diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index f2f961894..19f3c7f5a 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies:
     - prompt-toolkit
     - schedule
     - python-dateutil
+    - joblib
 
 
     # ============================
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ dependencies:
     - scikit-learn
     - filelock
     - scikit-optimize
-    - joblib
     - progressbar2
     # ============================
     # 4/4 req plot
diff --git a/freqtrade/misc.py b/freqtrade/misc.py
index be12d8224..55a533725 100644
--- a/freqtrade/misc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/misc.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from typing import Any, Iterator, List, Union
 from typing.io import IO
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import joblib
 import rapidjson
 
 from freqtrade.constants import DECIMAL_PER_COIN_FALLBACK, DECIMALS_PER_COIN
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ def file_dump_joblib(filename: Path, data: Any, log: bool = True) -> None:
     :param data: Object data to save
     :return:
     """
+    import joblib
 
     if log:
         logger.info(f'dumping joblib to "{filename}"')
diff --git a/requirements-hyperopt.txt b/requirements-hyperopt.txt
index aeb7be035..32fc3f4b9 100644
--- a/requirements-hyperopt.txt
+++ b/requirements-hyperopt.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ scipy==1.8.0
 scikit-learn==1.0.2
 scikit-optimize==0.9.0
 filelock==3.6.0
-joblib==1.1.0
 progressbar2==4.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 24f267b67..571d1892c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pycoingecko==2.2.0
 jinja2==3.1.1
 tables==3.7.0
 blosc==1.10.6
+joblib==1.1.0
 
 # find first, C search in arrays
 py_find_1st==1.1.5