diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
index ef8ffe5c1a..e5739be355 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
@@ -1948,3 +1948,11 @@ function wp_clean_plugins_cache( $clear_update_cache = true ) {
 		delete_site_transient( 'update_plugins' );
 	wp_cache_delete( 'plugins', 'plugins' );
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param string $plugin
+ */
+function plugin_sandbox_scrape( $plugin ) {
+	wp_register_plugin_realpath( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin );
+	include( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin );
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/plugins.php b/src/wp-admin/plugins.php
index a7f19e182e..4a9fbb133e 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ if ( $action ) {
 
 			@ini_set('display_errors', true); //Ensure that Fatal errors are displayed.
 			// Go back to "sandbox" scope so we get the same errors as before
-			/**
-			 * @param string $plugin
-			 */
-			function plugin_sandbox_scrape( $plugin ) {
-				wp_register_plugin_realpath( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin );
-				include( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin );
-			}
 			plugin_sandbox_scrape( $plugin );
 			/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/plugin.php */
 			do_action( "activate_{$plugin}" );