diff --git a/src/calibre/db/tests/base.py b/src/calibre/db/tests/base.py
index 6a9d6eca3f..3ccdf5b643 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/tests/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/tests/base.py
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2011, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import unittest, os, shutil, tempfile, atexit, gc, time
+import atexit
+import gc
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import time
+import unittest
 from functools import partial
 from io import BytesIO
 
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
+
 rmtree = partial(shutil.rmtree, ignore_errors=True)
 
 IMG = b'\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x00\x10JFIF\x00\x01\x01\x01\x00`\x00`\x00\x00\xff\xe1\x00\x16Exif\x00\x00II*\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xdb\x00C\x00\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\xff\xdb\x00C\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\xff\xc0\x00\x11\x08\x00\x01\x00\x01\x03\x01"\x00\x02\x11\x01\x03\x11\x01\xff\xc4\x00\x15\x00\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\n\xff\xc4\x00\x14\x10\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xc4\x00\x14\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xc4\x00\x14\x11\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xda\x00\x0c\x03\x01\x00\x02\x11\x03\x11\x00?\x00\xbf\x80\x01\xff\xd9'  # noqa {{{ }}}
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
index 1f965f2581..e43005344f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 
 from calibre import fsync
 from calibre.devices.usbms.driver import USBMS
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from polyglot.builtins import string_or_bytes
 
 HTC_BCDS = [0x100, 0x0222, 0x0224, 0x0226, 0x227, 0x228, 0x229, 0x0231, 0x9999]
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/nook/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/nook/driver.py
index ad43a2a153..fe50e03580 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/nook/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/nook/driver.py
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 Device driver for Barns and Nobel's Nook
 '''
 
-import io, os
+import io
+import os
 
 from calibre import fsync, prints
 from calibre.constants import DEBUG
 from calibre.devices.usbms.driver import USBMS
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 
 
 class NOOK(USBMS):
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/covers.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/covers.py
index af9ff00054..9f99489373 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/covers.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/covers.py
@@ -4,27 +4,30 @@
 __license__ = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2014, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
-import re, random, unicodedata, numbers
+import numbers
+import random
+import re
+import unicodedata
 from collections import namedtuple
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from math import ceil, sqrt, cos, sin, atan2
-from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues, string_or_bytes
 from itertools import chain
-
+from math import atan2, ceil, cos, sin, sqrt
 from qt.core import (
-    QImage, Qt, QFont, QPainter, QPointF, QTextLayout, QTextOption,
-    QFontMetrics, QTextCharFormat, QColor, QRect, QBrush, QLinearGradient,
-    QPainterPath, QPen, QRectF, QTransform, QRadialGradient
+    QBrush, QColor, QFont, QFontMetrics, QImage, QLinearGradient, QPainter,
+    QPainterPath, QPen, QPointF, QRadialGradient, QRect, QRectF, Qt, QTextCharFormat,
+    QTextLayout, QTextOption, QTransform,
 )
 
-from calibre import force_unicode, fit_image
+from calibre import fit_image, force_unicode
 from calibre.constants import __appname__, __version__
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import fmt_sidx
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import Metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.formatter import SafeFormat
-from calibre.gui2 import ensure_app, config, load_builtin_fonts, pixmap_to_data
+from calibre.gui2 import config, ensure_app, load_builtin_fonts, pixmap_to_data
 from calibre.utils.cleantext import clean_ascii_chars, clean_xml_chars
 from calibre.utils.config import JSONConfig
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
+from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues, string_or_bytes
 
