diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index 183730d29..01ea7c916 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -224,22 +224,6 @@ def run_extensions_installers(settings_file):
         run_extension_installer(os.path.join(extensions_dir, dirname_extension))
 
 
-def mute_sdxl_imports():
-    """create fake modules that SDXL wants to import but doesn't actually use for our purposes"""
-
-    class Dummy:
-        pass
-
-    module = Dummy()
-    module.LPIPS = None
-    sys.modules['taming.modules.losses.lpips'] = module
-
-    module = Dummy()
-    module.StableDataModuleFromConfig = None
-    sys.modules['sgm.data'] = module
-
-
-
 def prepare_environment():
     torch_index_url = os.environ.get('TORCH_INDEX_URL', "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118")
     torch_command = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', f"pip install torch==2.0.1 torchvision==0.15.2 --extra-index-url {torch_index_url}")
@@ -356,8 +340,6 @@ def configure_for_tests():
 
 
 def start():
-    mute_sdxl_imports()
-
     print(f"Launching {'API server' if '--nowebui' in sys.argv else 'Web UI'} with arguments: {' '.join(sys.argv[1:])}")
     import webui
     if '--nowebui' in sys.argv:
diff --git a/modules/paths.py b/modules/paths.py
index c6f8904ea..250523399 100644
--- a/modules/paths.py
+++ b/modules/paths.py
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ from modules.paths_internal import models_path, script_path, data_path, extensio
 import modules.safe  # noqa: F401
 
 
+def mute_sdxl_imports():
+    """create fake modules that SDXL wants to import but doesn't actually use for our purposes"""
+
+    class Dummy:
+        pass
+
+    module = Dummy()
+    module.LPIPS = None
+    sys.modules['taming.modules.losses.lpips'] = module
+
+    module = Dummy()
+    module.StableDataModuleFromConfig = None
+    sys.modules['sgm.data'] = module
+
+
 # data_path = cmd_opts_pre.data
 sys.path.insert(0, script_path)
 
@@ -18,6 +33,8 @@ for possible_sd_path in possible_sd_paths:
 
 assert sd_path is not None, f"Couldn't find Stable Diffusion in any of: {possible_sd_paths}"
 
+mute_sdxl_imports()
+
 path_dirs = [
     (sd_path, 'ldm', 'Stable Diffusion', []),
     (os.path.join(sd_path, '../generative-models'), 'sgm', 'Stable Diffusion XL', ["sgm"]),