diff --git a/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py b/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
index 55bc32ee..9ace9b97 100644
--- a/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
+++ b/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 from csvkit.cli import CSVKitUtility, isatty
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, dialects
 
+try:
+    import importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+
+DIALECTS = dialects.__all__ + tuple(e.name for e in importlib_metadata.entry_points(group='sqlalchemy.dialects'))
+
 
 def parse_list(pairs):
     options = {}
@@ -20,14 +27,6 @@ def parse_list(pairs):
     return options
 
 
-try:
-    import importlib_metadata
-except ImportError:
-    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-
-DIALECTS = dialects.__all__ + tuple(e.name for e in importlib_metadata.entry_points(group='sqlalchemy.dialects'))
-
-
 class CSVSQL(CSVKitUtility):
     description = 'Generate SQL statements for one or more CSV files, or execute those statements directly on a ' \
                   'database, and execute one or more SQL queries.'