diff --git a/anymal_rbprm/__init__.py b/anymal_rbprm/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..e3beac8a4d266b6936279b277872af340e43a045 100644
--- a/anymal_rbprm/__init__.py
+++ b/anymal_rbprm/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def prefix():
+    """$prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/$module/__init__.py: extract prefix from module"""
+    return Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
diff --git a/anymal_rbprm/anymal.py b/anymal_rbprm/anymal.py
index 1a25355c1520a67cf94b08875393ba3dbb7c6138..8ee84146e5ab1a58a52be2ee2a62e94096c538cd 100644
--- a/anymal_rbprm/anymal.py
+++ b/anymal_rbprm/anymal.py
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
 from hpp.corbaserver.rbprm.rbprmfullbody import FullBody as Parent
 from pinocchio import SE3
 import numpy as np
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def prefix(module):
-    """$prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/$module/__init__.py: extract prefix from module"""
-    return Path(module.__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
 
 
 class Robot(Parent):
@@ -131,9 +125,9 @@ class Robot(Parent):
     legy = 0.02
     import anymal_rbprm
     kinematic_constraints_path = str(
-        prefix(anymal_rbprm) / "share/anymal-rbprm/com_inequalities/feet_quasi_flat/anymal_")
+        anymal_rbprm.prefix() / "share/anymal-rbprm/com_inequalities/feet_quasi_flat/anymal_")
     relative_feet_constraints_path = str(
-        prefix(anymal_rbprm) / "share/anymal-rbprm/relative_effector_positions/anymal_")
+        anymal_rbprm.prefix() / "share/anymal-rbprm/relative_effector_positions/anymal_")
 
     minDist = 0.2