diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-applicationinsights/botbuilder/applicationinsights/django/common.py b/libraries/botbuilder-applicationinsights/botbuilder/applicationinsights/django/common.py
index a7f61588c..0479b3e22 100644
--- a/libraries/botbuilder-applicationinsights/botbuilder/applicationinsights/django/common.py
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-applicationinsights/botbuilder/applicationinsights/django/common.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     SynchronousQueue,
     TelemetryChannel,
 )
-from django.conf import settings
 
 from ..processor.telemetry_processor import TelemetryProcessor
 from .django_telemetry_processor import DjangoTelemetryProcessor
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@
 
 
 def load_settings():
+    from django.conf import settings  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
     if hasattr(settings, "APPLICATION_INSIGHTS"):
         config = settings.APPLICATION_INSIGHTS
     elif hasattr(settings, "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS"):