diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index ba1a5d8a7..d37664b26 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2343,28 +2343,6 @@ inp_remove_excess_ws(struct line *c)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * recursively expand library section references,
- * either
- *    every library section reference (when the given section_name_ === NULL)
- * or
- *    just those references occuring in the given library section definition
- */
-
-static void
-expand_section_references(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
-{
-    for (; c; c = c->li_next) {
-
-        char *line = c->li_line;
-
-        if (ciprefix(".lib", line)) {
-            c = expand_section_ref(c, line, dir_name);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
 static struct line *
 expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *line, char *dir_name)
 {
@@ -2455,6 +2433,28 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *line, char *dir_name)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * recursively expand library section references,
+ * either
+ *    every library section reference (when the given section_name_ === NULL)
+ * or
+ *    just those references occuring in the given library section definition
+ */
+
+static void
+expand_section_references(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
+{
+    for (; c; c = c->li_next) {
+
+        char *line = c->li_line;
+
+        if (ciprefix(".lib", line)) {
+            c = expand_section_ref(c, line, dir_name);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 static char*
 inp_get_subckt_name(char *s)
 {