 # Default settings {{{
 cprefs = JSONConfig('cover_generation')
@@ -726,7 +729,8 @@ def generate_masthead(title, output_path=None, width=600, height=60, as_qimage=F
 
 
 def test(scale=0.25):
-    from qt.core import QLabel, QPixmap, QMainWindow, QWidget, QScrollArea, QGridLayout
+    from qt.core import QGridLayout, QLabel, QMainWindow, QPixmap, QScrollArea, QWidget
+
     from calibre.gui2 import Application
     app = Application([])
     mi = Metadata('Unknown', ['Kovid Goyal', 'John & Doe', 'Author'])
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/writer/images.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/writer/images.py
index e05dc1e6ea..18bdf6142a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/writer/images.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/writer/images.py
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ import os
 import posixpath
 from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import partial
-from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues
-
 from lxml import etree
 
 from calibre import fit_image
-from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import urlunquote, urlquote
 from calibre.ebooks.docx.images import pt_to_emu
+from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import urlquote, urlunquote
 from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import identify
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
+from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues
 
 Image = namedtuple('Image', 'rid fname width height fmt item')
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/tests/base.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/tests/base.py
index fb68c038ac..db8396076b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/tests/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/tests/base.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.container as pc
 from calibre import CurrentDir
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryDirectory, TemporaryDirectory
 from calibre.utils.logging import DevNull
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems
 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index bdf28807d8..1e397c42ff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from calibre.utils.date import UNDEFINED_DATE
 from calibre.utils.file_type_icons import EXT_MAP
 from calibre.utils.img import set_image_allocation_limit
 from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P, user_dir
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P, user_dir
 from polyglot import queue
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, string_or_bytes
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/email.py b/src/calibre/gui2/email.py
index a2cd817268..77e36bcb74 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/email.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/email.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from itertools import repeat
 from qt.core import (
     QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout, QIcon, QLabel, QLineEdit, QListWidget,
-    QListWidgetItem, QPushButton, Qt
+    QListWidgetItem, QPushButton, Qt,
 )
 from threading import Thread
 
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ from calibre.gui2.threaded_jobs import ThreadedJob
 from calibre.library.save_to_disk import get_components
 from calibre.utils.config import prefs, tweaks
 from calibre.utils.icu import primary_sort_key
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from calibre.utils.smtp import (
-    compose_mail, config as email_config, extract_email_address, sendmail
+    compose_mail, config as email_config, extract_email_address, sendmail,
 )
 from polyglot.binary import from_hex_unicode
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues
@@ -439,8 +440,8 @@ class EmailMixin:  # {{{
                         _('in the %s format.') %
                         os.path.splitext(f)[1][1:].upper())
                 if mi.comments and gprefs['add_comments_to_email']:
-                    from calibre.utils.html2text import html2text
                     from calibre.ebooks.metadata import fmt_sidx
+                    from calibre.utils.html2text import html2text
                     if mi.series:
                         sidx=fmt_sidx(1.0 if mi.series_index is None else mi.series_index, use_roman=config['use_roman_numerals_for_series_number'])
                         texts[-1] += '\n\n' + _('{series_index} of {series}').format(series_index=sidx, series=mi.series)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/icon_theme.py b/src/calibre/gui2/icon_theme.py
index 0268ccb2ed..e33b583354 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/icon_theme.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/icon_theme.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename, atomic_rename
 from calibre.utils.https import HTTPError, get_https_resource_securely
 from calibre.utils.icu import numeric_sort_key as sort_key
 from calibre.utils.img import Canvas, image_from_data, optimize_jpeg, optimize_png
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from calibre.utils.zipfile import ZIP_STORED, ZipFile
 from polyglot import http_client
 from polyglot.builtins import as_bytes, iteritems, reraise
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 7e573023a5..495fe0d2fe 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -2,23 +2,22 @@
 # License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2015, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
 
