diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/LiveObjectIndex.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/LiveObjectIndex.pm
index de17f97ed..fde162d0a 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/LiveObjectIndex.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/LiveObjectIndex.pm
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Scalar::Util qw/weaken/;
-use namespace::clean;
 
 use base 'DBIx::Class';
 
+use namespace::clean;
+
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('purge_object_index_every' => 1000);
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('live_object_index' => { });
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('live_object_init_count' => { });
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase.pm
index a71426813..d8c95b4a6 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase.pm
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Sybase;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use DBIx::Class::_Util qw( dbic_internal_try dbic_internal_catch );
-use namespace::clean;
 
 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI/;
 
+use namespace::clean;
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Sybase - Base class for drivers using
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase/MSSQL.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase/MSSQL.pm
index 2cdad77e7..5c13b2ab9 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase/MSSQL.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI/Sybase/MSSQL.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use DBIx::Class::Carp;
-use namespace::clean;
 
 carp 'Setting of storage_type is redundant as connections through DBD::Sybase'
     .' are now properly recognized and reblessed into the appropriate subclass'
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ carp 'Setting of storage_type is redundant as connections through DBD::Sybase'
 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Sybase::Microsoft_SQL_Server/;
 use mro 'c3';
 
+use namespace::clean;
+
 1;
 
 =head1 NAME
diff --git a/lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/DBIx/Class.pm b/lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/DBIx/Class.pm
index 14812ac93..fbe405cf5 100644
--- a/lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/DBIx/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/DBIx/Class.pm
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ use DBIx::Class::Carp qw/^SQL::Translator|^DBIx::Class|^Try::Tiny/;
 use DBIx::Class::_Util qw( dbic_internal_try dbic_internal_catch bag_eq );
 use Class::C3::Componentised;
 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
-use namespace::clean;
 
 use base qw(Exporter);
 
+use namespace::clean;
+
 @EXPORT_OK = qw(parse);
 
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