def _unlock_imports():
    """
    Internal function, called when gevent needs to perform imports
    lazily, but does not know the state of the system. It may be impossible
    to take the import lock because there are no other running greenlets, for
    example. This causes a monkey-patched __import__ to avoid taking any locks.
    until the corresponding call to lock_imports. This should only be done for limited
    amounts of time and when the set of imports is statically known to be "safe".
    """
    global __lock_imports
    __lock_imports = False
