diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce9c5fbf5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Faker~=8.1.0
diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 1b4429d55b..c8245b0bf0 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ from .utils.lazy_loader import lazy_import
 
 from frappe.query_builder import get_query_builder, patch_query_execute
 
-# Lazy imports
-faker = lazy_import('faker')
-
 __version__ = '14.0.0-dev'
 
 __title__ = "Frappe Framework"
@@ -1838,6 +1835,7 @@ def parse_json(val):
 	return parse_json(val)
 
 def mock(type, size=1, locale='en'):
+	import faker
 	results = []
 	fake = faker.Faker(locale)
 	if type not in dir(fake):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7a17d3794d..37b48bc943 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ croniter~=1.0.11
 cryptography~=3.4.7
 dropbox~=11.7.0
 email-reply-parser~=0.5.12
-Faker~=8.1.0
 git-url-parse~=1.2.2
 gitdb~=4.0.7
 GitPython~=3.1.14