diff --git a/src/rebar_utils.erl b/src/rebar_utils.erl
index 27b2440..30e8621 100644
--- a/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -205,39 +205,6 @@ vcs_vsn(Vcs, Dir) ->
             VsnString
     end.
 
-vcs_vsn_1(Vcs, Dir) ->
-    case vcs_vsn_cmd(Vcs) of
-        {unknown, VsnString} ->
-            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Unknown VCS atom in vsn field: ~p\n", [Vcs]),
-            VsnString;
-        {cmd, CmdString} ->
-            vcs_vsn_invoke(CmdString, Dir);
-        Cmd ->
-            %% If there is a valid VCS directory in the application directory,
-            %% use that version info
-            Extension = lists:concat([".", Vcs]),
-            case filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, Extension)) of
-                true ->
-                    ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Primary vcs used for ~s\n", [Dir]),
-                    vcs_vsn_invoke(Cmd, Dir);
-                false ->
-                    %% No VCS directory found for the app. Depending on source
-                    %% tree structure, there may be one higher up, but that can
-                    %% yield unexpected results when used with deps. So, we
-                    %% fallback to searching for a priv/vsn.Vcs file.
-                    VsnFile = filename:join([Dir, "priv", "vsn" ++ Extension]),
-                    case file:read_file(VsnFile) of
-                        {ok, VsnBin} ->
-                            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Read ~s from priv/vsn.~p\n",
-                                   [VsnBin, Vcs]),
-                            string:strip(binary_to_list(VsnBin), right, $\n);
-                        {error, enoent} ->
-                            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Fallback to vcs for ~s\n", [Dir]),
-                            vcs_vsn_invoke(Cmd, Dir)
-                    end
-            end
-    end.
-
 get_deprecated_global(OldOpt, NewOpt, When) ->
     get_deprecated_global(OldOpt, NewOpt, undefined, When).
 
@@ -427,6 +394,39 @@ emulate_escript_foldl(Fun, Acc, File) ->
             Error
     end.
 
+vcs_vsn_1(Vcs, Dir) ->
+    case vcs_vsn_cmd(Vcs) of
+        {unknown, VsnString} ->
+            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Unknown VCS atom in vsn field: ~p\n", [Vcs]),
+            VsnString;
+        {cmd, CmdString} ->
+            vcs_vsn_invoke(CmdString, Dir);
+        Cmd ->
+            %% If there is a valid VCS directory in the application directory,
+            %% use that version info
+            Extension = lists:concat([".", Vcs]),
+            case filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, Extension)) of
+                true ->
+                    ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Primary vcs used for ~s\n", [Dir]),
+                    vcs_vsn_invoke(Cmd, Dir);
+                false ->
+                    %% No VCS directory found for the app. Depending on source
+                    %% tree structure, there may be one higher up, but that can
+                    %% yield unexpected results when used with deps. So, we
+                    %% fallback to searching for a priv/vsn.Vcs file.
+                    VsnFile = filename:join([Dir, "priv", "vsn" ++ Extension]),
+                    case file:read_file(VsnFile) of
+                        {ok, VsnBin} ->
+                            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Read ~s from priv/vsn.~p\n",
+                                   [VsnBin, Vcs]),
+                            string:strip(binary_to_list(VsnBin), right, $\n);
+                        {error, enoent} ->
+                            ?DEBUG("vcs_vsn: Fallback to vcs for ~s\n", [Dir]),
+                            vcs_vsn_invoke(Cmd, Dir)
+                    end
+            end
+    end.
+
 vcs_vsn_cmd(git) ->
     %% git describe the last commit that touched CWD
     %% required for correct versioning of apps in subdirs, such as apps/app1