diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
index 6d16fdb432471..d5ad72bd5ac9b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "contentful": "^8.1.7",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
     "gatsby-core-utils": "^2.3.0-next.0",
-    "gatsby-plugin-image": "^1.3.0-next.1",
     "gatsby-plugin-utils": "^1.3.0-next.0",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^3.3.0-next.0",
     "is-online": "^8.5.1",
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "gatsby": "^3.0.0-next.0",
+    "gatsby-plugin-image": "^1.3.0-next.1",
     "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^3.0.0-next.0",
     "sharp": "^0.26.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/extend-node-type.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/extend-node-type.js
index ca87598d2ab1c..fb7b2ab28a6f8 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/extend-node-type.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/extend-node-type.js
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ const {
   GraphQLList,
 } = require(`gatsby/graphql`)
 const qs = require(`qs`)
-const { generateImageData } = require(`gatsby-plugin-image`)
-const {
-  getGatsbyImageFieldConfig,
-} = require(`gatsby-plugin-image/graphql-utils`)
 const { stripIndent } = require(`common-tags`)
 
 const cacheImage = require(`./cache-image`)
@@ -720,6 +716,8 @@ exports.extendNodeType = ({ type, store }) => {
   const resolveGatsbyImageData = async (image, options) => {
     if (!isImage(image)) return null
 
+    const { generateImageData } = require(`gatsby-plugin-image`)
+
     const { baseUrl, contentType, width, height } = getBasicImageProps(
       image,
       options
@@ -773,6 +771,10 @@ exports.extendNodeType = ({ type, store }) => {
 
   // gatsby-plugin-image
   const getGatsbyImageData = () => {
+    const {
+      getGatsbyImageFieldConfig,
+    } = require(`gatsby-plugin-image/graphql-utils`)
+
     const fieldConfig = getGatsbyImageFieldConfig(resolveGatsbyImageData, {
       jpegProgressive: {
         type: GraphQLBoolean,