diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index 1e64cd89c..993964291 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -989,3 +989,29 @@ def main(args=None):
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         # Silently ignore ^C except in verbose mode.
         log.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+
+
+
+def summarize_items(items):
+    """Produces a brief summary line for manually resolving duplicates during import.
+    Accepts a list of tuples, one per item containing:
+    (path, format, bitrate, duration)
+    """
+
+    summary_text = ""
+    summary_text += "%d items. " % len(items)
+    format_counts = {}
+    for item in items:
+        format_counts[item[1]] = format_counts.get(item[1],0) + 1;
+
+    for format, count in format_counts.iteritems():
+        summary_text += '{count} {format}. '.format(format=format, count=count)
+
+    average_bitrate = sum([item[2] for item in items]) / len(items)
+    total_duration = sum([item[3] for item in items])
+    summary_text += '{bitrate}kbps average bitrate. '.format(bitrate=int(average_bitrate/1000))
+    summary_text += '{length} total length. '.format(length=human_seconds_short(total_duration))
+
+    return summary_text
+
+
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 3eec70fd7..0cc3bcf9d 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -756,9 +756,9 @@ class TerminalImportSession(importer.ImportSession):
             # print some detail about the existing and new items so it can be an informed decision
             for duplicate in found_duplicates:
                 old_items = [(item.path, item.format, item.bitrate, item.length) for item in duplicate.items()]
-                print("OLD: " + util.summarize_items(old_items))
+                print("OLD: " + ui.summarize_items(old_items))
             new_items = [(item.path, item.format, item.bitrate, item.length) for item in task.items]
-            print("NEW: " + util.summarize_items(new_items))
+            print("NEW: " + ui.summarize_items(new_items))
 
             sel = ui.input_options(
                 ('Skip new', 'Keep both', 'Remove old')
diff --git a/beets/util/__init__.py b/beets/util/__init__.py
index c66831c30..ec3a3c1bc 100644
--- a/beets/util/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/util/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import traceback
 import subprocess
 import platform
 
-
 MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 200
 WINDOWS_MAGIC_PREFIX = u'\\\\?\\'
 
@@ -658,30 +657,3 @@ def max_filename_length(path, limit=MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH):
         return min(res[9], limit)
     else:
         return limit
-
-def summarize_items(items):
-    """Produces a brief summary line for manually resolving duplicates during import.
-    Accepts a list of tuples, one per item containing:
-    (path, format, bitrate, duration)
-    """
-
-    summary_text = ""
-    summary_text += "%d items. " % len(items)
-    format_counts = {}
-    for item in items:
-        format_counts[item[1]] = format_counts.get(item[1],0) + 1;
-
-    for format, count in format_counts.iteritems():
-        summary_text += '{count} {format}. '.format(format=format, count=count)
-
-    average_bitrate = sum([item[2] for item in items]) / len(items)
-    total_duration = sum([item[3] for item in items])
-    summary_text += '{bitrate}K average bitrate. '.format(bitrate=int(average_bitrate/1000))
-    summary_text += '{length}s total length. '.format(length=int(total_duration))
-
-    return summary_text
-
-
-
-
-