diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/app.py b/dspace_statistics_api/app.py
index a6e59a6..43e81c2 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/app.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import falcon
+import psycopg2.extras
 
 from .database import DatabaseManager
 from .items import get_downloads, get_views
@@ -120,8 +121,6 @@ class ItemResource:
     def on_get(self, req, resp, item_id):
         """Handles GET requests"""
 
-        import psycopg2.extras
-
         # Adapt Python’s uuid.UUID type to PostgreSQL’s uuid
         # See: https://www.psycopg.org/docs/extras.html
         psycopg2.extras.register_uuid()
diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/items.py b/dspace_statistics_api/items.py
index 3501873..c35790d 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/items.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/items.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 
 from .config import SOLR_SERVER
+from .util import get_statistics_shards
 
 
 def get_views(solr_date_string: str, items: list):
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ def get_views(solr_date_string: str, items: list):
     :parameter items (list): a list of item IDs
     :returns: A dict of item IDs and views
     """
-    from .util import get_statistics_shards
     shards = get_statistics_shards()
 
     # Join the UUIDs with "OR" and escape the hyphens for Solr
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def get_downloads(solr_date_string: str, items: list):
     :parameter items (list): a list of item IDs
     :returns: A dict of item IDs and downloads
     """
-    from .util import get_statistics_shards
     shards = get_statistics_shards()
 
     # Join the UUIDs with "OR" and escape the hyphens for Solr
diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/util.py b/dspace_statistics_api/util.py
index 0ea099a..8c51ca5 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/util.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+import datetime
+import json
+import re
+
 import falcon
+import requests
+
+from .config import SOLR_SERVER
 
 
 def get_statistics_shards():
@@ -8,11 +15,6 @@ def get_statistics_shards():
     Returns:
         str:A list of Solr statistics shards separated by commas.
     """
-    import re
-
-    import requests
-
-    from .config import SOLR_SERVER
 
     # Initialize an empty list for statistics core years
     statistics_core_years = []
@@ -58,7 +60,6 @@ def get_statistics_shards():
 
 
 def is_valid_date(date):
-    import datetime
 
     try:
         # Solr date format is: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ def validate_items_post_parameters(req, resp, resource, params):
 
     Meant to be used as a `before` hook.
     """
-    import json
 
     # Only attempt to read the POSTed request if its length is not 0 (or
     # rather, in the Python sense, if length is not a False-y value).