diff --git a/internal/configs/configschema/decoder_spec.go b/internal/configs/configschema/decoder_spec.go
index 896cbc04b245..5fc6e77131c4 100644
--- a/internal/configs/configschema/decoder_spec.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configschema/decoder_spec.go
@@ -183,19 +183,6 @@ func (b *Block) DecoderSpec() hcldec.Spec {
 	return ret
 }
 
-func (b *IdentityAttributes) DecoderSpec() hcldec.Spec {
-	ret := hcldec.ObjectSpec{}
-	if b == nil {
-		return ret
-	}
-
-	for name, attrS := range *b {
-		ret[name] = attrS.decoderSpec(name)
-	}
-
-	return ret
-}
-
 func (a *Attribute) decoderSpec(name string) hcldec.Spec {
 	if a == nil || (a.Type == cty.NilType && a.NestedType == nil) {
 		panic("Invalid attribute schema: schema is nil.")
@@ -218,23 +205,6 @@ func (a *Attribute) decoderSpec(name string) hcldec.Spec {
 	return ret
 }
 
-func (a *IdentityAttribute) decoderSpec(name string) hcldec.Spec {
-	if a == nil || a.Type == cty.NilType {
-		panic("Invalid attribute schema: schema is nil.")
-	}
-
-	ret := &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: name}
-	ret.Type = a.Type
-	// When dealing with IdentityAttribute we expect every attribute to be required.
-	// This is generally true for all communication between providers and Terraform.
-	// For import, we allow the user to only specify a subset of the attributes, where
-	// RequiredForImport attributes are required and OptionalForImport attributes are optional.
-	// The validation for this will rely on a separate spec.
-	ret.Required = true
-
-	return ret
-}
-
 // listOptionalAttrsFromObject is a helper function which does *not* recurse
 // into NestedType Attributes, because the optional types for each of those will
 // belong to their own cty.Object definitions. It is used in other functions
diff --git a/internal/configs/configschema/identity_schema.go b/internal/configs/configschema/identity_schema.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49f20893e585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configs/configschema/identity_schema.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package configschema
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
+)
+
+// IdentityAttributes represents a set of attributes in an identity schema
+type IdentityAttributes map[string]*IdentityAttribute
+
+// IdentityAttribute represents a single attribute in an identity schema
+type IdentityAttribute struct {
+	// Type is a type specification that the attribute's value must conform to.
+	Type cty.Type
+
+	Description string
+
+	RequiredForImport bool
+	OptionalForImport bool
+}
+
+func (ia *IdentityAttributes) ImpliedType() cty.Type {
+	return ia.specType().WithoutOptionalAttributesDeep()
+}
+
+func (ia *IdentityAttributes) specType() cty.Type {
+	if ia == nil {
+		return cty.EmptyObject
+	}
+
+	return hcldec.ImpliedType(ia.DecoderSpec())
+}
+
+func (ia *IdentityAttributes) DecoderSpec() hcldec.Spec {
+	ret := hcldec.ObjectSpec{}
+	if ia == nil {
+		return ret
+	}
+
+	for name, attrS := range *ia {
+		ret[name] = attrS.decoderSpec(name)
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+func (ia *IdentityAttribute) decoderSpec(name string) hcldec.Spec {
+	if ia == nil || ia.Type == cty.NilType {
+		panic("Invalid attribute schema: schema is nil.")
+	}
+
+	ret := &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: name}
+	ret.Type = ia.Type
+	// When dealing with IdentityAttribute we expect every attribute to be required.
+	// This is generally true for all communication between providers and Terraform.
+	// For import, we allow the user to only specify a subset of the attributes, where
+	// RequiredForImport attributes are required and OptionalForImport attributes are optional.
+	// The validation for this will rely on a separate spec.
+	ret.Required = true
+
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/internal/configs/configschema/implied_type.go b/internal/configs/configschema/implied_type.go
index 0ffad5926097..4affa6eaa8b0 100644
--- a/internal/configs/configschema/implied_type.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configschema/implied_type.go
@@ -35,21 +35,6 @@ func (b *Block) specType() cty.Type {
 	return hcldec.ImpliedType(b.DecoderSpec())
 }
 
-func (b *IdentityAttributes) ImpliedType() cty.Type {
-	return b.specType().WithoutOptionalAttributesDeep()
-}
-
-// specType returns the cty.Type used for decoding a configuration
-// block using the receiving block schema. This is the type used internally by
-// hcldec to decode configuration.
-func (b *IdentityAttributes) specType() cty.Type {
-	if b == nil {
-		return cty.EmptyObject
-	}
-
-	return hcldec.ImpliedType(b.DecoderSpec())
-}
-
 // ContainsSensitive returns true if any of the attributes of the receiving
 // block or any of its descendant blocks are marked as sensitive.
 //
diff --git a/internal/configs/configschema/schema.go b/internal/configs/configschema/schema.go
index 0d1d8725a4bd..0e5d387c3037 100644
--- a/internal/configs/configschema/schema.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configschema/schema.go
@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ type Attribute struct {
 	WriteOnly bool
 }
 
-type IdentityAttributes map[string]*IdentityAttribute
-
-type IdentityAttribute struct {
-	// Type is a type specification that the attribute's value must conform to.
-	Type cty.Type
-
-	Description string
-
-	RequiredForImport bool
-	OptionalForImport bool
-}
-
 // Object represents the embedding of a structural object inside an Attribute.
 type Object struct {
 	// Attributes describes the nested attributes which may appear inside the