diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 6a099f0b4..a7bdf4932 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import git
-import httpx
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from prompt_toolkit.enums import EditingMode
 
@@ -293,6 +292,8 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     if not args.verify_ssl:
+        import httpx
+
         litellm.client_session = httpx.Client(verify=False)
 
     if args.gui and not return_coder:
diff --git a/aider/scrape.py b/aider/scrape.py
index 2ac29b6a2..c705755ae 100755
--- a/aider/scrape.py
+++ b/aider/scrape.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-import httpx
 import playwright
 import pypandoc
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -111,6 +110,8 @@ class Scraper:
         return PLAYWRIGHT_INFO
 
     def scrape_with_httpx(self, url):
+        import httpx
+
         headers = {"User-Agent": f"Mozilla./5.0 ({aider_user_agent})"}
         try:
             with httpx.Client(headers=headers) as client:
diff --git a/aider/sendchat.py b/aider/sendchat.py
index 43153d2ec..bb0030c3a 100644
--- a/aider/sendchat.py
+++ b/aider/sendchat.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import hashlib
 import json
 
 import backoff
-import httpx
 
 from aider.dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from aider.litellm import litellm
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ CACHE = None
 
 def lazy_litellm_retry_decorator(func):
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        import httpx
+
         def should_giveup(e):
             if not hasattr(e, "status_code"):
                 return False