diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 6107ecafd7..46d5184b01 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   RegExp.quote = function (string) {
     return string.replace(/[-\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&')
   }
+
+  var fs = require('fs')
   var btoa = require('btoa')
+
   // Project configuration.
   grunt.initConfig({
 
@@ -320,8 +323,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   grunt.registerTask('change-version-number', ['sed']);
 
   grunt.registerTask('build-glyphicons-data', function () {
-    var fs = require('fs')
-
     // Pass encoding, utf8, so `readFileSync` will return a string instead of a
     // buffer
     var glyphiconsFile = fs.readFileSync('less/glyphicons.less', 'utf8')
@@ -347,8 +348,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
   // task for building customizer
   grunt.registerTask('build-customizer', 'Add scripts/less files to customizer.', function () {
-    var fs = require('fs')
-
     function getFiles(type) {
       var files = {}
       fs.readdirSync(type)