diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/loader_directory.py b/lib/galaxy/tool_util/loader_directory.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/galaxy/tools/loader_directory.py
rename to lib/galaxy/tool_util/loader_directory.py
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/toolbox/base.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/toolbox/base.py
index df38375939d..ae9757bb1d3 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/toolbox/base.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/toolbox/base.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from galaxy.exceptions import MessageException, ObjectNotFound
 from galaxy.tool_util.deps import build_dependency_manager
-from galaxy.tools.loader_directory import looks_like_a_tool
+from galaxy.tool_util.loader_directory import looks_like_a_tool
 from galaxy.util import (
     ExecutionTimer,
     listify,