diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
index 7d409dfc4..500a504a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: 3.9
     - name: Install flake8
       run: pip install flake8
+    - name: Make lazy extractors
+      run: python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py
     - name: Run flake8
       run: flake8 .
diff --git a/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py b/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py
index d06655d10..20322e04b 100644
--- a/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py
+++ b/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import re
 class LazyLoadExtractor(object):
     _module = None
 
-    @classmethod
-    def ie_key(cls):
-        return cls.__name__[:-2]
-
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         mod = __import__(cls._module, fromlist=(cls.__name__,))
         real_cls = getattr(mod, cls.__name__)
diff --git a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
index 727d28204..8189c77dc 100644
--- a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ with open('devscripts/lazy_load_template.py', 'rt') as f:
 
 module_contents = [
     module_template,
+    getsource(InfoExtractor.ie_key),
     getsource(InfoExtractor._match_valid_url),
     getsource(InfoExtractor.suitable),
     '\nclass LazyLoadSearchExtractor(LazyLoadExtractor):\n    pass\n']
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ for ie in ordered_cls:
         names.append(name)
 
 module_contents.append(
-    '_ALL_CLASSES = [{0}]'.format(', '.join(names)))
+    '\n_ALL_CLASSES = [{0}]'.format(', '.join(names)))
 
 module_src = '\n'.join(module_contents) + '\n'
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 31356111b..734651193 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     @classmethod
     def suitable(cls, url):
         """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
+        # This function must import everything it needs (except other extractors),
+        # so that lazy_extractors works correctly
         return cls._match_valid_url(url) is not None
 
     @classmethod
@@ -622,7 +624,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     @classmethod
     def ie_key(cls):
         """A string for getting the InfoExtractor with get_info_extractor"""
-        return compat_str(cls.__name__[:-2])
+        return cls.__name__[:-2]
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/rutube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/rutube.py
index 01529315f..d027412c4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rutube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rutube.py
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ class RutubePlaylistIE(RutubePlaylistBaseIE):
 
     @classmethod
     def suitable(cls, url):
+        from ..utils import int_or_none, parse_qs
+
         if not super(RutubePlaylistIE, cls).suitable(url):
             return False
         params = parse_qs(url)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 15e0f8adb..236f5809a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1837,8 +1837,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     @classmethod
     def suitable(cls, url):
-        # Hack for lazy extractors until more generic solution is implemented
-        # (see #28780)
         from ..utils import parse_qs
 
         qs = parse_qs(url)