diff --git a/skimage/feature/censure.py b/skimage/feature/censure.py
index 726af80d..6178335c 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/censure.py
+++ b/skimage/feature/censure.py
@@ -9,18 +9,20 @@ from skimage.morphology import convex_hull_image
 from skimage.feature.censure_cy import _censure_dob_loop
 
 
+OCTAGON_OUTER_SHAPE = [(5, 2), (5, 3), (7, 3), (9, 4), (9, 7), (13, 7),
+                       (15, 10)]
+OCTAGON_INNER_SHAPE = [(3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5)]
+
+STAR_SHAPE = [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 23, 32, 45, 46, 64, 90, 128]
+STAR_FILTER_SHAPE = [(1, 0), (3, 1), (4, 2), (5, 3), (7, 4), (8, 5),
+                     (9, 6),(11, 8), (13, 10), (14, 11), (15, 12), (16, 14)]
+
+
 def _get_filtered_image(image, n_scales, mode):
 
     scales = np.zeros((image.shape[0], image.shape[1], n_scales),
                       dtype=np.double)
 
-    OCTAGON_OUTER_SHAPE = [(5, 2), (5, 3), (7, 3), (9, 4), (9, 7), (13, 7),
-                       (15, 10)]
-    OCTAGON_INNER_SHAPE = [(3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5)]
-
-    STAR_SHAPE = [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 23, 32, 45, 46, 64, 90, 128]
-    STAR_FILTER_SHAPE = [(1, 0), (3, 1), (4, 2), (5, 3), (7, 4), (8, 5),
-                         (9, 6),(11, 8), (13, 10), (14, 11), (15, 12), (16, 14)]
     if mode == 'DoB':
         for i in range(n_scales):
             n = i + 1