--- a/src/eric7/Preferences/PreferencesLexer.py	Sun Nov 06 11:22:39 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/Preferences/PreferencesLexer.py	Mon Nov 07 17:19:58 2022 +0100
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from PyQt6.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject
 
 from eric7 import Globals, Preferences
+from eric7.QScintilla import Lexers
 
 
 class PreferencesLexerError(Exception):
@@ -90,8 +91,6 @@
             self.__defaultFontFamily = "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
 
         # instantiate a lexer object for the given language
-        from eric7.QScintilla import Lexers
-
         self.__lex = Lexers.getLexer(language)
         if self.__lex is None:
             raise PreferencesLexerLanguageError(language)