diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40a25cba0..d3912cb05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Remove the on `pull_request_target` trigger and `pull_request` types from the download test. Also drop `push` triggers on other CI tests. ([#3399](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3399))
 - Add nf-core template version badges to README ([#3396](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3396))
 - Add Bluesky badge to readme ([#3475](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3475))
+- Move import in `utils_nfcore_phaseimpute_pipeline` next to using workflow ([#3476](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3476))
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_pipeline_pipeline/main.nf b/nf_core/pipeline-template/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_pipeline_pipeline/main.nf
index 06faf35d7..4908e2109 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_pipeline_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_pipeline_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@
 */
 
 {% if nf_schema %}include { UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin'
-include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { samplesheetToList         } from 'plugin/nf-schema'{% endif %}
-{%- if email %}
-include { completionEmail           } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-{%- endif %}
-include { completionSummary         } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-{%- if adaptivecard or slackreport %}
-include { imNotification            } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-{%- endif %}
 include { UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE   } from '../../nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline'
 
@@ -118,6 +110,15 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
+include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+{%- if email %}
+include { completionEmail           } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
+{%- endif %}
+include { completionSummary         } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
+{%- if adaptivecard or slackreport %}
+include { imNotification            } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
+{%- endif %}
+
 workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
 
     take: