diff --git a/superset/utils/core.py b/superset/utils/core.py
index 65d6e4e4c..3a4b18c1b 100644
--- a/superset/utils/core.py
+++ b/superset/utils/core.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import unquote_plus
 
 import bleach
-import celery
 import markdown as md
 import numpy
 import pandas as pd
@@ -47,10 +46,9 @@ import parsedatetime
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
-from flask import current_app, flash, Flask, g, Markup, render_template
+from flask import current_app, flash, g, Markup, render_template
 from flask_appbuilder.security.sqla.models import User
 from flask_babel import gettext as __, lazy_gettext as _
-from flask_caching import Cache
 from sqlalchemy import event, exc, select, Text
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql import MEDIUMTEXT
 from sqlalchemy.sql.type_api import Variant
@@ -252,30 +250,6 @@ def dttm_from_timetuple(d: struct_time) -> datetime:
     return datetime(d.tm_year, d.tm_mon, d.tm_mday, d.tm_hour, d.tm_min, d.tm_sec)
 
 
-def decode_dashboards(o):
-    """
-    Function to be passed into json.loads obj_hook parameter
-    Recreates the dashboard object from a json representation.
-    """
-    import superset.models.core as models
-    from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable, SqlMetric, TableColumn
-
-    if "__Dashboard__" in o:
-        return models.Dashboard(**o["__Dashboard__"])
-    elif "__Slice__" in o:
-        return models.Slice(**o["__Slice__"])
-    elif "__TableColumn__" in o:
-        return TableColumn(**o["__TableColumn__"])
-    elif "__SqlaTable__" in o:
-        return SqlaTable(**o["__SqlaTable__"])
-    elif "__SqlMetric__" in o:
-        return SqlMetric(**o["__SqlMetric__"])
-    elif "__datetime__" in o:
-        return datetime.strptime(o["__datetime__"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-    else:
-        return o
-
-
 class DashboardEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/superset/utils/dashboard_import_export.py b/superset/utils/dashboard_import_export.py
index b35740833..dc8d59f2e 100644
--- a/superset/utils/dashboard_import_export.py
+++ b/superset/utils/dashboard_import_export.py
@@ -18,9 +18,33 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import time
+from datetime import datetime
 
-from superset.models.core import Dashboard
-from superset.utils.core import decode_dashboards
+from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable, SqlMetric, TableColumn
+from superset.models.core import Dashboard, Slice
+
+
+def decode_dashboards(o):
+    """
+    Function to be passed into json.loads obj_hook parameter
+    Recreates the dashboard object from a json representation.
+    """
+    import superset.models.core as models
+
+    if "__Dashboard__" in o:
+        return Dashboard(**o["__Dashboard__"])
+    elif "__Slice__" in o:
+        return Slice(**o["__Slice__"])
+    elif "__TableColumn__" in o:
+        return TableColumn(**o["__TableColumn__"])
+    elif "__SqlaTable__" in o:
+        return SqlaTable(**o["__SqlaTable__"])
+    elif "__SqlMetric__" in o:
+        return SqlMetric(**o["__SqlMetric__"])
+    elif "__datetime__" in o:
+        return datetime.strptime(o["__datetime__"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+    else:
+        return o
 
 
 def import_dashboards(session, data_stream, import_time=None):
diff --git a/tests/import_export_tests.py b/tests/import_export_tests.py
index 2641e35ad..35e0d6598 100644
--- a/tests/import_export_tests.py
+++ b/tests/import_export_tests.py
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import unittest
 from flask import g
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import make_transient
 
+from superset.utils.dashboard_import_export import decode_dashboards
 from tests.test_app import app
 from superset import db, security_manager
 from superset.connectors.druid.models import DruidColumn, DruidDatasource, DruidMetric
 from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable, SqlMetric, TableColumn
 from superset.models import core as models
-from superset.utils import core as utils
 
 from .base_tests import SupersetTestCase
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class ImportExportTests(SupersetTestCase):
         )
         resp = self.client.get(export_dash_url)
         exported_dashboards = json.loads(
-            resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=utils.decode_dashboards
+            resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=decode_dashboards
         )["dashboards"]
 
         birth_dash = self.get_dash_by_slug("births")
@@ -238,13 +238,12 @@ class ImportExportTests(SupersetTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             birth_dash.id,
             json.loads(
-                exported_dashboards[0].json_metadata,
-                object_hook=utils.decode_dashboards,
+                exported_dashboards[0].json_metadata, object_hook=decode_dashboards
             )["remote_id"],
         )
 
         exported_tables = json.loads(
-            resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=utils.decode_dashboards
+            resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=decode_dashboards
         )["datasources"]
         self.assertEqual(1, len(exported_tables))
         self.assert_table_equals(
@@ -259,9 +258,7 @@ class ImportExportTests(SupersetTestCase):
             birth_dash.id, world_health_dash.id
         )
         resp = self.client.get(export_dash_url)
-        resp_data = json.loads(
-            resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=utils.decode_dashboards
-        )
+        resp_data = json.loads(resp.data.decode("utf-8"), object_hook=decode_dashboards)
         exported_dashboards = sorted(
             resp_data.get("dashboards"), key=lambda d: d.dashboard_title
         )