &path = interface.path();
-    CppRefactoringFilePtr file = interface.currentFile();
-
-    Overview overview = CppCodeStyleSettings::currentProjectCodeStyleOverview();
-    overview.showArgumentNames = true;
-    overview.showReturnTypes = true;
-
-    const QTextCursor cursor = file->cursor();
-    ChangeSet change;
-    PointerDeclarationFormatter formatter(file, overview,
-        PointerDeclarationFormatter::RespectCursor);
-
-    if (cursor.hasSelection()) {
-        // This will no work always as expected since this function is only called if
-        // interface-path() is not empty. If the user selects the whole document via
-        // ctrl-a and there is an empty line in the end, then the cursor is not on
-        // any AST and therefore no quick fix will be triggered.
-        change = formatter.format(file->cppDocument()->translationUnit()->ast());
-        if (!change.isEmpty())
-            result << new ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(interface, change);
-    } else {
-        const QList<AST *> suitableASTs
-            = ReformatPointerDeclarationASTPathResultsFilter().filter(path);
-        for (AST *ast : suitableASTs) {
-            change = formatter.format(ast);
-            if (!change.isEmpty()) {
-                result << new ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(interface, change);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-namespace {
-
 class ApplyDeclDefLinkOperation : public CppQuickFixOperation
 {
 public:
@@ -304,8 +186,6 @@ void ExtraRefactoringOperations::doMatch(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface,
 
 void createCppQuickFixes()
 {
-    new ReformatPointerDeclaration;
-
     new ApplyDeclDefLinkChanges;
 
     registerInsertVirtualMethodsQuickfix();
@@ -331,6 +211,7 @@ void createCppQuickFixes()
     registerConvertNumericLiteralQuickfix();
     registerConvertToCamelCaseQuickfix();
     registerRearrangeParamDeclarationListQuickfix();
+    registerReformatPointerDeclarationQuickfix();
 
     new ExtraRefactoringOperations;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.h
index 2b5c241aa11..89761dcfd3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/cppquickfixes.h
@@ -28,21 +28,6 @@ public:
     void doMatch(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface, QuickFixOperations &result) override;
 };
 
