diff --git a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
index bdd84536c6a..a350967802f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export get, get_monitor_task_gl;
 import ll = uv_ll;
 import hl = uv_hl;
 import get_gl = get;
-import task::{run, single_threaded};
 import priv::{chan_from_global_ptr, weaken_task};
 import comm::{port, chan, methods, select2, listen};
 import either::{left, right};
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ fn get_monitor_task_gl() -> hl::high_level_loop unsafe {
         task::set_opts(builder, {
             supervise: false,
             sched: some({
-                mode: single_threaded,
+                mode: task::single_threaded,
                 native_stack_size: none
             })
             with task::get_opts(builder)
@@ -111,30 +110,7 @@ fn spawn_loop() -> hl::high_level_loop unsafe {
             }
         }
     }
-    spawn_high_level_loop(builder)
-}
-
-fn spawn_high_level_loop(-builder: task::builder
-                        ) -> hl::high_level_loop unsafe {
-
-    let hll_po = port::<hl::high_level_loop>();
-    let hll_ch = hll_po.chan();
-
-    task::set_opts(builder, {
-        sched: some({
-            mode: single_threaded,
-            native_stack_size: none
-        })
-        with task::get_opts(builder)
-    });
-
-    run(builder) {||
-        #debug("entering libuv task");
-        hl::run_high_level_loop(hll_ch);
-        #debug("libuv task exiting");
-    };
-
-    hll_po.recv()
+    hl::spawn_high_level_loop(builder)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/libstd/uv_hl.rs b/src/libstd/uv_hl.rs
index e6a5508aae4..e873f2ed16f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/uv_hl.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/uv_hl.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ provide a high-level, abstracted interface to some set of
 libuv functionality.
 "];
 
-export high_level_loop, high_level_msg;
-export run_high_level_loop, interact, exit;
+export high_level_loop;
+export spawn_high_level_loop;
+export interact;
+export exit;
 
 import libc::c_void;
 import ptr::addr_of;
@@ -22,6 +24,31 @@ enum high_level_loop = {
     op_chan: chan<high_level_msg>
 };
 
+fn spawn_high_level_loop(-builder: task::builder
+                        ) -> high_level_loop unsafe {
+
+    import task::{set_opts, get_opts, single_threaded, run};
+
+    let hll_po = port::<high_level_loop>();
+    let hll_ch = hll_po.chan();
+
+    set_opts(builder, {
+        sched: some({
+            mode: single_threaded,
+            native_stack_size: none
+        })
+        with get_opts(builder)
+    });
+
+    run(builder) {||
+        #debug("entering libuv task");
+        run_high_level_loop(hll_ch);
+        #debug("libuv task exiting");
+    };
+
+    hll_po.recv()
+}
+
 #[doc="
 Represents the range of interactions with a `high_level_loop`
 "]