diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/avarPlanner.py b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/avarPlanner.py
index e97bdc7ea..74385c50f 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/avarPlanner.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/avarPlanner.py
@@ -802,13 +802,13 @@ def processAxis(
 
 def main(args=None):
     """Plan the standard axis mappings for a variable font"""
-    from fontTools import configLogger
 
     if args is None:
         import sys
 
         args = sys.argv[1:]
 
+    from fontTools import configLogger
     from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
     import argparse