diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
index ecbe763c0f..5d8bf84755 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # Functions to get metadata from the testing host used
 # for analytics of test results.
 
-from git import Repo, InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from collections.abc import MutableMapping
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ def metadata_from_data_store(d):
 
 def get_layers(layers):
     """ Returns layer name, branch, and revision as OrderedDict. """
+    from git import Repo, InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError
 
     layer_dict = OrderedDict()
     for layer in layers.split():
diff --git a/scripts/oe-selftest b/scripts/oe-selftest
index f4b861f2c3..bfcea66f1c 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-selftest
+++ b/scripts/oe-selftest
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import re
 import fnmatch
 import collections
 import imp
-import git
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/lib')
 import scriptpath
@@ -577,6 +576,7 @@ def main():
         log.info("Finished")
 
         if args.repository:
+            import git
             # Commit tests results to repository
             metadata = metadata_from_bb()
             git_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'selftest')