diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/conf.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/conf.py
index 98c8bf2..9c0682d 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/conf.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/conf.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-# parent
-from .._constants import CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME
-
 # local
 from ._subcommand import SubCommand
 from .utils.project import list_projects, get_project_dir
-from .utils.rootkit import Rootkit, _prefix_path_mnt
+from .utils.rootkit import Rootkit, prefix_path_mnt
+
+# parent
+from .._constants import CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME
 
 
 class ConfCopyCommand(SubCommand):
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ConfCopyCommand(SubCommand):
             logging.info(f"Sync directories: {conf_dirs}")
 
             Rootkit('rsync').run(
-                config, args, ['rsync', '-r', *_prefix_path_mnt(conf_dirs)],
+                config, args, ['rsync', '-r', *prefix_path_mnt(conf_dirs)],
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
             )
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ConfPurgeCommand(SubCommand):
         logging.info(f"Purging directories: {conf_target}")
 
         Rootkit().run(
-            config, args, ['rm', '-rf', _prefix_path_mnt(conf_target)],
+            config, args, ['rm', '-rf', prefix_path_mnt(conf_target)],
             stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
         )
 
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/init.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/init.py
index a8ecee6..1f3714b 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/init.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/init.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-# parent (display purposes only)
-from .._constants import KIWI_CONF_NAME
-
 # local
 from ._subcommand import SubCommand
 
+# parent (display purposes only)
+from .._constants import KIWI_CONF_NAME
+
 
 def user_input(config, key, prompt):
     """query user for new config value"""
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/dockercommand.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/dockercommand.py
index eb631c7..6ef40b6 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/dockercommand.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/dockercommand.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import logging
 import subprocess
 
 # local
-from ..._constants import CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from .executable import Executable
 from .project import *
 
+# parent
+from ..._constants import CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME
+
 
 def _update_kwargs(config, args, **kwargs):
     # project given in args: command affects a project in this instance
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py
index c9cbf96..b3686c7 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/utils/rootkit.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-# parent
-from ..._constants import IMAGES_DIRECTORY_NAME, LOCAL_IMAGES_NAME, DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME
-
 # local
 from .dockercommand import DockerCommand
 
+# parent
+from ..._constants import IMAGES_DIRECTORY_NAME, LOCAL_IMAGES_NAME, DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME
+
 
 def _prefix_path(prefix, path):
     if isinstance(path, str):
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def _prefix_path(prefix, path):
         return [_prefix_path(prefix, p) for p in path]
 
 
-def _prefix_path_mnt(path):
+def prefix_path_mnt(path):
     return _prefix_path('/mnt/', path)