diff --git a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/tests/test_sonic-cfggen.py b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/tests/test_sonic-cfggen.py
index df730bc77ed4..065ecb815ccb 100644
--- a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/tests/test_sonic-cfggen.py
+++ b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/tests/test_sonic-cfggen.py
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ def run_test(name, template_path, json_path, match_path):
 
 
 def test_bgpd_main_conf_base():
-    import jinja2
-    assert False, jinja2.__version__
     run_test("Base bgpd.main.conf.j2",
              "bgpd/bgpd.main.conf.j2",
              "bgpd.main.conf.j2/base.json",
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
index c0f61d8a95f9..d97cfec8e95b 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ def main():
         for attr in ['ip', 'network', 'prefixlen', 'netmask', 'broadcast']:
             env.filters[attr] = partial(prefix_attr, attr)
         template = env.get_template(template_file)
+        assert False, jinja2.__version__
         print(template.render(sort_data(data)))
 
     if args.var != None: