diff --git a/src/azureHelpers.ts b/src/azureHelpers.ts
index d88c4a3..abe5950 100644
--- a/src/azureHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/azureHelpers.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { Constants } from './constants';
 import * as utilities from './utilities';
+var https = require('https');
 
 export class AzureHelpers {
     constructor() {
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ export class AzureHelpers {
         }
 
         // XXX - check if credentials are valid
-
-        var https = require('https');
         let __this = this;
 
         let postData: string = "resource=https%3A%2F%2Fmanagement.core.windows.net%2F&client_id=" + azure_client_id + "&grant_type=client_credentials&client_secret=" + azure_secret;
diff --git a/src/dockerRunner.ts b/src/dockerRunner.ts
index 4946391..deda9f6 100644
--- a/src/dockerRunner.ts
+++ b/src/dockerRunner.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { TelemetryClient } from './telemetryClient';
 import { clearInterval } from 'timers';
 import { TerminalBaseRunner } from './terminalBaseRunner';
 import * as fsExtra from 'fs-extra';
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
 
 
 export class DockerRunner extends TerminalBaseRunner {
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export class DockerRunner extends TerminalBaseRunner {
     private startTerminal(terminalId: string, initCmd: string, terminalName: string, waitAfterInit: boolean, subCmds: string[], interval: number, reuse: boolean): void {
         TerminalExecutor.runInTerminal(initCmd, terminalName, waitAfterInit, subCmds, interval, reuse, function (terminal, interval) {
             if (terminal) {
-                require('child_process').exec('docker ps --filter name=' + terminalId, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+                child_process.exec('docker ps --filter name=' + terminalId, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
                     if (err || stderr) {
                         console.log('err: ' + err + ' ' + stderr);
                         return;
diff --git a/src/restSamples.ts b/src/restSamples.ts
index bab3231..9226c86 100644
--- a/src/restSamples.ts
+++ b/src/restSamples.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { PlaybookManager } from './playbookManager';
 import * as utilities from './utilities';
 var path = require("path");
 var fs = require('fs');
+var clone = require('git-clone');
 var pm = new PlaybookManager();
 
 export class RestSamples {
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ export class RestSamples {
                 const progress = utilities.delayedInterval(() => { this._outputChannel.append('.') }, 500);
 
                 this._outputChannel.append("Getting Azure REST API specifications.");
-                let clone = require('git-clone');
                 //let home: string = path.join(vscode.extensions.getExtension("vscoss.vscode-ansible").extensionPath, 'azure-rest-api-specs');
                 let home = path.join(process.env[(process.platform == 'win32') ? 'USERPROFILE' : 'HOME'], '.vscode', 'rest');
                 clone("https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs.git", home, null, (result) => {
diff --git a/src/utilities.ts b/src/utilities.ts
index 1c978a1..f203ec2 100644
--- a/src/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/utilities.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import { SSHServer } from './interfaces';
 import * as scp from 'scp2';
 import { clearInterval } from 'timers';
 import * as ssh from 'ssh2';
+import * as childprocess from 'child_process';
 
 const sshConfigFile = path.join(os.homedir(), '.ssh', 'servers.json');
 
 export function localExecCmd(cmd: string, args: string[], outputChannel: vscode.OutputChannel, cb: Function): void {
     try {
-        var cp = require('child_process').spawn(cmd, args);
+        var cp = childprocess.spawn(cmd, args);
 
         cp.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
             if (outputChannel) {