diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
index fddc5e5fac..5a17898bcb 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 import re
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, get_args, get_type_hints
+from typing import Any, Literal, Optional
 
 import yaml
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, PrivateAttr, field_validator
@@ -321,38 +321,6 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(BaseSettings):
         return root
 
 
-def generate_config_docstrings() -> str:
-    """Helper function for mkdocs. Generates a docstring for the InvokeAIAppConfig class.
-
-    You shouldn't run this manually. Instead, run `scripts/update-config-docstring.py` to update the docstring.
-    A makefile target is also available: `make update-config-docstring`.
-
-    See that script for more information about why this is necessary.
-    """
-    docstring = '    """Invoke\'s global app configuration.\n\n'
-    docstring += "    Typically, you won't need to interact with this class directly. Instead, use the `get_config` function from `invokeai.app.services.config` to get a singleton config object.\n\n"
-    docstring += "    Attributes:\n"
-
-    field_descriptions: list[str] = []
-    type_hints = get_type_hints(InvokeAIAppConfig)
-
-    for k, v in InvokeAIAppConfig.model_fields.items():
-        if v.exclude:
-            continue
-        field_type = type_hints.get(k)
-        extra = ""
-        if getattr(field_type, "__origin__", None) is Literal:
-            # Get options for literals - the docs generator can't pull these out
-            options = [f"`{str(x)}`" for x in get_args(field_type)]
-            extra = f"<br>Valid values: {', '.join(options)}"
-        field_descriptions.append(f"        {k}: {v.description}{extra}")
-
-    docstring += "\n".join(field_descriptions)
-    docstring += '\n    """'
-
-    return docstring
-
-
 def migrate_v3_config_dict(config_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> InvokeAIAppConfig:
     """Migrate a v3 config dictionary to a current config object.
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_config_docstring.py b/scripts/update_config_docstring.py
index bf806a61af..99bef5f67f 100644
--- a/scripts/update_config_docstring.py
+++ b/scripts/update_config_docstring.py
@@ -1,4 +1,39 @@
 import os
+from typing import Literal, get_args, get_type_hints
+
+from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import InvokeAIAppConfig
+
+
+def generate_config_docstrings() -> str:
+    """Helper function for mkdocs. Generates a docstring for the InvokeAIAppConfig class.
+
+    You shouldn't run this manually. Instead, run `scripts/update-config-docstring.py` to update the docstring.
+    A makefile target is also available: `make update-config-docstring`.
+
+    See that script for more information about why this is necessary.
+    """
+    docstring = '    """Invoke\'s global app configuration.\n\n'
+    docstring += "    Typically, you won't need to interact with this class directly. Instead, use the `get_config` function from `invokeai.app.services.config` to get a singleton config object.\n\n"
+    docstring += "    Attributes:\n"
+
+    field_descriptions: list[str] = []
+    type_hints = get_type_hints(InvokeAIAppConfig)
+
+    for k, v in InvokeAIAppConfig.model_fields.items():
+        if v.exclude:
+            continue
+        field_type = type_hints.get(k)
+        extra = ""
+        if getattr(field_type, "__origin__", None) is Literal:
+            # Get options for literals - the docs generator can't pull these out
+            options = [f"`{str(x)}`" for x in get_args(field_type)]
+            extra = f"<br>Valid values: {', '.join(options)}"
+        field_descriptions.append(f"        {k}: {v.description}{extra}")
+
+    docstring += "\n".join(field_descriptions)
+    docstring += '\n    """'
+
+    return docstring
 
 # The pydantic app config can be documented automatically using mkdocs, but this requires that the docstring
 # for the class is kept up to date. We use a pydantic model for the app config. Each config setting is a field
@@ -14,7 +49,6 @@ def main():
     # Change working directory to the repo root
     os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
 
-    from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import generate_config_docstrings
 
     docstring = generate_config_docstrings()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_docs.py b/tests/test_docs.py
index ca83c18f58..33240d526a 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import InvokeAIAppConfig, generate_config_docstrings
+from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import InvokeAIAppConfig
+from scripts.update_config_docstring import generate_config_docstrings
 
 
 def test_app_config_docstrings_are_current():