diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0159_add_shoppinglistentry_fields.py b/cookbook/migrations/0159_add_shoppinglistentry_fields.py
index 9246c9b0a..ca7ead353 100644
--- a/cookbook/migrations/0159_add_shoppinglistentry_fields.py
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0159_add_shoppinglistentry_fields.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
 from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
 
-from cookbook.models import PermissionModelMixin, ShoppingListEntry
+from cookbook.models import PermissionModelMixin
 
 
 def copy_values_to_sle(apps, schema_editor):
     with scopes_disabled():
+        ShoppingListEntry = apps.get_model('cookbook', 'ShoppingListEntry')
         entries = ShoppingListEntry.objects.all()
         for entry in entries:
             if entry.shoppinglist_set.first():
diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0160_delete_shoppinglist_orphans.py b/cookbook/migrations/0160_delete_shoppinglist_orphans.py
index 26e086564..6966eae66 100644
--- a/cookbook/migrations/0160_delete_shoppinglist_orphans.py
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0160_delete_shoppinglist_orphans.py
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.2.7 on 2021-10-01 22:34
 
-import datetime
 from datetime import timedelta
 
-import django.db.models.deletion
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils.timezone import utc
 from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
 
-from cookbook.models import FoodInheritField, ShoppingListEntry
-
 
 def delete_orphaned_sle(apps, schema_editor):
+    ShoppingListEntry = apps.get_model('cookbook', 'ShoppingListEntry')
     with scopes_disabled():
         # shopping list entry is orphaned - delete it
         ShoppingListEntry.objects.filter(shoppinglist=None).delete()
 
 
 def create_inheritfields(apps, schema_editor):
+    FoodInheritField = apps.get_model('cookbook', 'FoodInheritField')
     FoodInheritField.objects.create(name='Supermarket Category', field='supermarket_category')
     FoodInheritField.objects.create(name='On Hand', field='food_onhand')
     FoodInheritField.objects.create(name='Diet', field='diet')
@@ -29,6 +26,7 @@ def create_inheritfields(apps, schema_editor):
 
 
 def set_completed_at(apps, schema_editor):
+    ShoppingListEntry = apps.get_model('cookbook', 'ShoppingListEntry')
     today_start = timezone.now().replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0)
     # arbitrary - keeping all of the closed shopping list items out of the 'recent' view
     month_ago = today_start - timedelta(days=30)