diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index a47b048ba..0d4c1c4c3 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 define( [
 	"./core",
 	"./var/indexOf",
+	"./traversing/var/dir",
+	"./traversing/var/siblings",
 	"./traversing/var/rneedsContext",
 	"./core/init",
 	"./traversing/findFilter",
 	"./selector"
-], function( jQuery, indexOf, rneedsContext ) {
+], function( jQuery, indexOf, dir, siblings, rneedsContext ) {
 
 var rparentsprev = /^(?:parents|prev(?:Until|All))/,
 
@@ -17,35 +19,6 @@ var rparentsprev = /^(?:parents|prev(?:Until|All))/,
 		prev: true
 	};
 
-jQuery.extend( {
-	dir: function( elem, dir, until ) {
-		var matched = [],
-			truncate = until !== undefined;
-
-		while ( ( elem = elem[ dir ] ) && elem.nodeType !== 9 ) {
-			if ( elem.nodeType === 1 ) {
-				if ( truncate && jQuery( elem ).is( until ) ) {
-					break;
-				}
-				matched.push( elem );
-			}
-		}
-		return matched;
-	},
-
-	sibling: function( n, elem ) {
-		var matched = [];
-
-		for ( ; n; n = n.nextSibling ) {
-			if ( n.nodeType === 1 && n !== elem ) {
-				matched.push( n );
-			}
-		}
-
-		return matched;
-	}
-} );
-
 jQuery.fn.extend( {
 	has: function( target ) {
 		var targets = jQuery( target, this ),
@@ -137,10 +110,10 @@ jQuery.each( {
 		return parent && parent.nodeType !== 11 ? parent : null;
 	},
 	parents: function( elem ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "parentNode" );
+		return dir( elem, "parentNode" );
 	},
 	parentsUntil: function( elem, i, until ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "parentNode", until );
+		return dir( elem, "parentNode", until );
 	},
 	next: function( elem ) {
 		return sibling( elem, "nextSibling" );
@@ -149,22 +122,22 @@ jQuery.each( {
 		return sibling( elem, "previousSibling" );
 	},
 	nextAll: function( elem ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "nextSibling" );
+		return dir( elem, "nextSibling" );
 	},
 	prevAll: function( elem ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "previousSibling" );
+		return dir( elem, "previousSibling" );
 	},
 	nextUntil: function( elem, i, until ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "nextSibling", until );
+		return dir( elem, "nextSibling", until );
 	},
 	prevUntil: function( elem, i, until ) {
-		return jQuery.dir( elem, "previousSibling", until );
+		return dir( elem, "previousSibling", until );
 	},
 	siblings: function( elem ) {
-		return jQuery.sibling( ( elem.parentNode || {} ).firstChild, elem );
+		return siblings( ( elem.parentNode || {} ).firstChild, elem );
 	},
 	children: function( elem ) {
-		return jQuery.sibling( elem.firstChild );
+		return siblings( elem.firstChild );
 	},
 	contents: function( elem ) {
 		return elem.contentDocument || jQuery.merge( [], elem.childNodes );
diff --git a/src/traversing/var/dir.js b/src/traversing/var/dir.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b98fdca0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/traversing/var/dir.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+define( [
+	"../../core"
+], function( jQuery ) {
+
+return function( elem, dir, until ) {
+	var matched = [],
+		truncate = until !== undefined;
+
+	while ( ( elem = elem[ dir ] ) && elem.nodeType !== 9 ) {
+		if ( elem.nodeType === 1 ) {
+			if ( truncate && jQuery( elem ).is( until ) ) {
+				break;
+			}
+			matched.push( elem );
+		}
+	}
+	return matched;
+};
+
+} );
diff --git a/src/traversing/var/siblings.js b/src/traversing/var/siblings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a8880bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/traversing/var/siblings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+define( function() {
+
+return function( n, elem ) {
+	var matched = [];
+
+	for ( ; n; n = n.nextSibling ) {
+		if ( n.nodeType === 1 && n !== elem ) {
+			matched.push( n );
+		}
+	}
+
+	return matched;
+};
+
+} );