diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 03c0ef2..b4224a6 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
 workspace(name = "robolectric")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_java",
+    sha256 = "1389206b2208c5f33a05dd96e51715b0855c480c082b7bb4889a8e07fcff536c",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.5.1/rules_java-8.5.1.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
+
+rules_java_dependencies()
+
+# note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
+# consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+
+proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
+
+# register toolchains
+load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
+
+rules_java_toolchains()
+
 load("//bazel:robolectric.bzl", "robolectric_repositories")
 
 robolectric_repositories()
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
     sha256 = "9f38886a40548c6e96c106b752f242130ee11aaa068a56ba7e56f4511f33e4f2",
@@ -31,29 +54,6 @@ load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:defs.bzl", "buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains
 
 buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains()
 
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "1389206b2208c5f33a05dd96e51715b0855c480c082b7bb4889a8e07fcff536c",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.5.1/rules_java-8.5.1.tar.gz",
-    ],
-)
-
-load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
-
-rules_java_dependencies()
-
-# note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
-# consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
-load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
-
-proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
-
-# register toolchains
-load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
-
-rules_java_toolchains()
-
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
     sha256 = "c6fb25d0ba0246f6d5bd820dd0b2e66b339ccc510242fd4956b9a639b548d113",