diff --git a/actions.js b/actions.js
index 64fa845..cba9b47 100644
--- a/actions.js
+++ b/actions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const ghReservedNames = require("github-reserved-names")
 
 const util = require("./util")
-const Hints = require("./hints")
 
 const actions = {}
 
@@ -55,8 +54,12 @@ actions.showWayback = ({ href = util.getCurrentLocation("href") } = {}) => () =>
 
 // Surfingkeys-specific actions
 // ----------------------------
-actions.createHint = (selector, action = Hints.dispatchMouseClick) => () => Hints
-  .create(selector, action)
+actions.createHint = (selector, action) => () => {
+  if (typeof action === "undefined") {
+    action = Hints.dispatchMouseClick // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
+  }
+  Hints.create(selector, action)
+}
 
 actions.openAnchor = ({ newTab = false, prop = "href" } = {}) => a => actions.openLink(a[prop], { newTab })()
 
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index d2551df..d142f71 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -13,10 +13,22 @@ const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const { spawn } = require("child_process")
 const { URL } = require("url")
 
-const compl = require("./completions")
-const conf = require("./conf")
-const keys = require("./keys")
-const util = require("./util")
+let srcFilesLoaded = false
+let compl
+let conf
+let keys
+let util
+
+const requireSrcFiles = () => {
+  if (srcFilesLoaded) {
+    return
+  }
+  compl = require("./completions") // eslint-disable-line global-require
+  conf = require("./conf") // eslint-disable-line global-require
+  keys = require("./keys") // eslint-disable-line global-require
+  util = require("./util") // eslint-disable-line global-require
+  srcFilesLoaded = true
+}
 
 const paths = {
   scripts:     ["conf.priv.js", "completions.js", "conf.js", "actions.js", "help.js", "keys.js", "util.js"],
@@ -73,6 +85,8 @@ gulp.task("lint-gulpfile", () => gulp
 // })
 
 gulp.task("docs", parallel(async () => {
+  requireSrcFiles()
+
   const screens = {}
   let screenshotList = ""
 
@@ -190,6 +204,8 @@ const getFavicon = async ({ domain, favicon }, timeout = 5000) => {
 }
 
 gulp.task("favicons", series("clean-favicons", async () => {
+  requireSrcFiles()
+
   const sites = [].concat(
     // search engine completions
     Object.entries(compl)
diff --git a/hints.js b/hints.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 127a329..0000000
--- a/hints.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-if (typeof Hints === "undefined") {
-  module.exports = {
-    create: () => {},
-    dispatchMouseClick: () => {},
-  }
-} else {
-  module.exports = