diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
index c381fd48931..fea674bbaf9 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ def setProperty(self, name, value):
         "Sets the value of a SAX2 property."
         raise SAXNotRecognizedException("Property '%s' not recognized" % name)
 
-import saxutils
-    
 class IncrementalParser(XMLReader):
     """This interface adds three extra methods to the XMLReader
     interface that allow XML parsers to support incremental
@@ -112,6 +110,7 @@ def __init__(self, bufsize=2**16):
         XMLReader.__init__(self)
 
     def parse(self, source):
+        import saxutils
         source = saxutils.prepare_input_source(source)
             
         self.prepareParser(source)