diff --git a/lib/GPUArraysCore/src/GPUArraysCore.jl b/lib/GPUArraysCore/src/GPUArraysCore.jl
index d55d16f9..678bca8c 100644
--- a/lib/GPUArraysCore/src/GPUArraysCore.jl
+++ b/lib/GPUArraysCore/src/GPUArraysCore.jl
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ macro allowscalar(ex)
     end
 end
 
+## backend
+
+export backend
+
 """
     backend(T::Type)
     backend(x)
diff --git a/src/device/execution.jl b/src/device/execution.jl
index 41285bc3..d45965ba 100644
--- a/src/device/execution.jl
+++ b/src/device/execution.jl
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ abstract type AbstractGPUBackend end
 
 abstract type AbstractKernelContext end
 
-import GPUArraysCore: backend
-
 """
     gpu_call(kernel::Function, arg0, args...; kwargs...)