diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CRunnerUtils.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CRunnerUtils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CRunnerUtils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CRunnerUtils.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef MLIR_CRUNNERUTILS_DEFINE_FUNCTIONS
@@ -121,4 +122,24 @@
 #endif // _WIN32
 }
 
+extern "C" void *_mlir_alloc(uint64_t size) { return malloc(size); }
+
+extern "C" void *_mlir_aligned_alloc(uint64_t alignment, uint64_t size) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  return _aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
+#else
+  return aligned_alloc(alignment, size);
+#endif
+}
+
+extern "C" void _mlir_free(void *ptr) { free(ptr); }
+
+extern "C" void _mlir_aligned_free(void *ptr) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  aligned_free(ptr);
+#else
+  free(ptr);
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif // MLIR_CRUNNERUTILS_DEFINE_FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/RunnerUtils.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/RunnerUtils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/RunnerUtils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/RunnerUtils.cpp
@@ -16,32 +16,8 @@
 #include "mlir/ExecutionEngine/RunnerUtils.h"
 #include <chrono>
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include "malloc.h"
-#endif
-
 // NOLINTBEGIN(*-identifier-naming)
 
-extern "C" void *_mlir_alloc(uint64_t size) { return malloc(size); }
-
-extern "C" void *_mlir_aligned_alloc(uint64_t alignment, uint64_t size) {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  return _aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
-#else
-  return aligned_alloc(alignment, size);
-#endif
-}
-
-extern "C" void _mlir_free(void *ptr) { free(ptr); }
-
-extern "C" void _mlir_aligned_free(void *ptr) {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  _aligned_free(ptr);
-#else
-  free(ptr);
-#endif
-}
-
 extern "C" void _mlir_ciface_printMemrefShapeI8(UnrankedMemRefType<int8_t> *M) {
   std::cout << "Unranked Memref ";
   printMemRefMetaData(std::cout, DynamicMemRefType<int8_t>(*M));
diff --git a/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/utils.mlir b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/utils.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/utils.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/utils.mlir
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_0d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-0D
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_1d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-1D
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_3d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-3D
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e vector_splat_2d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-VECTOR-SPLAT-2D
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_0d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-0D
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_1d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-1D
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e print_3d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-3D
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="func.func(convert-linalg-to-loops,convert-scf-to-cf,convert-arith-to-llvm),convert-linalg-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts" | mlir-cpu-runner -e vector_splat_2d -entry-point-result=void -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext -shared-libs=%linalg_test_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PRINT-VECTOR-SPLAT-2D
 
 func.func @print_0d() {
   %f = arith.constant 2.00000e+00 : f32