diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index faedd3b1..cb287b9d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
@@ -14,8 +15,6 @@
 except (IOError, ImportError):
    description = open('README.md').read()
 
-import os
-
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path
 os.chdir(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), os.pardir)))