diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 0702da5c860d..1b5cb348d542 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 import six
 from glob import glob
 
-# This is only necessary to monkey patch the signature later on.
-from sphinx_gallery import gen_rst
-
 # If your extensions are in another directory, add it here. If the directory
 # is relative to the documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it
 # absolute, like shown here.
@@ -79,6 +76,8 @@ def _check_deps():
 
 # Import only after checking for dependencies.
 from sphinx_gallery.sorting import ExplicitOrder
+# This is only necessary to monkey patch the signature later on.
+from sphinx_gallery import gen_rst
 
 if six.PY2:
     from distutils.spawn import find_executable