diff --git a/makfa b/makfa
index 488007e..ab66740 100755
--- a/makfa
+++ b/makfa
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import urllib
-import xml.etree.cElementTree as etree
 
 
 
@@ -486,6 +485,7 @@ class Type(Command):
 class Updater(object):
 
     def __init__(self, lang='en', filename='/var/lib/makfa/makfa.dump'):
+        import xml.etree.cElementTree as etree
         self.db = {'order': [], 'entries': {}}
         url = 'http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/export/xml-export.html?lang=%s'
         tree = etree.parse(urllib.urlopen(url % lang))