diff --git a/xbob/io/__init__.py b/xbob/io/__init__.py
index 5eba6567e1c2beb4b6ba7ca175bde9354f7dc7cd..ed91fcb6aaf9070761e5f8ed8044884c270d37cd 100644
--- a/xbob/io/__init__.py
+++ b/xbob/io/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from ._library import __version__, __api_version__, File, VideoReader, VideoWriter, HDF5File
+from ._library import File, VideoReader, VideoWriter, HDF5File
+from ._library import __version__, __api_version__
 from . import _externals
 
 import os