diff --git a/editor.py b/editor.py
index 5b8f08a7b..75537995d 100644
--- a/editor.py
+++ b/editor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import shlex
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -89,8 +90,6 @@ least one of these before using this command.""",  # noqa: E501
 
             if platform_utils.isWindows():
                 # Split on spaces, respecting quoted strings
-                import shlex
-
                 args = shlex.split(editor)
                 shell = False
             elif re.compile("^.*[$ \t'].*$").match(editor):
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 91e96b5ff..8f5cf32b0 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ class _Repo:
             first_trace=True,
         ):
             if gopts.trace_python:
-                import trace
+                # This is a debug module that is not otherwise used, so don't
+                # import it all the time.
+                import trace  # noqa: IMR200
 
                 tracer = trace.Trace(
                     count=False,
diff --git a/platform_utils.py b/platform_utils.py
index 58df6a9e2..f2fe66749 100644
--- a/platform_utils.py
+++ b/platform_utils.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ def isWindows():
     return platform.system() == "Windows"
 
 
+if isWindows():
+    import platform_utils_win32
+
+
 def symlink(source, link_name):
     """Creates a symbolic link pointing to source named link_name.
 
@@ -35,8 +39,6 @@ def symlink(source, link_name):
     to know whether to create a "File" or a "Directory" symbolic link.
     """
     if isWindows():
-        import platform_utils_win32
-
         source = _validate_winpath(source)
         link_name = _validate_winpath(link_name)
         target = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(link_name), source)
@@ -273,8 +275,6 @@ def islink(path):
     Availability: Windows, Unix.
     """
     if isWindows():
-        import platform_utils_win32
-
         return platform_utils_win32.islink(_makelongpath(path))
     else:
         return os.path.islink(path)
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ def readlink(path):
     Availability: Windows, Unix.
     """
     if isWindows():
-        import platform_utils_win32
-
         return platform_utils_win32.readlink(_makelongpath(path))
     else:
         return os.readlink(path)
diff --git a/tests/test_subcmds.py b/tests/test_subcmds.py
index 12bbb2700..3a52f2284 100644
--- a/tests/test_subcmds.py
+++ b/tests/test_subcmds.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from command import Command
 import subcmds
+from subcmds import sync
 
 
 # NB: We don't test all subcommands as we want to avoid "change detection"
@@ -164,9 +165,7 @@ def test_common_validate_options(name: str, cls: Type[Command]) -> None:
 
 def test_attribute_error_repro() -> None:
     """Confirm that accessing verbose before CommonValidateOptions fails."""
-    from subcmds.sync import Sync
-
-    cmd = Sync()
+    cmd = sync.Sync()
     opts, args = cmd.OptionParser.parse_args([])
 
     # This confirms that without the fix in main.py, an AttributeError
diff --git a/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py b/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
index e695e8e4e..4cdc954c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import optparse
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
+import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
@@ -3012,8 +3013,6 @@ class TestSmartSyncSetupRemoteHelper(unittest.TestCase):
         self, mock_transport_class, mock_server_class, mock_popen, mock_which
     ):
         """Test _SmartSyncSetup when a helper is present and succeeds."""
-        import subprocess
-
         self.manifest.manifest_server = (
             "persistent-https://android-smartsync.corp.google.com/"
             "manifestserver"