diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index 314d25e85..beec31c3f 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ except ImportError:
     sys.exit("Error: AES does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install slowaes'")
 
 try:
-    from lib import Wallet, WalletSynchronizer, format_satoshis, mnemonic, prompt_password, SimpleConfig, pick_random_server
+    from lib import Wallet, WalletSynchronizer, format_satoshis, mnemonic, SimpleConfig, pick_random_server
 except ImportError:
-    from electrum import Wallet, WalletSynchronizer, format_satoshis, mnemonic, prompt_password, SimpleConfig, pick_random_server
+    from electrum import Wallet, WalletSynchronizer, format_satoshis, mnemonic, SimpleConfig, pick_random_server
 
 from decimal import Decimal
 
@@ -107,6 +107,23 @@ offline_commands = [ 'password', 'mktx',
 
 protected_commands = ['payto', 'password', 'mktx', 'seed', 'import','signmessage' ]
 
+# get password routine
+def prompt_password(prompt, confirm=True):
+    import getpass
+    if sys.stdin.isatty():
+        password = getpass.getpass(prompt)
+        if password and confirm:
+            password2 = getpass.getpass("Confirm: ")
+            if password != password2:
+                sys.exit("Error: Passwords do not match.")
+    else:
+        password = raw_input(prompt)
+    if not password:
+        password = None
+    return password
+
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     usage = "usage: %prog [options] command\nCommands: "+ (', '.join(known_commands))
diff --git a/lib/__init__.py b/lib/__init__.py
index 2ca45e310..fcd444bb9 100644
--- a/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-from wallet import Wallet, format_satoshis, prompt_password
+from wallet import Wallet, format_satoshis
 from interface import WalletSynchronizer, Interface, pick_random_server
 from simple_config import SimpleConfig
diff --git a/lib/wallet.py b/lib/wallet.py
index 027d98ca9..47e327b51 100644
--- a/lib/wallet.py
+++ b/lib/wallet.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import operator
 import ast
 import threading
 import random
-import getpass
 import aes
 import ecdsa
 
@@ -158,24 +157,6 @@ def ASecretToSecret(key):
 
 ########### end pywallet functions #######################
 
-# get password routine
-def prompt_password(prompt, confirm=True):
-    if sys.stdin.isatty():
-        password = getpass.getpass(prompt)
-
-        if password and confirm:
-            password2 = getpass.getpass("Confirm: ")
-
-            if password != password2:
-                sys.exit("Error: Passwords do not match.")
-
-    else:
-        password = raw_input(prompt)
-
-    if not password:
-        password = None
-
-    return password
 
 # URL decode
 _ud = re.compile('%([0-9a-hA-H]{2})', re.MULTILINE)
diff --git a/upgrade.py b/upgrade.py
index 473a4e7c8..1f17b1e5b 100644
--- a/upgrade.py
+++ b/upgrade.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import electrum, base64, ast, sys, os
+import electrum, base64, ast, sys, os, getpass
 from version import SEED_VERSION
 
 try:
-    from lib import prompt_password
     from lib.util import print_error
 except ImportError:
-    from electrum import prompt_password
     from electrum.util import print_error
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             DecodeAES = lambda secret, e: AES.new(secret).decrypt(base64.b64decode(e)).rstrip(PADDING)
 
             print "Please enter your password"
-            password = prompt_password("Password:")
+            password = getpass.getpass("Password:")
             secret = electrum.Hash(password)
             try:
                 seed = DecodeAES( secret, wallet.seed )