diff --git a/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py b/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
index b68287611..40e0ed7f6 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
+++ b/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from hashlib import sha1 as sha
 from os import linesep as LINESEP
 from os import path
 import urllib.parse
+from email.utils import formatdate
+from requests.auth import AuthBase
 
 ModuleNotFoundError = ImportError
 
@@ -65,11 +67,6 @@ except:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse, unquote
     from base64 import encodebytes as encodestring
 
-from email.utils import formatdate
-
-from requests.auth import AuthBase
-import requests
-
 class ExecutionFailureException(Exception):
     pass