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diff --git a/numpy/testing/numpytest.py b/numpy/testing/numpytest.py
index e1c3b5c0d..06229630a 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/numpytest.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/numpytest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import re
import sys
import imp
import types
-import shlex
import unittest
import traceback
import warnings
@@ -624,6 +623,10 @@ class NumpyTest:
""" Run Numpy module test suite with level and verbosity
taken from sys.argv. Requires optparse module.
"""
+
+ # delayed import of shlex to reduce startup time
+ import shlex
+
try:
from optparse import OptionParser
except ImportError: