diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index b74d3bc96c..7de2d95449 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 import argparse
+import importlib.util
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@
 import sys
 from inspect import getsourcefile
 
+import requests
+
 #
 # Build Triton Inference Server.
 #
@@ -1274,10 +1277,6 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
 
     if "fastertransformer" in backends:
         be = "fastertransformer"
-        import importlib.util
-
-        import requests
-
         url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/triton-inference-server/fastertransformer_backend/{}/docker/create_dockerfile_and_build.py".format(
             backends[be]
         )
@@ -1318,10 +1317,6 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
     # Add dependencies needed for tensorrtllm backend
     if "tensorrtllm" in backends:
         be = "tensorrtllm"
-        import importlib.util
-
-        import requests
-
         # FIXME: Update the url
         url = "https://gitlab-master.nvidia.com/krish/tensorrtllm_backend/-/raw/{}/tools/gen_trtllm_dockerfile.py".format(
             backends[be]