diff --git a/packages/cli/examples/faucet_addresses.ts b/packages/cli/examples/faucet_addresses.ts
index 26946f69..78128815 100644
--- a/packages/cli/examples/faucet_addresses.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/examples/faucet_addresses.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { toBase64 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { makeCosmoshubPath, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 
 const mnemonic =
diff --git a/packages/cli/examples/mask.ts b/packages/cli/examples/mask.ts
index 7e02115a..caf9cf9f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/examples/mask.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/examples/mask.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { toBase64, toUtf8 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 
 // types auto-generated by wasm.glass and cleaned up manually
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index 8bdec9dc..ad53374f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ export async function main(originalArgs: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
         "Slip10RawIndex",
       ],
     ],
-    [
-      "@cosmjs/encoding",
-      ["fromAscii", "fromBase64", "fromHex", "fromUtf8", "toAscii", "toBase64", "toHex", "toUtf8", "Bech32"],
-    ],
   ]);
 
   console.info(colors.green("Initializing session for you. Have fun!"));
@@ -78,6 +74,17 @@ export async function main(originalArgs: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
       import axios from "axios";
       import * as fs from "fs";
 
+      import {
+        fromAscii,
+        fromBase64,
+        fromHex,
+        fromUtf8,
+        toAscii,
+        toBase64,
+        toHex,
+        toUtf8,
+        Bech32,
+      } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
       import {
         coins,
         encodeAminoPubkey,