diff --git a/moler/device/textualdevice.py b/moler/device/textualdevice.py
index 8dec76e32..9e0686956 100644
--- a/moler/device/textualdevice.py
+++ b/moler/device/textualdevice.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import time
 import traceback
 
-from moler.cmd.commandtextualgeneric import CommandTextualGeneric
 from moler.config.loggers import change_logging_suffix, configure_device_logger
 from moler.connection_factory import get_connection
 from moler.connection_observer import ConnectionObserver
@@ -925,6 +924,7 @@ def get_cmd(self, cmd_name, cmd_params=None, check_state=True, for_state=None):
             for_state=for_state,
             **cmd_params,
         )
+        from moler.cmd.commandtextualgeneric import CommandTextualGeneric
         assert isinstance(cmd, CommandTextualGeneric)
         return cmd