diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 8f6356c86f509..a6e66e17918bb 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -1413,4 +1413,27 @@ export
     @assert,
     @enum,
     @label,
-    @goto
+    @goto,
+
+# SparseArrays module re-exports
+    SparseArrays,
+    AbstractSparseArray,
+    AbstractSparseMatrix,
+    AbstractSparseVector,
+    SparseMatrixCSC,
+    SparseVector,
+    etree,
+    issparse,
+    sparse,
+    sparsevec,
+    spdiagm,
+    speye,
+    spones,
+    sprand,
+    sprandbool,
+    sprandn,
+    spzeros,
+    symperm,
+    rowvals,
+    nzrange,
+    nnz
diff --git a/base/sysimg.jl b/base/sysimg.jl
index 5568676d519d1..5b075ac237067 100644
--- a/base/sysimg.jl
+++ b/base/sysimg.jl
@@ -287,29 +287,6 @@ import .Dates: Date, DateTime, now
 # sparse matrices, vectors, and sparse linear algebra
 include("sparse.jl")
 importall .SparseArrays
-# SparseArrays module re-exports
-export
-    SparseArrays,
-    AbstractSparseArray,
-    AbstractSparseMatrix,
-    AbstractSparseVector,
-    SparseMatrixCSC,
-    SparseVector,
-    etree,
-    issparse,
-    sparse,
-    sparsevec,
-    spdiagm,
-    speye,
-    spones,
-    sprand,
-    sprandbool,
-    sprandn,
-    spzeros,
-    symperm,
-    rowvals,
-    nzrange,
-    nnz
 
 # Documentation