diff --git a/cron/parse_builds.py b/cron/parse_builds.py
index e728315be13..2e4149fce57 100644
--- a/cron/parse_builds.py
+++ b/cron/parse_builds.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ build   description
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import requests
 import sys
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
 
+import requests
 
 def getbuilds(url):
     try:
diff --git a/cron/parse_builds_3_sites.py b/cron/parse_builds_3_sites.py
index 464064f4736..7d3af104420 100644
--- a/cron/parse_builds_3_sites.py
+++ b/cron/parse_builds_3_sites.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ Connects to sites and determines which builds are available at each.
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import requests
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
 
+import requests
+
 sites = ['http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/',
          'http://archaea.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/',
          'http://genome-test.cse.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/']
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/deferred/pacific_biosciences_smrt_portal.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/deferred/pacific_biosciences_smrt_portal.py
index 0adf41e5e02..297b56e90b9 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/deferred/pacific_biosciences_smrt_portal.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/deferred/pacific_biosciences_smrt_portal.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ Module for managing jobs in Pacific Bioscience's SMRT Portal and automatically t
 produced by SMRT Portal.
 """
 import logging
-import requests
 from string import Template
 
 from .data_transfer import DataTransfer
 
+import requests
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 __all__ = ('SMRTPortalPlugin', )
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/data/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/data/__init__.py
index 98013c5201e..f1fde0b7f40 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/data/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/data/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import logging
 import os
 import os.path
 import re
-import requests
 import string
 import time
 from glob import glob
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ from galaxy import util
 from galaxy.util.dictifiable import Dictifiable
 from galaxy.util.odict import odict
 
+import requests
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_TABLE_TYPE = 'tabular'
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/imp_exp/unpack_tar_gz_archive.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/imp_exp/unpack_tar_gz_archive.py
index 31e5c922a6d..c8562f959d4 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/imp_exp/unpack_tar_gz_archive.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/imp_exp/unpack_tar_gz_archive.py
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import math
 import optparse
 import os
-import requests
 import sys
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
 from base64 import b64decode
 
+import requests
+
 # Set max size of archive/file that will be handled to be 100 GB. This is
 # arbitrary and should be adjusted as needed.
 MAX_SIZE = 100 * math.pow(2, 30)
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/capsule/capsule_manager.py b/lib/tool_shed/capsule/capsule_manager.py
index dcd192ce2f4..c07d1d5de95 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/capsule/capsule_manager.py
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/capsule/capsule_manager.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
 import os
-import requests
 import shutil
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ from tool_shed.metadata import repository_metadata_manager
 from tool_shed.util import (basic_util, commit_util, common_util, encoding_util,
     hg_util, metadata_util, repository_util, shed_util_common as suc, xml_util)
 
+import requests
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)