diff --git a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
index 561eee4c1..3d5d13e24 100644
--- a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import re
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import sys
 import urllib2
-import icu
 
 from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
 
@@ -403,6 +402,7 @@ def get_locale_key(string):
     if os.name == 'nt':
         global ICU_COLLATOR
         if ICU_COLLATOR is None:
+            import icu
             from languagemanager import LanguageManager
             language = LanguageManager.get_language()
             icu_locale = icu.Locale(language)
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
index 48a6a4d79..e476bbd68 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ from PyQt4 import QtCore
 from openlp.core.lib import Registry, Settings, PluginStatus, StringContent, image_to_byte
 from openlp.core.utils import AppLocation, translate
 
-from cherrypy._cpcompat import sha, ntob
+from hashlib import sha1
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def make_sha_hash(password):
     Create an encrypted password for the given password.
     """
     log.debug("make_sha_hash")
-    return sha(ntob(password)).hexdigest()
+    return sha1(password.encode()).hexdigest()
 
 
 def fetch_password(username):