diff --git a/examples/advanced/sklearn-kmeans/kmeans_job.py b/examples/advanced/sklearn-kmeans/kmeans_job.py
index 812b4c3015..67ccf5b98f 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/sklearn-kmeans/kmeans_job.py
+++ b/examples/advanced/sklearn-kmeans/kmeans_job.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from src.kmeans_assembler import KMeansAssembler
 from src.kmeans_learner import KMeansLearner
+from utils.split_data import split_data
 
 from nvflare import FedJob
 from nvflare.app_common.aggregators.collect_and_assemble_aggregator import CollectAndAssembleAggregator
@@ -29,92 +30,6 @@
 from nvflare.app_opt.sklearn.sklearn_executor import SKLearnExecutor
 
 
-class SplitMethod(Enum):
-    UNIFORM = "uniform"
-    LINEAR = "linear"
-    SQUARE = "square"
-    EXPONENTIAL = "exponential"
-
-
-def get_split_ratios(site_num: int, split_method: SplitMethod):
-    if split_method == SplitMethod.UNIFORM:
-        ratio_vec = np.ones(site_num)
-    elif split_method == SplitMethod.LINEAR:
-        ratio_vec = np.linspace(1, site_num, num=site_num)
-    elif split_method == SplitMethod.SQUARE:
-        ratio_vec = np.square(np.linspace(1, site_num, num=site_num))
-    elif split_method == SplitMethod.EXPONENTIAL:
-        ratio_vec = np.exp(np.linspace(1, site_num, num=site_num))
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"Split method {split_method.name} not implemented!")
-
-    return ratio_vec
-
-
-def split_num_proportion(n, site_num, split_method: SplitMethod) -> List[int]:
-    split = []
-    ratio_vec = get_split_ratios(site_num, split_method)
-    total = sum(ratio_vec)
-    left = n
-    for site in range(site_num - 1):
-        x = int(n * ratio_vec[site] / total)
-        left = left - x
-        split.append(x)
-    split.append(left)
-    return split
-
-
-def assign_data_index_to_sites(
-    data_size: int,
-    valid_fraction: float,
-    num_sites: int,
-    split_method: SplitMethod = SplitMethod.UNIFORM,
-) -> dict:
-    if valid_fraction > 1.0:
-        raise ValueError("validation percent should be less than or equal to 100% of the total data")
-    elif valid_fraction < 1.0:
-        valid_size = int(round(data_size * valid_fraction, 0))
-        train_size = data_size - valid_size
-    else:
-        valid_size = data_size
-        train_size = data_size
-
-    site_sizes = split_num_proportion(train_size, num_sites, split_method)
-    split_data_indices = {
-        "valid": {"start": 0, "end": valid_size},
-    }
-    for site in range(num_sites):
-        site_id = site + 1
-        if valid_fraction < 1.0:
-            idx_start = valid_size + sum(site_sizes[:site])
-            idx_end = valid_size + sum(site_sizes[: site + 1])
-        else:
-            idx_start = sum(site_sizes[:site])
-            idx_end = sum(site_sizes[: site + 1])
-        split_data_indices[site_id] = {"start": idx_start, "end": idx_end}
-
-    return split_data_indices
-
-
-def get_file_line_count(input_path: str) -> int:
-    count = 0
-    with open(input_path, "r") as fp:
-        for i, _ in enumerate(fp):
-            count += 1
-    return count
-
-
-def split_data(
-    data_path: str,
-    num_clients: int,
-    valid_frac: float,
-    split_method: SplitMethod = SplitMethod.UNIFORM,
-):
-    size_total_file = get_file_line_count(data_path)
-    site_indices = assign_data_index_to_sites(size_total_file, valid_frac, num_clients, split_method)
-    return site_indices
-
-
 def define_parser():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -209,7 +124,6 @@ def main():
         data_path,
         num_clients,
         valid_frac,
-        SplitMethod(split_mode),
     )
 
     for i in range(1, num_clients + 1):