+import apsw
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
-
-import apsw
 from qt.core import QCoreApplication, QIcon, QObject, QTimer
 
 from calibre import force_unicode, prints
 from calibre.constants import (
-    DEBUG, MAIN_APP_UID, __appname__, filesystem_encoding, get_portable_base,
-    islinux, ismacos, iswindows
+    DEBUG, MAIN_APP_UID, __appname__, filesystem_encoding, get_portable_base, islinux,
+    ismacos, iswindows,
 )
 from calibre.gui2 import (
     Application, choose_dir, error_dialog, gprefs, initialize_file_icon_provider,
-    question_dialog, setup_gui_option_parser
+    question_dialog, setup_gui_option_parser,
 )
 from calibre.gui2.listener import send_message_in_process
 from calibre.gui2.main_window import option_parser as _option_parser
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.splash_screen import SplashScreen
 from calibre.utils.config import dynamic, prefs
 from calibre.utils.lock import SingleInstance
 from calibre.utils.monotonic import monotonic
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from polyglot.builtins import as_bytes, environ_item
 
 after_quit_actions = {'debug_on_restart': False, 'restart_after_quit': False, 'no_plugins_on_restart': False}
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ def repair_library(library_path):
 
 def windows_repair(library_path=None):
     import subprocess
+
     from calibre.utils.serialize import json_dumps, json_loads
     from polyglot.binary import as_hex_unicode, from_hex_bytes
     if library_path:
@@ -380,8 +381,10 @@ class GuiRunner(QObject):
 
 
 def run_in_debug_mode():
+    import subprocess
+    import tempfile
+
     from calibre.debug import run_calibre_debug
-    import tempfile, subprocess
     fd, logpath = tempfile.mkstemp('.txt')
     os.close(fd)
     run_calibre_debug(
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
index e31f42e62b..ee98e224cc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
@@ -8,36 +8,38 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 DEBUG_DIALOG = False
 
 # Imports {{{
-import os, time
-from threading import Thread, Event
-from operator import attrgetter
+import os
+import time
 from io import BytesIO
-
+from operator import attrgetter
 from qt.core import (
-    QStyledItemDelegate, QTextDocument, QRectF, QIcon, Qt, QApplication,
-    QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QDialogButtonBox, QStyle, QStackedWidget,
-    QWidget, QTableView, QGridLayout, QPalette, QTimer, pyqtSignal,
-    QAbstractTableModel, QSize, QListView, QPixmap, QModelIndex, QSplitter,
-    QAbstractListModel, QRect, QTextBrowser, QStringListModel, QMenu, QItemSelectionModel,
-    QCursor, QHBoxLayout, QPushButton, QSizePolicy, QAbstractItemView)
+    QAbstractItemView, QAbstractListModel, QAbstractTableModel, QApplication, QCursor,
+    QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout, QHBoxLayout, QIcon, QItemSelectionModel,
+    QLabel, QListView, QMenu, QModelIndex, QPalette, QPixmap, QPushButton, QRect,
+    QRectF, QSize, QSizePolicy, QSplitter, QStackedWidget, QStringListModel, QStyle,
+    QStyledItemDelegate, Qt, QTableView, QTextBrowser, QTextDocument, QTimer,
+    QVBoxLayout, QWidget, pyqtSignal,
+)
+from threading import Event, Thread
 
+from calibre import force_unicode
 from calibre.customize.ui import metadata_plugins
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string, rating_to_stars
-from calibre.utils.logging import GUILog as Log
-from calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.identify import urls_from_identifiers
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import Metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import OPF
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, rating_font, gprefs
+from calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.identify import urls_from_identifiers
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, gprefs, rating_font
 from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import SpinAnimator
 from calibre.gui2.widgets2 import HTMLDisplay
-from calibre.utils.date import (utcnow, fromordinal, format_date,
-        UNDEFINED_DATE, as_utc)
 from calibre.library.comments import comments_to_html
-from calibre import force_unicode
-from calibre.utils.ipc.simple_worker import fork_job, WorkerError
 from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from calibre.utils.date import UNDEFINED_DATE, as_utc, format_date, fromordinal, utcnow
+from calibre.utils.ipc.simple_worker import WorkerError, fork_job
+from calibre.utils.logging import GUILog as Log
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, itervalues
-from polyglot.queue import Queue, Empty
+from polyglot.queue import Empty, Queue
+
 # }}}
 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py b/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
index e8610e3699..f2fff217de 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/notify.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from contextlib import suppress
 from functools import lru_cache
 
