diff --git a/rhodecode/events/base.py b/rhodecode/events/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/events/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/events/base.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import datetime
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy as LazyProperty
 
 from rhodecode.lib.pyramid_utils import get_current_request
-from rhodecode.lib.auth import AuthUser
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import AttributeDict
 
 
@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ class RhodecodeEvent(object):
 
     @property
     def actor(self):
+        from rhodecode.lib.auth import AuthUser
+
         # if an explicit actor is specified, use this
         if self._actor:
             return self._actor