diff --git a/lib/httpx/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rb b/lib/httpx/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rb
index b3cd2ad2..48ed9064 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ module HTTPX
       class << self
         attr_reader :credentials, :region
 
-        def load_dependencies(klass)
+        def load_dependencies(_klass)
           require "aws-sdk-core"
-          klass.plugin(:aws_sigv4)
 
           client = Class.new(Seahorse::Client::Base) do
             @identifier = :httpx
@@ -50,6 +49,10 @@ module HTTPX
           @region = client.config[:region]
         end
 
+        def configure(klass)
+          klass.plugin(:aws_sigv4)
+        end
+
         def extra_options(options)
           options.merge(max_concurrent_requests: 1)
         end
diff --git a/lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb b/lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb
index ec1409d8..dc68d679 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ module HTTPX
     # https://gitlab.com/honeyryderchuck/httpx/wikis/Authentication#basic-authentication
     #
     module BasicAuthentication
-      def self.load_dependencies(klass)
-        require "base64"
-        klass.plugin(:authentication)
+      class << self
+        def load_dependencies(_klass)
+          require "base64"
+        end
+
+        def configure(klass)
+          klass.plugin(:authentication)
+        end
       end
 
       module InstanceMethods
diff --git a/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/brotli.rb b/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/brotli.rb
index a27b23b2..f69f07f1 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/brotli.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/brotli.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ module HTTPX
     module Compression
       module Brotli
         class << self
-          def load_dependencies(klass)
-            klass.plugin(:compression)
+          def load_dependencies(_klass)
             require "brotli"
           end
 
           def configure(klass)
+            klass.plugin(:compression)
             klass.default_options.encodings.register "br", self
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/deflate.rb b/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/deflate.rb
index 7ccad027..6f871717 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/deflate.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/plugins/compression/deflate.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ module HTTPX
   module Plugins
     module Compression
       module Deflate
-        def self.load_dependencies(klass)
+        def self.load_dependencies(_klass)
           require "stringio"
           require "zlib"
-          klass.plugin(:"compression/gzip")
         end
 
         def self.configure(klass)
+          klass.plugin(:"compression/gzip")
           klass.default_options.encodings.register "deflate", self
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/httpx/plugins/rate_limiter.rb b/lib/httpx/plugins/rate_limiter.rb
index bb0a2bc8..804eb99f 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/plugins/rate_limiter.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/plugins/rate_limiter.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module HTTPX
       class << self
         RATE_LIMIT_CODES = [429, 503].freeze
 
-        def load_dependencies(klass)
+        def configure(klass)
           klass.plugin(:retries,
                        retry_change_requests: true,
                        retry_on: method(:retry_on_rate_limited_response),
diff --git a/sig/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rbs b/sig/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rbs
index d7b207f6..acfc7ef1 100644
--- a/sig/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rbs
+++ b/sig/plugins/aws_sdk_authentication.rbs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ module HTTPX
 
       def self.load_dependencies: (singleton(Session)) -> void
 
+      def self.configure: (singleton(Session)) -> void
+
       def self.extra_options: (Options) -> (Options)
 
       module InstanceMethods
diff --git a/sig/plugins/basic_authentication.rbs b/sig/plugins/basic_authentication.rbs
index 80dce5e2..b92d00d0 100644
--- a/sig/plugins/basic_authentication.rbs
+++ b/sig/plugins/basic_authentication.rbs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module HTTPX
     module BasicAuthentication
       def self.load_dependencies: (singleton(Session)) -> void
 
+      def self.configure: (singleton(Session)) -> void
+
       module InstanceMethods
         def basic_authentication: (string user, string password) -> instance
       end