 from calibre.constants import DEBUG, __appname__, get_osx_version, islinux, ismacos
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 
 
 class Notifier:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py b/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
index bcd96ad1f5..971da327cf 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/open_with.py
@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@ import uuid
 from contextlib import suppress
 from functools import partial
 from qt.core import (
-    QAction, QBuffer, QByteArray, QIcon, QInputDialog, QKeySequence, QLabel,
-    QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QPixmap, QSize, QStackedLayout, Qt, QVBoxLayout,
-    QWidget, pyqtSignal, QIODevice, QDialogButtonBox
+    QAction, QBuffer, QByteArray, QDialogButtonBox, QIcon, QInputDialog, QIODevice,
+    QKeySequence, QLabel, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QPixmap, QSize, QStackedLayout,
+    Qt, QVBoxLayout, QWidget, pyqtSignal,
 )
 from threading import Thread
 
 from calibre import as_unicode
 from calibre.constants import ismacos, iswindows
 from calibre.gui2 import (
-    Application, choose_files, choose_images, choose_osx_app, elided_text,
-    error_dialog, sanitize_env_vars
+    Application, choose_files, choose_images, choose_osx_app, elided_text, error_dialog,
+    sanitize_env_vars,
 )
 from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator
 from calibre.gui2.widgets2 import Dialog
 from calibre.utils.config import JSONConfig
 from calibre.utils.icu import numeric_sort_key as sort_key
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems, string_or_bytes
 
 ENTRY_ROLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
@@ -80,11 +81,9 @@ if iswindows:
     import subprocess
 
     from calibre.utils.open_with.windows import (
-        load_icon_for_cmdline, load_icon_resource
-    )
-    from calibre.utils.winreg.default_programs import (
-        find_programs, friendly_app_name
+        load_icon_for_cmdline, load_icon_resource,
     )
+    from calibre.utils.winreg.default_programs import find_programs, friendly_app_name
     from calibre_extensions import winutil
     oprefs = JSONConfig('windows_open_with')
 
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ elif ismacos:
     # macOS {{{
     oprefs = JSONConfig('osx_open_with')
     from calibre.utils.open_with.osx import (
-        entry_to_cmdline, find_programs, get_bundle_data, get_icon
+        entry_to_cmdline, find_programs, get_bundle_data, get_icon,
     )
 
     def entry_sort_key(entry):
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ else:
     # XDG {{{
     oprefs = JSONConfig('xdg_open_with')
     from calibre.utils.open_with.linux import (
-        entry_sort_key, entry_to_cmdline, find_programs
+        entry_sort_key, entry_to_cmdline, find_programs,
     )
 
     def change_name_in_entry(entry, newname):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/texture_chooser.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/texture_chooser.py
index 4415deb2ad..08ac8ab07d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/texture_chooser.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/texture_chooser.py
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@
 __license__ = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2013, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
-import glob, os, shutil
+import glob
+import os
+import shutil
 from functools import partial
 from qt.core import (
-    QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, Qt, QIcon,
-    QApplication, QSize, QDialogButtonBox, QTimer, QLabel, QAbstractItemView, QListView)
+    QAbstractItemView, QApplication, QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QIcon, QLabel,
+    QListView, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QSize, Qt, QTimer, QVBoxLayout,
+)
 
 from calibre.constants import config_dir
 from calibre.gui2 import choose_files, error_dialog
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 
 
 def texture_dir():
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/splash_screen.py b/src/calibre/gui2/splash_screen.py
index 5554820439..165f25873b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/splash_screen.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/splash_screen.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 
 from qt.core import (
-    QApplication, QBrush, QColor, QFont, QFontMetrics, QPen, QPixmap, QSplashScreen,
-    Qt, QPainter
+    QApplication, QBrush, QColor, QFont, QFontMetrics, QPainter, QPen, QPixmap,
+    QSplashScreen, Qt,
 )
 
 from calibre.constants import __appname__, numeric_version
 from calibre.utils.monotonic import monotonic
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 
 
 class SplashScreen(QSplashScreen):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index c2caf99f7d..c545397146 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ from calibre.library import current_library_name
 from calibre.srv.library_broker import GuiLibraryBroker, db_matches
 from calibre.utils.config import dynamic, prefs
 from calibre.utils.ipc.pool import Pool
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from polyglot.builtins import string_or_bytes
 from polyglot.queue import Empty, Queue
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
index ebfc2594e4..cabe14deab 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2010, Greg Riker
 
