diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index 0f69f14e..cbe6e027 100755
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ import argparse
 import PyPDF2 as pypdf
 import PIL
 
-try:
-    import fitz
-except ImportError:
-    fitz = None
-
 import ruffus.ruffus_exceptions as ruffus_exceptions
 import ruffus.cmdline as cmdline
 import ruffus.proxy_logger as proxy_logger
@@ -47,6 +42,7 @@ from .pdfa import file_claims_pdfa
 from .helpers import is_iterable_notstr, re_symlink, is_file_writable, \
     available_cpu_count
 from .exec import tesseract, qpdf, ghostscript
+from .lib import fitz
 from . import PROGRAM_NAME, VERSION
 
 from .exceptions import ExitCode, ExitCodeException, MissingDependencyError, \
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/lib/__init__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/lib/__init__.py
index 85a31022..13d09e45 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-"""Bindings to external libraries"""
 # © 2017 James R. Barlow: github.com/jbarlow83
 #
 # This file is part of OCRmyPDF.
@@ -15,3 +14,10 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with OCRmyPDF.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Bindings to external libraries"""
+
+try:
+    import fitz
+except ImportError:
+    fitz = None
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
index a5c9d50d..1de162b8 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 import PyPDF2 as pypdf
-try:
-    import fitz
-except ImportError:
-    fitz = None
-
+from .lib import fitz
 from .helpers import universal_open, fspath
 
 
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
index 97fcbafc..0fe72e6d 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@ from .pdfinfo import PdfInfo, Encoding, Colorspace
 from .pdfa import generate_pdfa_ps
 from .helpers import re_symlink, is_iterable_notstr, page_number
 from .exec import ghostscript, tesseract, qpdf
+from .lib import fitz
 from .exceptions import PdfMergeFailedError, UnsupportedImageFormatError, \
     DpiError, PriorOcrFoundError, InputFileError
 from . import leptonica
 from . import PROGRAM_NAME, VERSION
 
-try:
-    import fitz
-except ImportError:
-    fitz = None
 
 
 VECTOR_PAGE_DPI = 400
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 91fb3e6a..3b355b64 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@
 
 import pytest
 import PyPDF2 as pypdf
-try:
-    import fitz
-except ImportError:
-    fitz = None
 
 from ocrmypdf.pdfa import file_claims_pdfa
 from ocrmypdf.exceptions import ExitCode
+from ocrmypdf.lib import fitz
 
 # pytest.helpers is dynamic
 # pylint: disable=no-member