diff --git a/src/support/variables/layout.scss b/src/support/variables/layout.scss
index 962a75db..3bc7732c 100644
--- a/src/support/variables/layout.scss
+++ b/src/support/variables/layout.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 // Layout variables
 
+// these are values for the display CSS property
+$display-values: (
+  block,
+  flex,
+  inline,
+  inline-block,
+  inline-flex,
+  none,
+  table,
+  table-cell
+) !default;
+
 // These are our margin and padding utility spacers. The default step size we
 // use is 8px. This gives us a key of:
 //    0 => 0px
diff --git a/src/utilities/visibility-display.scss b/src/utilities/visibility-display.scss
index f424d839..61c6f5f8 100644
--- a/src/utilities/visibility-display.scss
+++ b/src/utilities/visibility-display.scss
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 // Visibility and display utilities
-$display-values: (
-  block,
-  flex,
-  inline,
-  inline-block,
-  inline-flex,
-  none,
-  table,
-  table-cell
-);
 
 // Responsive display utilities
 @each $breakpoint, $variant in $responsive-variants {