-
 import datetime
 import os
 import platform
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_text, shorten_components_to
 from calibre.utils.formatter import TemplateFormatter
 from calibre.utils.icu import capitalize, collation_order, sort_key
 from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang, lang_as_iso639_1
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from calibre.utils.xml_parse import safe_xml_fromstring
 from calibre.utils.zipfile import ZipFile
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems
diff --git a/src/calibre/linux.py b/src/calibre/linux.py
index c979b39fe2..f81de08db5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/linux.py
+++ b/src/calibre/linux.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from calibre import CurrentDir, __appname__, guess_type, prints
 from calibre.constants import isbsd, islinux
 from calibre.customize.ui import all_input_formats
 from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems
 
 entry_points = {
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/content.py b/src/calibre/srv/content.py
index 17fe89b863..91274eeb33 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/content.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/content.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from calibre.utils.config_base import tweaks
 from calibre.utils.date import timestampfromdt
 from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename, atomic_rename
 from calibre.utils.img import image_from_data, scale_image
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from calibre.utils.shared_file import share_open
 from polyglot.binary import as_hex_unicode
 from polyglot.urllib import quote
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/tests/base.py b/src/calibre/srv/tests/base.py
index 5ab2ded116..cf2ce9cd04 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/tests/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/tests/base.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from threading import Thread
 
 from calibre.srv.utils import ServerLog
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from polyglot import http_client
 
 rmtree = partial(shutil.rmtree, ignore_errors=True)
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/tests/content.py b/src/calibre/srv/tests/content.py
index aa76b94ebf..da8c183bff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/tests/content.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/tests/content.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.metadata.epub import get_metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import OPF
 from calibre.srv.tests.base import LibraryBaseTest
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import identify
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from calibre.utils.shared_file import share_open
 from polyglot import http_client
 from polyglot.binary import from_hex_unicode
diff --git a/src/calibre/test_build.py b/src/calibre/test_build.py
index cad191b616..ad1e223347 100644
--- a/src/calibre/test_build.py
+++ b/src/calibre/test_build.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import time
 import unittest
 
 from calibre.constants import islinux, ismacos, iswindows, plugins_loc
-from calibre.utils.resources import get_path as P
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I, get_path as P
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems
 
 is_ci = os.environ.get('CI', '').lower() == 'true'
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/img.py b/src/calibre/utils/img.py
index 3952f4bbb7..e07cdac79e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/img.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/img.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import tempfile
 from contextlib import suppress
 from io import BytesIO
 from qt.core import (
-    QBuffer, QByteArray, QColor, QImage, QImageReader, QImageWriter, QIODevice,
-    QPixmap, Qt, QTransform
+    QBuffer, QByteArray, QColor, QImage, QImageReader, QImageWriter, QIODevice, QPixmap,
+    Qt, QTransform,
 )
 from threading import Thread
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from calibre.utils.config_base import tweaks
 from calibre.utils.filenames import atomic_rename
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import what
+from calibre.utils.resources import get_image_path as I
 from calibre_extensions import imageops
 from polyglot.builtins import string_or_bytes
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def gif_data_to_png_data(data, discard_animation=False):
 def set_image_allocation_limit(size_in_mb=1024):
     with suppress(ImportError):  # for people running form source
         from calibre_extensions.progress_indicator import (
-            set_image_allocation_limit as impl
+            set_image_allocation_limit as impl,
         )
         impl(size_in_mb)