@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from warnings import warn
-import textwrap
 
 
 from traitlets import (
@@ -1066,7 +1065,9 @@ def banner(self):
             banner is default_banner
             and (when := os.environ.get("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH", None)) is not None
         ):
+            import textwrap
             from datetime import datetime
+
             date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(when))
             banner = textwrap.dedent(
                 f"""
 
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from inspect import signature
 from textwrap import dedent
 import ast
-import html
 import inspect
 import io as stdlib_io
 import linecache
@@ -574,6 +573,8 @@ def _mime_format(self, text:str, formatter=None) -> dict:
         Formatters returning strings are supported but this behavior is deprecated.
 
         """
+        import html
+
         defaults = {
             "text/plain": text,
             "text/html": f"<pre>{html.escape(text)}</pre>",
 
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ def _repr_pretty_(self, p, cycle):
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import datetime
 import os
-import platform
 import re
 import sys
 import types
@@ -705,6 +704,8 @@ def _super_pprint(obj, p, cycle):
     p.pretty(obj.__thisclass__)
     p.text(',')
     p.breakable()
+    import platform
+
     if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy": # In PyPy, super() objects don't have __self__ attributes
         dself = obj.__repr__.__self__
         p.pretty(None if dself is obj else dself)
 
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
-import platform
-import pprint
 import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -80,6 +78,8 @@ def pkg_info(pkg_path: str) -> dict:
     context : dict
         with named parameters of interest
     """
+    import platform
+
     src, hsh = pkg_commit_hash(pkg_path)
     return dict(
         ipython_version=release.version,
@@ -117,4 +117,6 @@ def sys_info() -> str:
          'sys_platform': 'linux2',
          'sys_version': '2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 15:52:39) \\n[GCC 4.4.5]'}
     """
+    import pprint
+
     return pprint.pformat(get_sys_info())