diff --git a/src/start.zsh b/src/start.zsh
index 5991039..221e932 100644
--- a/src/start.zsh
+++ b/src/start.zsh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_start() {
 	_zsh_autosuggest_bind_widgets
 }
 
+# Mark for auto-loading the functions that we use
+autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook is-at-least
+
 # Start the autosuggestion widgets on the next precmd
-autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
 add-zsh-hook precmd _zsh_autosuggest_start
diff --git a/src/strategies/completion.zsh b/src/strategies/completion.zsh
index 4290f0c..e2d114c 100644
--- a/src/strategies/completion.zsh
+++ b/src/strategies/completion.zsh
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_capture_completion_widget() {
 zle -N autosuggest-capture-completion _zsh_autosuggest_capture_completion_widget
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_capture_setup() {
-	autoload -Uz is-at-least
-
 	# There is a bug in zpty module in older zsh versions by which a
 	# zpty that exits will kill all zpty processes that were forked
 	# before it. Here we set up a zsh exit hook to SIGKILL the zpty
diff --git a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
index a8ef6c4..3277dbb 100644
--- a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+++ b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
@@ -541,8 +541,6 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_capture_completion_widget() {
 zle -N autosuggest-capture-completion _zsh_autosuggest_capture_completion_widget
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_capture_setup() {
-	autoload -Uz is-at-least
-
 	# There is a bug in zpty module in older zsh versions by which a
 	# zpty that exits will kill all zpty processes that were forked
 	# before it. Here we set up a zsh exit hook to SIGKILL the zpty
@@ -853,6 +851,8 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_start() {
 	_zsh_autosuggest_bind_widgets
 }
 
+# Mark for auto-loading the functions that we use
+autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook is-at-least
+
 # Start the autosuggestion widgets on the next precmd
-autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
 add-zsh-hook precmd _zsh_autosuggest_start