diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9551d189..8016ae8e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ def get_compiler_settings():
         'define_macros': [('PYODBC_VERSION', VERSION)]
     }
     settings['include_dirs'].append(numpy.get_include())
-    settings['define_macros'].append(('WITH_NUMPY', '1'))
 
     if os.name == 'nt':
         settings['extra_compile_args'].extend([
diff --git a/src/cursor.cpp b/src/cursor.cpp
index e59a5811..6768c577 100644
--- a/src/cursor.cpp
+++ b/src/cursor.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 #include "dbspecific.h"
 #include <datetime.h>
 
-#ifdef WITH_NUMPY
 #include "npcontainer.h"
-#endif
 
 inline bool StatementIsValid(Cursor* cursor)
 {
@@ -2391,9 +2389,7 @@ static PyMethodDef Cursor_methods[] =
     { "fetchone",         (PyCFunction)Cursor_fetchone,         METH_NOARGS,                fetchone_doc         },
     { "fetchall",         (PyCFunction)Cursor_fetchall,         METH_NOARGS,                fetchall_doc         },
     { "fetchmany",        (PyCFunction)Cursor_fetchmany,        METH_VARARGS,               fetchmany_doc        },
-#ifdef WITH_NUMPY
     { "fetchdictarray",   (PyCFunction)Cursor_fetchdictarray,   METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, fetchdictarray_doc   },
-#endif
     { "nextset",          (PyCFunction)Cursor_nextset,          METH_NOARGS,                nextset_doc          },
     { "tables",           (PyCFunction)Cursor_tables,           METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tables_doc           },
     { "columns",          (PyCFunction)Cursor_columns,          METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, columns_doc          },
@@ -2408,12 +2404,14 @@ static PyMethodDef Cursor_methods[] =
     { "skip",             (PyCFunction)Cursor_skip,             METH_VARARGS,               skip_doc             },
     { "commit",           (PyCFunction)Cursor_commit,           METH_NOARGS,                commit_doc           },
     { "rollback",         (PyCFunction)Cursor_rollback,         METH_NOARGS,                rollback_doc         },
-    {"cancel",           (PyCFunction)Cursor_cancel,           METH_NOARGS,                cancel_doc},
-    {"__enter__",        Cursor_enter,                         METH_NOARGS,                enter_doc            },
-    {"__exit__",         Cursor_exit,                          METH_VARARGS,               exit_doc             },
+    { "cancel",           (PyCFunction)Cursor_cancel,           METH_NOARGS,                cancel_doc},
+    { "__enter__",        Cursor_enter,                         METH_NOARGS,                enter_doc            },
+    { "__exit__",         Cursor_exit,                          METH_VARARGS,               exit_doc             },
     {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
+
+
 static char cursor_doc[] =
     "Cursor objects represent a database cursor, which is used to manage the context\n" \
     "of a fetch operation.  Cursors created from the same connection are not\n" \
diff --git a/src/npcontainer.cpp b/src/npcontainer.cpp
index 3d2f8528..27640cde 100644
--- a/src/npcontainer.cpp
+++ b/src/npcontainer.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "errors.h"
 #include "dbspecific.h"
 
-#include "numpy/ndarrayobject.h"
+#include "numpy/arrayobject.h"
 #include "numpy/npy_math.h"
 
 // exported variables ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1493,7 +1493,6 @@ perform_array_query(query_desc& result, Cursor* cur, npy_intp nrows, bool lower,
                                     "Can't allocate result buffers");
         }
     }
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1587,6 +1586,10 @@ static char *Cursor_npfetch_kwnames[] = {
 PyObject*
 Cursor_fetchdictarray(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
+    PyObject* numpy = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy");
+    if (!numpy) {
+        return 0;
+    }
     Cursor* cursor = Cursor_Validate(self, CURSOR_REQUIRE_RESULTS | CURSOR_RAISE_ERROR);
     if (!cursor)
         return 0;
@@ -1609,6 +1612,12 @@ Cursor_fetchdictarray(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject *kwargs)
     TRACE_NOLOC("\n\nCursor fetchdictarray\n\tnrows:%d\n\treturn_nulls:%s\n\tnull_suffix:%s\n\thandle:%p\n\tunicode_results:%s\n",
                 (int)nrows, preserve_nulls?"yes":"no", null_suffix, (void*)cursor->hstmt);
     /*cursor->cnxn->unicode_results?"Yes":"No");*/
+
+    import_array();
+    if (PyArray_GetNDArrayCFeatureVersion() >= 7) {
+        CAN_USE_DATETIME = true;
+    }
+
     npy_intp arg = nrows;
     PyObject *rv = create_fill_dictarray(cursor, arg, preserve_nulls?null_suffix:0);
     TRACE_NOLOC("\nCursor fetchdictarray done.\n\tdictarray: %p\n\n", rv);
@@ -1658,27 +1667,5 @@ char fetchdictarray_doc[] =
     "See Also\n" \
     "--------\n" \
     "fetchmany : Fetch rows into a Python list of rows.\n" \
-    "fetchall : Fetch the remaining rows into a Python lis of rows.\n" \
+    "fetchall : Fetch the remaining rows into a Python list of rows.\n" \
     "\n";
-
-
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-int NpContainer_init()
-#else
-void NpContainer_init()
-#endif
-{
-    import_array();
-    // If the version of Numpy is >= API 7 (Numpy 1.7),
-    // then enable datetime features. This allows datetime
-    // to work even if pyodbc is built against Numpy 1.5.
-    if (PyArray_GetNDArrayCFeatureVersion() >= 7) {
-        CAN_USE_DATETIME = true;
-    }
-
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-    return 0;
-#else
-    return;
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/src/npcontainer.h b/src/npcontainer.h
index 65adb0d7..366f24d0 100644
--- a/src/npcontainer.h
+++ b/src/npcontainer.h
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _NPCONTAINER_H_
 #define _NPCONTAINER_H_
 
-
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-int NpContainer_init();
-#else
-void NpContainer_init();
-#endif
-
 PyObject *Cursor_fetchdictarray(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs);
 
 extern char fetchdictarray_doc[];
diff --git a/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp b/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp
index 9203f6ea..46a4a724 100644
--- a/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp
+++ b/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-#ifdef WITH_NUMPY
 #include "npcontainer.h"
-#endif
 
 static PyObject* MakeConnectionString(PyObject* existing, PyObject* parts);
 
@@ -281,9 +279,6 @@ static bool import_types()
     if (!InitializeDecimal())
         return false;
 
-#ifdef WITH_NUMPY
-    NpContainer_init();
-#endif
     return true;
 }