diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
     print >> sys.stderr, error
     sys.exit(1)
 
-extra = dict()
-
 try:
     from setuptools import setup, find_packages
     from setuptools.command.test import test as testcommand
@@ -120,6 +118,8 @@ except ImportError as err:
     print "Proceeding anyway with manual replacements for setuptools.find_packages."
     print "Try installing setuptools if you continue to have problems.\n\n"
 
+    extra = dict()
+
 VERSION = __import__('pylti').VERSION
 
 README = open('README.rst').read()
Moved extra declaration to line <I> per iceraj's request.