diff --git a/base/sysimg.jl b/base/sysimg.jl
index ae47e46074af3..a6df4d94e7cd5 100644
--- a/base/sysimg.jl
+++ b/base/sysimg.jl
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ include("version.jl")
 include("datafmt.jl")
 importall .DataFmt
 include("deepcopy.jl")
-include("util.jl")
 include("interactiveutil.jl")
 include("replutil.jl")
 include("test.jl")
@@ -216,6 +215,13 @@ include("REPLCompletions.jl")
 include("REPL.jl")
 include("client.jl")
 
+# (s)printf macros
+include("printf.jl")
+importall .Printf
+
+# misc useful functions & macros
+include("util.jl")
+
 # sparse matrices and linear algebra
 include("sparse.jl")
 importall .SparseMatrix
@@ -234,10 +240,6 @@ include("fftw.jl")
 include("dsp.jl")
 importall .DSP
 
-# (s)printf macros
-include("printf.jl")
-importall .Printf
-
 # system information
 include("sysinfo.jl")
 import .Sys.CPU_CORES
diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index 4f5e12c8ef6e1..e6835b0cc668a 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ function toc()
 end
 
 # print elapsed time, return expression value
+
+function time_print(t, b, g)
+    if 0 < g
+        @printf("elapsed time: %s seconds (%d bytes allocated, %.2f%% gc time)\n", t/1e9, b, 100*g/t)
+    else
+        @printf("elapsed time: %s seconds (%d bytes allocated)\n", t/1e9, b)
+    end
+end
+
 macro time(ex)
     quote
         local b0 = gc_bytes()
@@ -45,13 +54,7 @@ macro time(ex)
         local g1 = gc_time_ns()
         local t1 = time_ns()
         local b1 = gc_bytes()
-        if g1 > g0
-            @printf("elapsed time: %s seconds (%d bytes allocated, %.2f%% gc time)\n",
-                    (t1-t0)/1e9, b1-b0, 100*(g1-g0)/(t1-t0))
-        else
-            @printf("elapsed time: %s seconds (%d bytes allocated)\n",
-                    (t1-t0)/1e9, b1-b0)
-        end        
+        time_print(t1-t0, b1-b0, g1-g0)
         val
     end
 end