diff --git a/src/sage/all_cmdline.py b/src/sage/all_cmdline.py
index b8839edd483..020502c7fde 100644
--- a/src/sage/all_cmdline.py
+++ b/src/sage/all_cmdline.py
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 sage_mode = 'cmdline'
 
 from sage.all import *
-from sage.misc.lazy_import import lazy_import
-lazy_import("sage.calculus.predefined", "x")
+
+try:
+    from sage.calculus.predefined import x
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 sage.misc.session.init()