diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
index 9218de1baf..6692dd4947 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import sys
 from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
 from .capa_module import only_one, ComplexEncoder
-from common.lib.xmodule.xmodule import open_ended_module
 from .editing_module import EditingDescriptor
 from .html_checker import check_html
 from progress import Progress
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ from .x_module import XModule
 from .xml_module import XmlDescriptor
 from xmodule.modulestore import Location
 import self_assessment_module
+import open_ended_module
 
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
index f5d6cbf8b5..5e8a4b3bec 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ class OpenEndedModule():
 
     DEFAULT_QUEUE = 'open-ended'
     DEFAULT_MESSAGE_QUEUE = 'open-ended-message'
-    response_tag = 'openendedresponse'
-    allowed_inputfields = ['openendedinput']
     max_inputfields = 1
 
     STATE_VERSION = 1