diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1897604f..3b7b8c95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test-readme:
 	python setup.py check -r -s
 
 flake8:
-	flake8 --ignore=E501,F401,E128 requests
+	flake8 --ignore=E501,F401,E128,E402 requests
 
 coverage:
 	py.test --cov-config .coveragerc --verbose --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov=requests tests
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 690320b1..d4461ec9 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ is at <http://python-requests.org>.
 :license: Apache 2.0, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-from .__version__ import __title__, __description__, __url__, __version__
-from .__version__ import __build__, __author__, __author_email__, __license__
-from .__version__ import __copyright__, __cake__
-
 # Check urllib3 for compatibility.
 import urllib3
 urllib3_version = urllib3.__version__.split('.')
@@ -86,6 +82,10 @@ import warnings
 from urllib3.exceptions import DependencyWarning
 warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DependencyWarning)
 
+from .__version__ import __title__, __description__, __url__, __version__
+from .__version__ import __build__, __author__, __author_email__, __license__
+from .__version__ import __copyright__, __cake__
+
 from . import utils
 from . import packages
 from .models import Request, Response, PreparedRequest