diff --git a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
index 44d44933b98e..40f9bd9dd4b5 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -1296,7 +1296,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "datafusion-common",
  "datafusion-execution",
  "datafusion-expr",
- "datafusion-functions",
  "half",
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "hex",
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
index e890c9623ca3..e15694fabd79 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt", "sync"] }
 [[bench]]
 harness = false
 name = "to_timestamp"
+
+[[bench]]
+harness = false
+name = "regx"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/benches/regx.rs b/datafusion/functions/benches/regx.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..390676f8f249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion/functions/benches/regx.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, 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.
+
+extern crate criterion;
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow_array::builder::StringBuilder;
+use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, StringArray};
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use datafusion_functions::regex::regexplike::regexp_like;
+use datafusion_functions::regex::regexpmatch::regexp_match;
+use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
+use rand::rngs::ThreadRng;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use rand::Rng;
+fn data(rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> StringArray {
+    let mut data: Vec<String> = vec![];
+    for _ in 0..1000 {
+        data.push(
+            rng.sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
+                .take(7)
+                .map(char::from)
+                .collect(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    StringArray::from(data)
+}
+
+fn regex(rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> StringArray {
+    let samples = vec![
+        ".*([A-Z]{1}).*".to_string(),
+        "^(A).*".to_string(),
+        r#"[\p{Letter}-]+"#.to_string(),
+        r#"[\p{L}-]+"#.to_string(),
+        "[a-zA-Z]_[a-zA-Z]{2}".to_string(),
+    ];
+    let mut data: Vec<String> = vec![];
+    for _ in 0..1000 {
+        data.push(samples.choose(rng).unwrap().to_string());
+    }
+
+    StringArray::from(data)
+}
+
+fn flags(rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> StringArray {
+    let samples = vec![Some("i".to_string()), Some("im".to_string()), None];
+    let mut sb = StringBuilder::new();
+    for _ in 0..1000 {
+        let sample = samples.choose(rng).unwrap();
+        if sample.is_some() {
+            sb.append_value(sample.clone().unwrap());
+        } else {
+            sb.append_null();
+        }
+    }
+
+    sb.finish()
+}
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("regexp_like_1000", |b| {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        let data = Arc::new(data(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+        let regex = Arc::new(regex(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+        let flags = Arc::new(flags(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(
+                regexp_like::<i32>(&[data.clone(), regex.clone(), flags.clone()])
+                    .expect("regexp_like should work on valid values"),
+            )
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("regexp_match_1000", |b| {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        let data = Arc::new(data(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+        let regex = Arc::new(regex(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+        let flags = Arc::new(flags(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(
+                regexp_match::<i32>(&[data.clone(), regex.clone(), flags.clone()])
+                    .expect("regexp_match should work on valid values"),
+            )
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexplike.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexplike.rs
index 035c5b83b813..b0abad318058 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexplike.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexplike.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-//! Encoding expressions
+//! Regx expressions
 use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, OffsetSizeTrait};
 use arrow::compute::kernels::regexp;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
index 4032ff0c14d0..f34502af35b7 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-//! Encoding expressions
+//! Regx expressions
 use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, OffsetSizeTrait};
 use arrow::compute::kernels::regexp;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
index 7e59d617b3f1..0ff7bd595c5b 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-common = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 datafusion-execution = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-expr = { workspace = true }
-datafusion-functions = { workspace = true }
 half = { workspace = true }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14", features = ["raw"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/benches/regexp.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr/benches/regexp.rs
index 6e5191d0f370..32acd6ca8f28 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/benches/regexp.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/benches/regexp.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use arrow_array::builder::StringBuilder;
 use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, StringArray};
 use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
-use datafusion_functions::regex::regexplike::regexp_like;
 use datafusion_physical_expr::regex_expressions::{regexp_match, regexp_replace};
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 use rand::rngs::ThreadRng;
@@ -75,20 +74,6 @@ fn flags(rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> StringArray {
 }
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    c.bench_function("regexp_like_1000", |b| {
-        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-        let data = Arc::new(data(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
-        let regex = Arc::new(regex(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
-        let flags = Arc::new(flags(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;
-
-        b.iter(|| {
-            black_box(
-                regexp_like::<i32>(&[data.clone(), regex.clone(), flags.clone()])
-                    .expect("regexp_like should work on valid values"),
-            )
-        })
-    });
-
     c.bench_function("regexp_match_1000", |b| {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let data = Arc::new(data(&mut rng)) as ArrayRef;