diff --git a/frappe/build.py b/frappe/build.py
index f47a7cb32b..c1c807c8db 100644
--- a/frappe/build.py
+++ b/frappe/build.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import frappe
 from frappe.utils.minify import JavascriptMinify
 
 import click
-from requests import get
 from six import iteritems, text_type
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ sites_path = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())
 
 
 def download_file(url, prefix):
+	from requests import get
+
 	filename = urlparse(url).path.split("/")[-1]
 	local_filename = os.path.join(prefix, filename)
 	with get(url, stream=True, allow_redirects=True) as r:
diff --git a/frappe/utils/__init__.py b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
index 5ac4de618d..54064b1eb2 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
 from werkzeug.test import Client
-import os, re, sys, json, hashlib, requests, traceback
+import os, re, sys, json, hashlib, traceback
 import functools
 from .html_utils import sanitize_html
 import frappe
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ def random_string(length):
 
 def has_gravatar(email):
 	'''Returns gravatar url if user has set an avatar at gravatar.com'''
+	import requests
+
 	if (frappe.flags.in_import
 		or frappe.flags.in_install
 		or frappe.flags.in_test):
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ def get_sites(sites_path=None):
 	return sorted(sites)
 
 def get_request_session(max_retries=3):
+	import requests
 	from urllib3.util import Retry
 	session = requests.Session()
 	session.mount("http://", requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=Retry(total=5, status_forcelist=[500])))
diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/website_settings/website_settings.py b/frappe/website/doctype/website_settings/website_settings.py
index 7546b4d363..89def9bf8d 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/website_settings/website_settings.py
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/website_settings/website_settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # MIT License. See license.txt
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import requests
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
 from frappe.utils import get_request_site_address, encode
@@ -77,6 +76,8 @@ class WebsiteSettings(Document):
 		frappe.clear_cache()
 
 	def get_access_token(self):
+		import requests
+
 		google_settings = frappe.get_doc("Google Settings")
 
 		if not google_settings.enable: