diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6792cd6..4e10be0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ srcs='esvapi.d util.d initial.d'
 present () {
 	command -v "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 }
-using () {
-	>&2 printf "using %s\n" "$1"
-}
 throw () {
 	>&2 printf "%s: %s\n" "$(basename "$0")" "$1"
 	exit 1
 }
+using () {
+	>&2 printf "using %s\n" "$1"
+}
 
 # generators