Use imperative import to avoid lint (import order) and as a good convention when side-effects is the intention.

Author: jaraco

importlib_metadata/__init__.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     entry_points, files, metadata, requires, version)
 
 # Import for installation side-effects.
-from . import _hooks  # noqa: F401
+__import__('importlib_metadata._hooks')
 
 
 __all__ = [