diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py
index 9375bbb0204..7fc3a589d12 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ description:
 author: "Nick Harring (@NickatEpic)"
 version_added: 2.0
 requirements:
-    - urllib3
-    - requests
-    - time
+    - requests (either >= 2.0.0 for Python 3, or >= 1.0.0 for Python 2)
 notes:
     - Check mode isn’t supported.
 options:
@@ -143,7 +141,11 @@ import json
 import time
 import traceback
 
-import requests
+try:
+    import requests
+    HAS_REQUESTS = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_REQUESTS = False
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ def main():
         )
     )
 
+    if not HAS_REQUESTS:
+        module.fail_json(msg='requests is required for this module')
+
     annotation = create_annotation(module)
     try:
         resp = post_annotation(annotation, module.params['api_key'])
diff --git a/test/sanity/import/skip.txt b/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
index 7c576009ea5..038280bd03c 100644
--- a/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_kv.py
 lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_binding.py
 lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_exchange.py
 lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_queue.py
-lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/cloudengine/ce_file_copy.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/cumulus/_cl_img_install.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_command.py