diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/cross_connector_utils/miscellaneous_utils.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/cross_connector_utils/miscellaneous_utils.py
index 897503dca99..1b79c4a4faf 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/cross_connector_utils/miscellaneous_utils.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/cross_connector_utils/miscellaneous_utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 from danswer.utils.text_processing import is_valid_email
 
 
+T = TypeVar("T")
+U = TypeVar("U")
+
+
 def datetime_to_utc(dt: datetime) -> datetime:
     if dt.tzinfo is None or dt.tzinfo.utcoffset(dt) is None:
         dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
@@ -49,10 +53,6 @@ def get_experts_stores_representations(
     return [owner for owner in reps if owner is not None]
 
 
-T = TypeVar("T")
-U = TypeVar("U")
-
-
 def process_in_batches(
     objects: list[T], process_function: Callable[[T], U], batch_size: int
 ) -> Iterator[list[U]]: