diff --git a/frappe/utils/response.py b/frappe/utils/response.py
index c9123412f0..b152d69d8d 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/response.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/response.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 from werkzeug.wsgi import wrap_file
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound, Forbidden
-from frappe.website.render import render
 from frappe.utils import cint
 from six import text_type
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ def json_handler(obj):
 
 def as_page():
 	"""print web page"""
+	from frappe.website.render import render
 	return render(frappe.response['route'], http_status_code=frappe.response.get("http_status_code"))
 
 def redirect():