diff --git a/django/template/context.py b/django/template/context.py
index 8f16a95021..c4e79f7d18 100644
--- a/django/template/context.py
+++ b/django/template/context.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 _standard_context_processors = None
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ class Context(object):
 # This is a function rather than module-level procedural code because we only
 # want it to execute if somebody uses RequestContext.
 def get_standard_processors():
+    from django.conf import settings
     global _standard_context_processors
     if _standard_context_processors is None:
         processors = []