diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index bfe8da4760..940f9c44b0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#
+
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@
     "cupy",  # Avoid loading GPU libraries during the documentation build
     "merlin",
     "morpheus.cli.commands",  # Dont document the CLI in Sphinx
-    "morpheus.utils.nvt.mutate.annotate",
     "nvtabular",
-    "pandas",  # Avoid documenting pandas for the purposes of the dfencoder.dataframe
+    "pandas",
     "tensorrt",
     "torch",
     "tqdm",
diff --git a/docs/source/sphinxext/github_link.py b/docs/source/sphinxext/github_link.py
index 48e8ef8de2..e047b3af42 100644
--- a/docs/source/sphinxext/github_link.py
+++ b/docs/source/sphinxext/github_link.py
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ def _linkcode_resolve(domain, info, package, url_fmt, revision):
 
     # Unwrap the object to get the correct source
     # file in case that is wrapped by a decorator
-    obj = inspect.unwrap(obj)
+    # Note: objects mocked by autodoc_mock_imports will raise an exception when we try to unwrap them
+    try:
+        obj = inspect.unwrap(obj)
+    except:  # noqa: E722
+        return
 
     fn: str = None
     lineno: str = None
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/nvt/__init__.py b/morpheus/utils/nvt/__init__.py
index b07b75f6ee..081b2ae826 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/nvt/__init__.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/nvt/__init__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-from .extensions import register_morpheus_extensions
-from .mutate import MutateOp
-
-__all__ = ["MutateOp", "register_morpheus_extensions"]
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/nvt/decorators.py b/morpheus/utils/nvt/decorators.py
index 5a196bd24d..217d391feb 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/nvt/decorators.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/nvt/decorators.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import functools
 import inspect
+import os
 import typing
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -98,3 +100,24 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[pd.DataFrame, cudf.DataFrame]:
         return wrapper
 
     return decorator
+
+
+# Avoid using the annotate decorator in sphinx builds, instead define a simple pass-through decorator
+if os.environ.get("MORPHEUS_IN_SPHINX_BUILD") is None:
+    from merlin.core.dispatch import annotate  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+else:
+
+    def annotate(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        """
+        `merlin.core.dispatch.annotate`
+        """
+
+        def decorator(func):
+
+            @functools.wraps(func)
+            def wrappper(*args, **kwargs):
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            return wrappper
+
+        return decorator
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/nvt/mutate.py b/morpheus/utils/nvt/mutate.py
index b100d2aab7..92c62bc7e1 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/nvt/mutate.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/nvt/mutate.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import functools
-import os
 import typing
 from inspect import getsourcelines
 
@@ -24,18 +22,7 @@
 from nvtabular.ops.operator import ColumnSelector
 from nvtabular.ops.operator import Operator
 
-# Avoid using the annotate decorator in sphinx builds, instead define a simple pass-through decorator
-if os.environ.get("MORPHEUS_IN_SPHINX_BUILD") is None:
-    from merlin.core.dispatch import annotate  # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
-else:
-
-    def annotate(func, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-
-        @functools.wraps(func)
-        def decorator(func):
-            return func
-
-        return decorator
+from morpheus.utils.nvt.decorators import annotate
 
 
 class MutateOp(Operator):
@@ -108,7 +95,7 @@ def label(self):
 
         try:
             # otherwise get the lambda source code from the inspect module if possible
-            source = getsourcelines(self.f)[0][0]
+            source = getsourcelines(self.f)[0][0]  # pylint: disable=no-member
             lambdas = [op.strip() for op in source.split(">>") if "lambda " in op]
             if len(lambdas) == 1 and lambdas[0].count("lambda") == 1:
                 return lambdas[0]
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/nvt/schema_converters.py b/morpheus/utils/nvt/schema_converters.py
index 64b64bd284..1889fcd70c 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/nvt/schema_converters.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/nvt/schema_converters.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 from morpheus.utils.column_info import StringCatColumn
 from morpheus.utils.column_info import StringJoinColumn
 from morpheus.utils.column_info import create_increment_col
-from morpheus.utils.nvt import MutateOp
 from morpheus.utils.nvt.decorators import sync_df_as_pandas
+from morpheus.utils.nvt.mutate import MutateOp
 from morpheus.utils.nvt.transforms import json_flatten
 
 
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/schema_transforms.py b/morpheus/utils/schema_transforms.py
index 3daa3c5903..37fa539fb1 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/schema_transforms.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/schema_transforms.py
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@
 import cudf
 
 from morpheus.utils.column_info import DataFrameInputSchema
-from morpheus.utils.nvt import register_morpheus_extensions
-from morpheus.utils.nvt.patches import patch_numpy_dtype_registry
+from morpheus.utils.nvt import patches
+from morpheus.utils.nvt.extensions import morpheus_ext
 from morpheus.utils.nvt.schema_converters import create_and_attach_nvt_workflow
 
 if os.environ.get("MORPHEUS_IN_SPHINX_BUILD") is None:
     # Apply patches to NVT
     # TODO(Devin): Can be removed, once numpy mappings are updated in Merlin
     # ========================================================================
-    patch_numpy_dtype_registry()
+    patches.patch_numpy_dtype_registry()
     # ========================================================================
 
     # Add morpheus conversion mappings
     # ========================================================================
-    register_morpheus_extensions()
+    morpheus_ext.register_morpheus_extensions()
     # =========================================================================
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/tests/utils/nvt/integration/test_mutate_op.py b/tests/utils/nvt/integration/test_mutate_op.py
index 73f41857d4..c690dfc0a7 100644
--- a/tests/utils/nvt/integration/test_mutate_op.py
+++ b/tests/utils/nvt/integration/test_mutate_op.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import cudf
 
-from morpheus.utils.nvt import MutateOp
+from morpheus.utils.nvt.mutate import MutateOp
 from morpheus.utils.nvt.transforms import json_flatten
 
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/nvt/test_mutate_op.py b/tests/utils/nvt/test_mutate_op.py
index 562c3a6491..034e4f9049 100644
--- a/tests/utils/nvt/test_mutate_op.py
+++ b/tests/utils/nvt/test_mutate_op.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from merlin.schema import Schema
 from nvtabular.ops.operator import ColumnSelector
 
-from morpheus.utils.nvt import MutateOp
+from morpheus.utils.nvt.mutate import MutateOp
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="df")