diff --git a/aider/coder.py b/aider/coder.py
index e3bce32f5..2f2bb69f0 100755
--- a/aider/coder.py
+++ b/aider/coder.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import os
 import sys
 import re
 import traceback
+import time
+from openai.error import RateLimitError
 
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.prompt import Confirm, Prompt
@@ -265,26 +267,10 @@ class Coder:
         self.cur_messages = []
         return True
 
-    def show_messages(self, messages, title):
-        print(title.upper(), "*" * 50)
-
-        for msg in messages:
-            print()
-            print("-" * 50)
-            role = msg["role"].upper()
-            content = msg["content"].splitlines()
-            for line in content:
-                print(role, line)
-
     def send(self, messages, model=None, silent=False):
-        # self.show_messages(messages, "all")
-
         if not model:
             model = self.main_model
 
-        import time
-        from openai.error import RateLimitError
-
         self.resp = ""
         interrupted = False
         try:
diff --git a/aider/utils.py b/aider/utils.py
index 4dd575d47..0efd24762 100644
--- a/aider/utils.py
+++ b/aider/utils.py
@@ -111,3 +111,15 @@ def do_replace(fname, before_text, after_text):
 
     fname.write_text(new_content)
     return True
+
+
+def show_messages(self, messages, title):
+    print(title.upper(), "*" * 50)
+
+    for msg in messages:
+        print()
+        print("-" * 50)
+        role = msg["role"].upper()
+        content = msg["content"].splitlines()
+        for line in content:
+            print(role, line)