diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
index e66891e11c40..aed75f4b2823 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import dmd.dmacro;
 import dmd.doc;
 import dmd.dscope;
 import dmd.dsymbol;
-import dmd.dsymbolsem : dsymbolSemantic, importAll, load;
+import dmd.dsymbolsem : dsymbolSemantic;
 import dmd.errors;
 import dmd.errorsink;
 import dmd.expression;
@@ -1216,75 +1216,6 @@ extern (C++) final class Module : Package
             _escapetable = new Escape();
         return _escapetable;
     }
-
-    /****************************
-     * A Singleton that loads core.stdc.config
-     * Returns:
-     *  Module of core.stdc.config, null if couldn't find it
-     */
-    extern (D) static Module loadCoreStdcConfig()
-    {
-        __gshared Module core_stdc_config;
-        auto pkgids = new Identifier[2];
-        pkgids[0] = Id.core;
-        pkgids[1] = Id.stdc;
-        return loadModuleFromLibrary(core_stdc_config, pkgids, Id.config);
-    }
-
-    /****************************
-     * A Singleton that loads core.atomic
-     * Returns:
-     *  Module of core.atomic, null if couldn't find it
-     */
-    extern (D) static Module loadCoreAtomic()
-    {
-        __gshared Module core_atomic;
-        auto pkgids = new Identifier[1];
-        pkgids[0] = Id.core;
-        return loadModuleFromLibrary(core_atomic, pkgids, Id.atomic);
-    }
-
-    /****************************
-     * A Singleton that loads std.math
-     * Returns:
-     *  Module of std.math, null if couldn't find it
-     */
-    extern (D) static Module loadStdMath()
-    {
-        __gshared Module std_math;
-        auto pkgids = new Identifier[1];
-        pkgids[0] = Id.std;
-        return loadModuleFromLibrary(std_math, pkgids, Id.math);
-    }
-
-    /**********************************
-     * Load a Module from the library.
-     * Params:
-     *  mod = cached return value of this call
-     *  pkgids = package identifiers
-     *  modid = module id
-     * Returns:
-     *  Module loaded, null if cannot load it
-     */
-    extern (D) private static Module loadModuleFromLibrary(ref Module mod, Identifier[] pkgids, Identifier modid)
-    {
-        if (mod)
-            return mod;
-
-        auto imp = new Import(Loc.initial, pkgids[], modid, null, true);
-        // Module.load will call fatal() if there's no module available.
-        // Gag the error here, pushing the error handling to the caller.
-        const errors = global.startGagging();
-        imp.load(null);
-        if (imp.mod)
-        {
-            imp.mod.importAll(null);
-            imp.mod.dsymbolSemantic(null);
-        }
-        global.endGagging(errors);
-        mod = imp.mod;
-        return mod;
-    }
 }
 
 /***********************************************************
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
index e63ec3dfd21b..3da0ce574eb9 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
@@ -6109,12 +6109,81 @@ bool determineFields(AggregateDeclaration ad)
     return true;
 }
 
+/****************************
+ * A Singleton that loads core.stdc.config
+ * Returns:
+ *  Module of core.stdc.config, null if couldn't find it
+ */
+Module loadCoreStdcConfig()
+{
+    __gshared Module core_stdc_config;
+    auto pkgids = new Identifier[2];
+    pkgids[0] = Id.core;
+    pkgids[1] = Id.stdc;
+    return loadModuleFromLibrary(core_stdc_config, pkgids, Id.config);
+}
+
+/****************************
+ * A Singleton that loads core.atomic
+ * Returns:
+ *  Module of core.atomic, null if couldn't find it
+ */
+private Module loadCoreAtomic()
+{
+    __gshared Module core_atomic;
+    auto pkgids = new Identifier[1];
+    pkgids[0] = Id.core;
+    return loadModuleFromLibrary(core_atomic, pkgids, Id.atomic);
+}
+
+/****************************
+ * A Singleton that loads std.math
+ * Returns:
+ *  Module of std.math, null if couldn't find it
+ */
+Module loadStdMath()
+{
+    __gshared Module std_math;
+    auto pkgids = new Identifier[1];
+    pkgids[0] = Id.std;
+    return loadModuleFromLibrary(std_math, pkgids, Id.math);
+}
+
+/**********************************
+ * Load a Module from the library.
+ * Params:
+ *  mod = cached return value of this call
+ *  pkgids = package identifiers
+ *  modid = module id
+ * Returns:
+ *  Module loaded, null if cannot load it
+ */
+extern (D) private static Module loadModuleFromLibrary(ref Module mod, Identifier[] pkgids, Identifier modid)
+{
+    if (mod)
+        return mod;
+
+    auto imp = new Import(Loc.initial, pkgids[], modid, null, true);
+    // Module.load will call fatal() if there's no module available.
+    // Gag the error here, pushing the error handling to the caller.
+    const errors = global.startGagging();
+    imp.load(null);
+    if (imp.mod)
+    {
+        imp.mod.importAll(null);
+        imp.mod.dsymbolSemantic(null);
+    }
+    global.endGagging(errors);
+    mod = imp.mod;
+    return mod;
+}
+
 /// Do an atomic operation (currently tailored to [shared] static ctors|dtors) needs
 private CallExp doAtomicOp (string op, Identifier var, Expression arg)
 {
     assert(op == "-=" || op == "+=");
 
-    Module mod = Module.loadCoreAtomic();
+    Module mod = loadCoreAtomic();
     if (!mod)
         return null;    // core.atomic couldn't be loaded
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index cebeae6a63a3..b127f0942c89 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -12931,7 +12931,7 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
             }
         }
 
-        Module mmath = Module.loadStdMath();
+        Module mmath = loadStdMath();
         if (!mmath)
         {
             error(e.loc, "`%s` requires `std.math` for `^^` operators", e.toErrMsg());
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
index 53981475e0b0..0c0ff3b2bfac 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
@@ -6365,7 +6365,7 @@ Type getComplexLibraryType(Loc loc, Scope* sc, TY ty)
         return *pt;
     *pt = Type.terror;
 
-    Module mConfig = Module.loadCoreStdcConfig();
+    Module mConfig = loadCoreStdcConfig();
     if (!mConfig)
     {
         error(loc, "`core.stdc.config` is required for complex numbers");