diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser-places.js b/browser/base/content/browser-places.js
index 7762c1e85f52..dc1350493897 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/browser-places.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser-places.js
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
+// This file is loaded into the browser window scope.
+/* eslint-env mozilla/browser-window */
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyScriptGetter(this, ["PlacesToolbar", "PlacesMenu",
+                                         "PlacesPanelview", "PlacesPanelMenuView"],
+                                  "chrome://browser/content/places/browserPlacesViews.js");
+
 var StarUI = {
   _itemId: -1,
   uri: null,
@@ -1939,6 +1946,11 @@ var BookmarkingUI = {
       let query = "place:queryType=" + Ci.nsINavHistoryQueryOptions.QUERY_TYPE_BOOKMARKS +
         "&sort=" + Ci.nsINavHistoryQueryOptions.SORT_BY_DATEADDED_DESCENDING +
         "&maxResults=42&excludeQueries=1";
+
+      // XPCOMUtils.defineLazyScriptGetter can't return class constructors, so
+      // trigger the getter once without using the result before calling
+      // PlacesPanelview as a constructor.
+      PlacesPanelview;
       this._panelMenuView = new PlacesPanelview(document.getElementById("panelMenu_bookmarksMenu"),
         panelview, query);
     } else {
diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser.js b/browser/base/content/browser.js
index 147938521b54..16267e5f9426 100755
--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var Cr = Components.results;
 
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.jsm");
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/NotificationDB.jsm");
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Preferences",
diff --git a/browser/base/content/global-scripts.inc b/browser/base/content/global-scripts.inc
index 7624432fac8f..11925da2239a 100755
--- a/browser/base/content/global-scripts.inc
+++ b/browser/base/content/global-scripts.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # file so that ESLint works correctly:
 # tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/environments/browser-window.js
 
-<script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://browser/content/places/browserPlacesViews.js"/>
 <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://browser/content/browser.js"/>
 <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://browser/content/customizableui/panelUI.js"/>
 <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://global/content/viewSourceUtils.js"/>
diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/browserPlacesViews.js b/browser/components/places/content/browserPlacesViews.js
index 615d32bb9e60..5d9ec28cd3b8 100644
--- a/browser/components/places/content/browserPlacesViews.js
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/browserPlacesViews.js
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 /* eslint-env mozilla/browser-window */
 
-Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.jsm");
-Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
-Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
-
 /**
  * The base view implements everything that's common to the toolbar and
  * menu views.