diff --git a/scripts/wk/std.py b/scripts/wk/std.py
index 79aaffdb..0d0989a9 100644
--- a/scripts/wk/std.py
+++ b/scripts/wk/std.py
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ def print_warning(msg, **kwargs):
   print_colored([msg], ['YELLOW'], **kwargs)
 
 
+def sleep(seconds=2):
+  """Simple wrapper for time.sleep."""
+  time.sleep(seconds)
+
+
 def strip_colors(string):
   """Strip known ANSI color escapes from string, returns str."""
   LOG.debug('string: %s', string)
@@ -190,10 +195,5 @@ def strip_colors(string):
   return string
 
 
-def sleep(seconds=2):
-  """Simple wrapper for time.sleep."""
-  time.sleep(seconds)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   print("This file is not meant to be called directly.")