diff --git a/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp b/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
index 53055314b..d2686ac64 100644
--- a/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,20 @@
 
 namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Get a list of paths for an environment variable
+ **********************************************************************/
+static std::string get_env_var(const std::string &var_name, const std::string &def_val = ""){
+    const char *var_value_ptr = std::getenv(var_name.c_str());
+    return (var_value_ptr == NULL)? def_val : var_value_ptr;
+}
+
+static std::vector<fs::path> get_env_paths(const std::string &var_name){
+
 /***********************************************************************
  * Determine the paths separator
  **********************************************************************/
+
 #ifdef UHD_PLATFORM_WIN32
     static const std::string env_path_sep = ";";
 #else
@@ -46,16 +57,6 @@ namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
     boost::tokenizer<boost::char_separator<char> > \
     (inp, boost::char_separator<char>(env_path_sep.c_str()))
 
-/***********************************************************************
- * Get a list of paths for an environment variable
- **********************************************************************/
-static std::string get_env_var(const std::string &var_name, const std::string &def_val = ""){
-    const char *var_value_ptr = std::getenv(var_name.c_str());
-    return (var_value_ptr == NULL)? def_val : var_value_ptr;
-}
-
-static std::vector<fs::path> get_env_paths(const std::string &var_name){
-
     std::string var_value = get_env_var(var_name);
 
     //convert to filesystem path, filter blank paths