diff --git a/mapgen.lua b/mapgen.lua
index 4a212b4..58a3cd4 100644
--- a/mapgen.lua
+++ b/mapgen.lua
@@ -764,13 +764,6 @@ mg_villages.change_village_height = function( village, new_height )
 end
 
 
--- those functions from the mg mod do not have their own namespace
-if( minetest.get_modpath( 'mg' )) then
-	mg_villages.add_savannatree = add_savannatree;
-	mg_villages.add_pinetree    = add_pinetree;
-end
-
-
 -- places trees and plants at empty spaces
 mg_villages.village_area_fill_with_plants = function( village_area, villages, minp, maxp, data, param2_data, a, cid, trees_to_grow_via_voxelmanip )
 	-- do not place any plants if we are working on the mapchunk above
diff --git a/trees.lua b/trees.lua
index d94d9cf..263befe 100644
--- a/trees.lua
+++ b/trees.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 -- schematics placed in villages and in the flattened/partly
 -- flattened area around the village
 
+-- those functions from the mg mod do not have their own namespace
+-- (and this is too little to warrant a trees_mg.lua)
+if( minetest.get_modpath( 'mg' )) then
+	mg_villages.add_savannatree = add_savannatree
+	mg_villages.add_pinetree    = add_pinetree
+end
+
 -- figure out which tree to grow in RealTest
 -- (this is also accessed in mapgen.lua)
 mg_villages.sapling_to_tree_realtest = {}