diff --git a/dvc/command/diff.py b/dvc/command/diff.py
index ac8be0be7..d11ed01e6 100644
--- a/dvc/command/diff.py
+++ b/dvc/command/diff.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from funcy import compact
 
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, append_doc_link
-import dvc.repo.diff as diff
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@ class CmdDiff(CmdBase):
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_dir_changes(cls, dct):
+        import dvc.repo.diff as diff
+
         engine = inflect.engine()
         changes_msg = (
             "{} {} untouched, {} {} modified, {} {} added, "
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ class CmdDiff(CmdBase):
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_file_changes(cls, dct):
+        import dvc.repo.diff as diff
+
         if (
             dct.get(diff.DIFF_OLD_FILE)
             and dct.get(diff.DIFF_NEW_FILE)
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ class CmdDiff(CmdBase):
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_royal_changes(cls, dct):
+        import dvc.repo.diff as diff
+
         if dct[diff.DIFF_SIZE] != diff.DIFF_SIZE_UNKNOWN:
             if dct.get("is_dir"):
                 return cls._get_dir_changes(dct)
@@ -88,6 +93,8 @@ class CmdDiff(CmdBase):
 
     @classmethod
     def _show(cls, diff_dct):
+        import dvc.repo.diff as diff
+
         msg = "dvc diff from {} to {}".format(
             diff_dct[diff.DIFF_A_REF], diff_dct[diff.DIFF_B_REF]
         )
diff --git a/dvc/command/get.py b/dvc/command/get.py
index 1233086e3..e5d647f69 100644
--- a/dvc/command/get.py
+++ b/dvc/command/get.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from .base import CmdBaseNoRepo, append_doc_link
 
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class CmdGet(CmdBaseNoRepo):
     def run(self):
+        from dvc.repo import Repo
+
         try:
             Repo.get(
                 self.args.url,
diff --git a/dvc/command/get_url.py b/dvc/command/get_url.py
index 27f4e935e..579193d9a 100644
--- a/dvc/command/get_url.py
+++ b/dvc/command/get_url.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from .base import CmdBaseNoRepo, append_doc_link
 
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class CmdGetUrl(CmdBaseNoRepo):
     def run(self):
+        from dvc.repo import Repo
+
         try:
             Repo.get_url(self.args.url, out=self.args.out)
             return 0
diff --git a/dvc/command/pipeline.py b/dvc/command/pipeline.py
index 6dc7b9a77..280699479 100644
--- a/dvc/command/pipeline.py
+++ b/dvc/command/pipeline.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import logging
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, fix_subparsers, append_doc_link
 
-from dvc.repo.graph import get_pipeline
-
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ class CmdPipelineShow(CmdBase):
     def __build_graph(self, target, commands, outs):
         import networkx
         from dvc.stage import Stage
+        from dvc.repo.graph import get_pipeline
 
         stage = Stage.load(self.repo, target)
         node = relpath(stage.path, self.repo.root_dir)
diff --git a/dvc/command/root.py b/dvc/command/root.py
index 183d4af38..09f14d0cb 100644
--- a/dvc/command/root.py
+++ b/dvc/command/root.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBaseNoRepo, append_doc_link
 from dvc.utils import relpath
 
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class CmdRoot(CmdBaseNoRepo):
     def run(self):
+        from dvc.repo import Repo
+
         logger.info(relpath(Repo.find_root()))
         return 0
 
diff --git a/dvc/command/version.py b/dvc/command/version.py
index 3e2b780f0..616a9b144 100644
--- a/dvc/command/version.py
+++ b/dvc/command/version.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from dvc.utils import is_binary
 from dvc.utils.compat import pathlib
-from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBaseNoRepo, append_doc_link
 from dvc.version import __version__
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, NotDvcRepoError
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class CmdVersion(CmdBaseNoRepo):
     def run(self):
+        from dvc.repo import Repo
+
         dvc_version = __version__
         python_version = platform.python_version()
         platform_type = platform.platform()