diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/inventory/tower.py b/awx_collection/plugins/inventory/tower.py
index 6785d738aa..ad463434eb 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/inventory/tower.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/inventory/tower.py
@@ -102,13 +102,12 @@ import os
 import re
 
 from ansible.module_utils import six
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_native
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleOptionsError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
 from ansible.config.manager import ensure_type
 
-from ..module_utils.ansible_tower import make_request
+from ..module_utils.ansible_tower import make_request, Request
 
 # Python 2/3 Compatibility
 try:
diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/ansible_tower.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
index e3972fb7d8..692ad49ced 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import urllib_error, ConnectionError, socket, httplib
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request  # noqa (the sole purpose of this line is to allow for import into other files)
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 
 TOWER_CLI_IMP_ERR = None