diff --git a/go_benchmark_functions/go_benchmark.py b/go_benchmark_functions/go_benchmark.py
index 0ee1d3c..8fb3802 100644
--- a/go_benchmark_functions/go_benchmark.py
+++ b/go_benchmark_functions/go_benchmark.py
@@ -2,7 +2,22 @@
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import abs, asarray
 
-from ..common import safe_import
+
+class safe_import:
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.error = False
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type_, value, traceback):
+        if type_ is not None:
+            self.error = True
+            suppress = not (
+                os.getenv("SCIPY_ALLOW_BENCH_IMPORT_ERRORS", "1").lower()
+                in ("0", "false")
+                or not issubclass(type_, ImportError)
+            )
+            return suppress
+
 
 with safe_import():
     from scipy.special import factorial