-/*!
-  Reformats a pointer, reference or rvalue reference type/declaration.
-
-  Works also with selections (except when the cursor is not on any AST).
-
-  Activates on: simple declarations, parameters and return types of function
-                declarations and definitions, control flow statements (if,
-                while, for, foreach) with declarations.
-*/
-class ReformatPointerDeclaration : public CppQuickFixFactory
-{
-public:
-    void doMatch(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface, QuickFixOperations &result) override;
-};
-
 /*!
  Applies function signature changes
  */
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f93e3d0e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include "reformatpointerdeclaration.h"
+
+#include "../cppcodestylesettings.h"
+#include "../cppeditortr.h"
+#include "../cpppointerdeclarationformatter.h"
+#include "../cpprefactoringchanges.h"
+#include "cppquickfix.h"
+
+#include <cplusplus/Overview.h>
+
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+#include "cppquickfix_test.h"
+#include <QtTest>
+#endif
+
+using namespace CPlusPlus;
+using namespace Utils;
+
+namespace CppEditor::Internal {
+namespace {
+
+class ReformatPointerDeclarationOp: public CppQuickFixOperation
+{
+public:
+    ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface, const ChangeSet change)
+        : CppQuickFixOperation(interface)
+        , m_change(change)
+    {
+        QString description;
+        if (m_change.operationList().size() == 1) {
+            description = Tr::tr(
+                              "Reformat to \"%1\"").arg(m_change.operationList().constFirst().text());
+        } else { // > 1
+            description = Tr::tr("Reformat Pointers or References");
+        }
+        setDescription(description);
+    }
+
+    void perform() override
+    {
+        CppRefactoringChanges refactoring(snapshot());
+        CppRefactoringFilePtr currentFile = refactoring.cppFile(filePath());
+        currentFile->setChangeSet(m_change);
+        currentFile->apply();
+    }
+
+private:
+    ChangeSet m_change;
+};
+
+/// Filter the results of ASTPath.
+/// The resulting list contains the supported AST types only once.
+/// For this, the results of ASTPath are iterated in reverse order.
+class ReformatPointerDeclarationASTPathResultsFilter
+{
+public:
+    QList<AST*> filter(const QList<AST*> &astPathList)
+    {
+        QList<AST*> filtered;
+
+        for (int i = astPathList.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+            AST *ast = astPathList.at(i);
+
+            if (!m_hasSimpleDeclaration && ast->asSimpleDeclaration()) {
+                m_hasSimpleDeclaration = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasFunctionDefinition && ast->asFunctionDefinition()) {
+                m_hasFunctionDefinition = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasParameterDeclaration && ast->asParameterDeclaration()) {
+                m_hasParameterDeclaration = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasIfStatement && ast->asIfStatement()) {
+                m_hasIfStatement = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasWhileStatement && ast->asWhileStatement()) {
+                m_hasWhileStatement = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasForStatement && ast->asForStatement()) {
+                m_hasForStatement = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            } else if (!m_hasForeachStatement && ast->asForeachStatement()) {
+                m_hasForeachStatement = true;
+                filtered.append(ast);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return filtered;
+    }
+
+private:
+    bool m_hasSimpleDeclaration = false;
+    bool m_hasFunctionDefinition = false;
+    bool m_hasParameterDeclaration = false;
+    bool m_hasIfStatement = false;
+    bool m_hasWhileStatement = false;
+    bool m_hasForStatement = false;
+    bool m_hasForeachStatement = false;
+};
+
+/*!
+  Reformats a pointer, reference or rvalue reference type/declaration.
+
+  Works also with selections (except when the cursor is not on any AST).
+
+  Activates on: simple declarations, parameters and return types of function
+                declarations and definitions, control flow statements (if,
+                while, for, foreach) with declarations.
+*/
+class ReformatPointerDeclaration : public CppQuickFixFactory
+{
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+public:
+    static QObject *createTest();
+#endif
+
+private:
+    void doMatch(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface, QuickFixOperations &result) override
+    {
+        const QList<AST *> &path = interface.path();
+        CppRefactoringFilePtr file = interface.currentFile();
+
+        Overview overview = CppCodeStyleSettings::currentProjectCodeStyleOverview();
+        overview.showArgumentNames = true;
+        overview.showReturnTypes = true;
+
+        const QTextCursor cursor = file->cursor();
+        ChangeSet change;
+        PointerDeclarationFormatter formatter(file, overview,
+                                              PointerDeclarationFormatter::RespectCursor);
+
+        if (cursor.hasSelection()) {
+            // This will no work always as expected since this function is only called if
+            // interface-path() is not empty. If the user selects the whole document via
+            // ctrl-a and there is an empty line in the end, then the cursor is not on
+            // any AST and therefore no quick fix will be triggered.
+            change = formatter.format(file->cppDocument()->translationUnit()->ast());
+            if (!change.isEmpty())
+                result << new ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(interface, change);
+        } else {
+            const QList<AST *> suitableASTs
+                = ReformatPointerDeclarationASTPathResultsFilter().filter(path);
+            for (AST *ast : suitableASTs) {
+                change = formatter.format(ast);
+                if (!change.isEmpty()) {
+                    result << new ReformatPointerDeclarationOp(interface, change);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+using namespace Tests;
+
+class ReformatPointerDeclarationTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void test()
+    {
+        // Check: Just a basic test since the main functionality is tested in
+        // cpppointerdeclarationformatter_test.cpp
+        ReformatPointerDeclaration factory;
+        QuickFixOperationTest(
+            singleDocument(QByteArray("char@*s;"), QByteArray("char *s;")), &factory);
+    }
+};
+
+QObject *ReformatPointerDeclaration::createTest() { return new ReformatPointerDeclarationTest; }
+
+#endif // WITH_TESTS
+}
+
+void registerReformatPointerDeclarationQuickfix()
+{
+    CppQuickFixFactory::registerFactory<ReformatPointerDeclaration>();
+}
+
+} // namespace CppEditor::Internal
+
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+#include <reformatpointerdeclaration.moc>
+#endif
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89bbe5cd778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/quickfixes/reformatpointerdeclaration.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace CppEditor::Internal {
+void registerReformatPointerDeclarationQuickfix();
+} // namespace CppEditor::Internal