diff --git a/aprsd/threads/__init__.py b/aprsd/threads/__init__.py
index 3801387..7946b6d 100644
--- a/aprsd/threads/__init__.py
+++ b/aprsd/threads/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ from .rx import (  # noqa: F401
     APRSDProcessPacketThread,
     APRSDRXThread,
 )
-from .stats import APRSDStatsStoreThread, StatsLogThread  # noqa: F401
 
 packet_queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=500)
diff --git a/aprsd/threads/stats.py b/aprsd/threads/stats.py
index a69b384..7a891db 100644
--- a/aprsd/threads/stats.py
+++ b/aprsd/threads/stats.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import time
 from loguru import logger
 from oslo_config import cfg
 
+from aprsd.packets import seen_list
+from aprsd.stats import collector
 from aprsd.threads import APRSDThread
 from aprsd.utils import objectstore
 
@@ -35,9 +37,6 @@ class APRSDStatsStoreThread(APRSDThread):
 
     def loop(self):
         if self.loop_count % self.save_interval == 0:
-            # Lazy import to avoid circular dependency
-            from aprsd.stats import collector
-
             stats = collector.Collector().collect()
             ss = StatsStore()
             ss.add(stats)
@@ -58,10 +57,6 @@ class StatsLogThread(APRSDThread):
 
     def loop(self):
         if self.loop_count % self.period == 0:
-            # Lazy imports to avoid circular dependency
-            from aprsd.packets import seen_list
-            from aprsd.stats import collector
-
             # log the stats every 10 seconds
             stats_json = collector.Collector().collect(serializable=True)
             stats = stats_json['PacketList']