diff --git a/core/strings/conversion.odin b/core/strings/conversion.odin
index 44f501246..674fd9206 100644
--- a/core/strings/conversion.odin
+++ b/core/strings/conversion.odin
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package strings
 
+import "core:unicode"
+import "core:unicode/utf8"
+
 to_valid_utf8 :: proc(s, replacement: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	if len(s) == 0 {
 		return "";
diff --git a/core/strings/strings.odin b/core/strings/strings.odin
index 47620ed54..93f8fdc69 100644
--- a/core/strings/strings.odin
+++ b/core/strings/strings.odin
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package strings
 
 import "core:mem"
-import "core:unicode"
 import "core:unicode/utf8"
 
 clone :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_location) -> string {