diff --git a/care/facility/management/commands/load_icd11_diagnoses_data.py b/care/facility/management/commands/load_icd11_diagnoses_data.py
index 92d90417bd..4ad383bba7 100644
--- a/care/facility/management/commands/load_icd11_diagnoses_data.py
+++ b/care/facility/management/commands/load_icd11_diagnoses_data.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+import json
+
 from django.core.management import BaseCommand, CommandError
 
 from care.facility.models.icd11_diagnosis import ICD11Diagnosis
-from care.facility.static_data.icd11 import fetch_data
+
+
+def fetch_data():
+    with open("data/icd11.json", "r") as json_file:
+        return json.load(json_file)
+
 
 ICD11_ID_SUFFIX_TO_INT = {
     "mms": 1,
diff --git a/care/facility/static_data/icd11.py b/care/facility/static_data/icd11.py
index 109dda5b04..0d4ed4368a 100644
--- a/care/facility/static_data/icd11.py
+++ b/care/facility/static_data/icd11.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import contextlib
-import json
 
 from django.db import connection
 from littletable import Table
@@ -7,11 +6,6 @@
 from care.facility.models.icd11_diagnosis import ICD11Diagnosis
 
 
-def fetch_data():
-    with open("data/icd11.json", "r") as json_file:
-        return json.load(json_file)
-
-
 def fetch_from_db():
     # This is a hack to prevent the migration from failing when the table does not exist
     all_tables = connection.introspection.table_names()