1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Mailman/initialize.py b/Mailman/initialize.py
index 7e191a9d2..3577ebad6 100644
--- a/Mailman/initialize.py
+++ b/Mailman/initialize.py
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject
 import Mailman.configuration
 import Mailman.loginit
 
-from Mailman.app.chains import initialize as initialize_chains
 from Mailman.app.plugins import get_plugin
-from Mailman.app.rules import initialize as initialize_rules
 from Mailman.interfaces import IDatabase
 
 
@@ -65,7 +63,10 @@ def initialize_2(debug=False):
     verifyObject(IDatabase, database)
     database.initialize(debug)
     Mailman.configuration.config.db = database
-    # Initialize the rules and chains.
+    # Initialize the rules and chains.  Do the imports here so as to avoid
+    # circular imports.
+    from Mailman.app.chains import initialize as initialize_chains
+    from Mailman.app.rules import initialize as initialize_rules
     initialize_rules()
     initialize_chains()