diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
index 0d02915664..b01fe22956 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ ABS__FILE__=File.expand_path(__FILE__)
 
 $:.push(File.expand_path(__FILE__+'/../..'))
 require 'extend/pathname'
+require 'extend/string'
 require 'exceptions'
 require 'utils'
-require 'extend/string'
 
 # these are defined in global.rb, but we don't want to break our actual
 # homebrew tree, and we do want to test everything :)