diff --git a/umap/models.py b/umap/models.py
index e3e11e1c..c74e7c0e 100644
--- a/umap/models.py
+++ b/umap/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import time
 
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from .managers import PublicManager
+from .utils import _urls_for_js
 
 
 # Did not find a clean way to do this in Django
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ class Map(NamedModel):
 
     @property
     def preview_settings(self):
-        from .views import _urls_for_js
-
         layers = self.datalayer_set.all()
         datalayer_data = [c.metadata() for c in layers]
         map_settings = self.settings
diff --git a/umap/utils.py b/umap/utils.py
index d7dfa6fb..2a51fe4e 100644
--- a/umap/utils.py
+++ b/umap/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 import gzip
 import os
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import URLPattern, URLResolver, get_resolver
 
 
+def _urls_for_js(urls=None):
+    """
+    Return templated URLs prepared for javascript.
+    """
+    if urls is None:
+        # prevent circular import
+        from .urls import i18n_urls, urlpatterns
+
+        urls = [
+            url.name for url in urlpatterns + i18n_urls if getattr(url, "name", None)
+        ]
+    urls = dict(zip(urls, [get_uri_template(url) for url in urls]))
+    urls.update(getattr(settings, "UMAP_EXTRA_URLS", {}))
+    return urls
+
+
 def get_uri_template(urlname, args=None, prefix=""):
     """
     Utility function to return an URI Template from a named URL in django
diff --git a/umap/views.py b/umap/views.py
index d20b924a..08631cb0 100644
--- a/umap/views.py
+++ b/umap/views.py
@@ -390,22 +390,6 @@ ajax_proxy = AjaxProxy.as_view()
 # ############## #
 
 
-def _urls_for_js(urls=None):
-    """
-    Return templated URLs prepared for javascript.
-    """
-    if urls is None:
-        # prevent circular import
-        from .urls import i18n_urls, urlpatterns
-
-        urls = [
-            url.name for url in urlpatterns + i18n_urls if getattr(url, "name", None)
-        ]
-    urls = dict(zip(urls, [get_uri_template(url) for url in urls]))
-    urls.update(getattr(settings, "UMAP_EXTRA_URLS", {}))
-    return urls
-
-
 def simple_json_response(**kwargs):
     return HttpResponse(json.dumps(kwargs), content_type="application/json")