diff --git a/src/init.jl b/src/init.jl
index 59320a0d98..719b6dd952 100644
--- a/src/init.jl
+++ b/src/init.jl
@@ -21,13 +21,30 @@ _plots_defaults() =
         Dict{Symbol,Any}()
     end
 
-function __init__()
+function _plots_theme_defaults()
     user_defaults = _plots_defaults()
     if haskey(user_defaults, :theme)
         theme(pop!(user_defaults, :theme); user_defaults...)
     else
         default(; user_defaults...)
     end
+end
+
+function _plots_plotly_defaults()
+    if get(ENV, "PLOTS_HOST_DEPENDENCY_LOCAL", "false") == "true"
+        global plotly_local_file_path[] =
+            joinpath(@get_scratch!("plotly"), _plotly_min_js_filename)
+        isfile(plotly_local_file_path[]) || Downloads.download(
+            "https://cdn.plot.ly/$(_plotly_min_js_filename)",
+            plotly_local_file_path[],
+        )
+        use_local_plotlyjs[] = true
+    end
+    use_local_dependencies[] = use_local_plotlyjs[]
+end
+
+function __init__()
+    _plots_theme_defaults()
 
     insert!(
         Base.Multimedia.displays,
@@ -77,6 +94,8 @@ function __init__()
         include(BACKEND_PATH_PLOTLYJS)
     end
 
+    _plots_plotly_defaults()
+
     @require PyPlot = "d330b81b-6aea-500a-939a-2ce795aea3ee" begin
         include(BACKEND_PATH_PYPLOT)
     end
@@ -96,19 +115,6 @@ function __init__()
         end
     end
 
-    if get(ENV, "PLOTS_HOST_DEPENDENCY_LOCAL", "false") == "true"
-        global plotly_local_file_path[] =
-            joinpath(@get_scratch!("plotly"), _plotly_min_js_filename)
-        isfile(plotly_local_file_path[]) || Downloads.download(
-            "https://cdn.plot.ly/$(_plotly_min_js_filename)",
-            plotly_local_file_path[],
-        )
-
-        use_local_plotlyjs[] = true
-    end
-
-    use_local_dependencies[] = use_local_plotlyjs[]
-
     @require ImageInTerminal = "d8c32880-2388-543b-8c61-d9f865259254" begin
         if get(ENV, "PLOTS_IMAGE_IN_TERMINAL", "false") == "true" &&
            ImageInTerminal.ENCODER_BACKEND[] == :Sixel
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 9f0b3dab04..9f79927691 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import Unitful: m, s, cm, DimensionError
 import Plots: PLOTS_SEED, Plot, with
 import GeometryBasics
 import ImageMagick
diff --git a/test/test_defaults.jl b/test/test_defaults.jl
index bd7cbc8cba..d96f821526 100644
--- a/test/test_defaults.jl
+++ b/test/test_defaults.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-using Plots, Test
-using Plots.Colors
-
 const PLOTS_DEFAULTS = Dict(:theme => :wong2, :fontfamily => :palantino)
-Plots.__init__()
+Plots._plots_theme_defaults()
 
 @testset "Loading theme" begin
     pl = plot(1:5)
@@ -11,7 +8,7 @@ Plots.__init__()
 end
 
 empty!(PLOTS_DEFAULTS)
-Plots.__init__()
+Plots._plots_theme_defaults()
 
 @testset "default" begin
     default(fillrange = 0)
diff --git a/test/test_misc.jl b/test/test_misc.jl
index 19ed05f91b..878d9801b7 100644
--- a/test/test_misc.jl
+++ b/test/test_misc.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ end
     @test Plots.plotly_local_file_path[] === nothing
     temp = Plots.use_local_dependencies[]
     withenv("PLOTS_HOST_DEPENDENCY_LOCAL" => true) do
-        Plots.__init__()
+        Plots._plots_plotly_defaults()
         @test Plots.plotly_local_file_path[] isa String
         @test isfile(Plots.plotly_local_file_path[])
         @test Plots.use_local_dependencies[] = true
diff --git a/test/test_unitful.jl b/test/test_unitful.jl
index a9e1fa2e9b..a57c26dea5 100644
--- a/test/test_unitful.jl
+++ b/test/test_unitful.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using Unitful: m, s, cm, DimensionError
 
 # Some helper functions to access the subplot labels and the series inside each test plot
 xguide(pl, idx = length(pl.subplots)) = pl.subplots[idx].attr[:xaxis].plotattributes[:guide]