diff --git a/bin/ebuild b/bin/ebuild
index a21ef64..36580bf 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild
+++ b/bin/ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 pym_path = osp.join(osp.dirname(osp.dirname(osp.realpath(__file__))), "pym")
 sys.path.insert(0, pym_path)
 import portage
-portage.dep._internal_warnings = True
+portage._internal_warnings = True
 from portage import os
 from portage import _encodings
 from portage import _shell_quote
diff --git a/bin/repoman b/bin/repoman
index a959106..ba0ec9a 100755
--- a/bin/repoman
+++ b/bin/repoman
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, pym_path)
 import portage
 portage._disable_legacy_globals()
-portage.dep._internal_warnings = True
+portage._internal_warnings = True
 
 try:
 	import xml.etree.ElementTree
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/main.py b/pym/_emerge/main.py
index ef91fc6..be5a5ca 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/main.py
@@ -974,11 +974,11 @@
 	if args is None:
 		args = sys.argv[1:]
 
+	portage._disable_legacy_globals()
+	portage._internal_warnings = True
 	# Disable color until we're sure that it should be enabled (after
 	# EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS has been parsed).
 	portage.output.havecolor = 0
-	portage._disable_legacy_globals()
-	portage.dep._internal_warnings = True
 
 	# This first pass is just for options that need to be known as early as
 	# possible, such as --config-root.  They will be parsed again later,
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index 667bf6f..08d9e5d 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@
 _bin_path = PORTAGE_BIN_PATH
 _pym_path = PORTAGE_PYM_PATH
 
+# Api consumers included in portage should set this to True.
+_internal_warnings = False
+
 _sync_disabled_warnings = False
 
 def _shell_quote(s):
diff --git a/pym/portage/dep/__init__.py b/pym/portage/dep/__init__.py
index bc9d33e..55181d7 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dep/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dep/__init__.py
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
 else:
 	_unicode = unicode
 
-# Api consumers included in portage should set this to True.
-# Once the relevant api changes are in a portage release with
-# stable keywords, make these warnings unconditional.
-_internal_warnings = False
-
 # \w is [a-zA-Z0-9_]
 
 # PMS 3.1.3: A slot name may contain any of the characters [A-Za-z0-9+_.-].
@@ -274,7 +269,7 @@
 	@rtype: Array
 	@return: The reduced string in an array
 	"""
-	if _internal_warnings:
+	if portage._internal_warnings:
 		warnings.warn(_("%s is deprecated and will be removed without replacement.") % \
 			('portage.dep.paren_reduce',), DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 	mysplit = mystr.split()
@@ -366,7 +361,7 @@
 	"""Take a dependency structure as returned by paren_reduce or use_reduce
 	and generate an equivalent structure that has no redundant lists."""
 	def __init__(self, src):
-		if _internal_warnings:
+		if portage._internal_warnings:
 			warnings.warn(_("%s is deprecated and will be removed without replacement.") % \
 				('portage.dep.paren_normalize',), DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 		list.__init__(self)
@@ -462,7 +457,7 @@
 	@return: The use reduced depend array
 	"""
 	if isinstance(depstr, list):
-		if _internal_warnings:
+		if portage._internal_warnings:
 			warnings.warn(_("Passing paren_reduced dep arrays to %s is deprecated. " + \
 				"Pass the original dep string instead.") % \
 				('portage.dep.use_reduce',), DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
@@ -763,7 +758,7 @@
 	@return:
 		The new list with the new ordering
 	"""
-	if _internal_warnings:
+	if portage._internal_warnings:
 		warnings.warn(_("%s is deprecated. Use %s with the opconvert parameter set to True instead.") % \
 			('portage.dep.dep_opconvert', 'portage.dep.use_reduce'), DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
@@ -794,7 +789,7 @@
 	@rtype: List
 	@return: A single list containing only non-list elements.
 	"""
-	if _internal_warnings:
+	if portage._internal_warnings:
 		warnings.warn(_("%s is deprecated and will be removed without replacement.") % \
 			('portage.dep.flatten',), DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)