diff --git a/plugins/database/mssql/mssql_test.go b/plugins/database/mssql/mssql_test.go
index 5a00890bf2..ac70cf2747 100644
--- a/plugins/database/mssql/mssql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/database/mssql/mssql_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	_ "github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/database/dbplugin"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/plugins/helper/database/connutil"
 )
diff --git a/plugins/database/mysql/mysql_test.go b/plugins/database/mysql/mysql_test.go
index a9ccd5b783..8f22e79321 100644
--- a/plugins/database/mysql/mysql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/database/mysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/database/dbplugin"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/plugins/helper/database/connutil"
 	dockertest "gopkg.in/ory-am/dockertest.v3"
diff --git a/plugins/database/postgresql/postgresql_test.go b/plugins/database/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
index a74abb4339..960a2f97ca 100644
--- a/plugins/database/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/database/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/database/dbplugin"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/plugins/helper/database/connutil"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	dockertest "gopkg.in/ory-am/dockertest.v3"
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/helper/database/connutil/sql.go b/plugins/helper/database/connutil/sql.go
index c767c2081d..c325cbc187 100644
--- a/plugins/helper/database/connutil/sql.go
+++ b/plugins/helper/database/connutil/sql.go
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	// Import sql drivers
-	_ "github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb"
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/parseutil"
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )