diff --git a/src/scm/gnumeric/gnumeric-utilities.scm b/src/scm/gnumeric/gnumeric-utilities.scm
index 470dc38588..d584999190 100644
--- a/src/scm/gnumeric/gnumeric-utilities.scm
+++ b/src/scm/gnumeric/gnumeric-utilities.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ;;;; $Id$
 ;;;; gnumeric-utilities.scm - Gnumeric spreadsheet generation functions
 
+(use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
+
 (gnc:support "gnumeric/gnumeric-utilities.scm")
 (gnc:depend "xml-generator.scm")
 
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@
 ;;; to suggest a better function.
 ;;; The point of this is that Gnumeric uses this as the "native" data
 ;;; representation. 
-(gnc:depend "srfi/srfi-19.scm")
 
 (define (exceldate y m d)
   (let