diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c2b24d2391..391c0eac858 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ set(cython_sources
     string_casting.pyx
     strings_udf.pyx
     text.pyx
-    timezone.pyx
     transform.pyx
     types.pyx
     utils.pyx
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/__init__.py b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/__init__.py
index 13d05033c11..8ce6d5bf5c9 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     strings,
     strings_udf,
     text,
-    timezone,
 )
 
 MAX_COLUMN_SIZE = np.iinfo(np.int32).max
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/timezone.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/timezone.pyx
deleted file mode 100644
index 54624a5a2fd..00000000000
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/timezone.pyx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-import pylibcudf as plc
-
-from cudf._lib.column cimport Column
-
-
-def make_timezone_transition_table(tzdir, tzname):
-    plc_table = plc.io.timezone.make_timezone_transition_table(tzdir, tzname)
-    return [Column.from_pylibcudf(col) for col in plc_table.columns()]
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/timezones.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/timezones.py
index fd89904e766..4d001577581 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/timezones.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/timezones.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
+import pylibcudf as plc
+
 import cudf
-from cudf._lib.timezone import make_timezone_transition_table
+from cudf._lib.column import Column
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cudf.core.column.datetime import DatetimeColumn
@@ -109,11 +111,14 @@ def _find_and_read_tzfile_tzdata(
 
 
 def _read_tzfile_as_columns(
-    tzdir, zone_name: str
+    tzdir: str, zone_name: str
 ) -> tuple[DatetimeColumn, TimeDeltaColumn]:
-    transition_times_and_offsets = make_timezone_transition_table(
+    plc_table = plc.io.timezone.make_timezone_transition_table(
         tzdir, zone_name
     )
+    transition_times_and_offsets = [
+        Column.from_pylibcudf(col) for col in plc_table.columns()
+    ]
 
     if not transition_times_and_offsets:
         from cudf.core.column.column import as_column