diff --git a/LbRelease/python/LbRelease/SoftConfDB/LbSdbQuery.py b/LbRelease/python/LbRelease/SoftConfDB/LbSdbQuery.py
index cbc8659238460538a02f22a40520b73d0a2957a8..2afabaaaaea4be2efa486f5d59d745e159e58f47 100644
--- a/LbRelease/python/LbRelease/SoftConfDB/LbSdbQuery.py
+++ b/LbRelease/python/LbRelease/SoftConfDB/LbSdbQuery.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Created on May 6, 2013
 
 @author: Ben Couturier
 '''
-from SoftConfDB import SoftConfDB
 from LbUtils.Script import Script
 from LbConfiguration.Version import sortVersions
 
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@ class LbSdbQuery(Script):
             from SoftConfDBRO import SoftConfDBRO
             self.mConfDB = SoftConfDBRO()
         else:
+            from SoftConfDB import SoftConfDB
             self.mConfDB = SoftConfDB()
 
         if opts.log_level == 'DEBUG':