diff --git a/litellm/caching.py b/litellm/caching.py
index 4777b2f18d..3cab7d460e 100644
--- a/litellm/caching.py
+++ b/litellm/caching.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import litellm, openai
-
 def get_prompt(*args, **kwargs):
     # make this safe checks, it should not throw any exceptions
     if len(args) > 1:
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ def get_prompt(*args, **kwargs):
     return None
 
 class RedisCache():
-    import redis
     def __init__(self, host, port, password):
+        import redis
         # if users don't provider one, use the default litellm cache
         self.redis_client = redis.Redis(host=host, port=port, password=password)