diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index c98a300e..a922a6c5 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 """Extractors for https://twitter.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, exception
+from .. import text, util, exception
 from ..cache import cache
-import hashlib
-import time
 
 
 BASE_PATTERN = (
@@ -446,7 +444,7 @@ class TwitterAPI():
         cookies = self.extractor.session.cookies
 
         # CSRF
-        csrf = hashlib.md5(str(time.time()).encode()).hexdigest()
+        csrf = util.generate_csrf_token()
         self.headers["x-csrf-token"] = csrf
         cookies.set("ct0", csrf, domain=".twitter.com")
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index 3e91405d..f3fc483d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import time
 import shutil
 import string
 import _string
+import hashlib
 import sqlite3
 import datetime
 import operator
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ def raises(cls):
     return wrap
 
 
+def generate_csrf_token():
+    return hashlib.md5(str(time.time()).encode()).hexdigest()
+
+
 def combine_dict(a, b):
     """Recursively combine the contents of 'b' into 'a'"""
     for key, value in b.items():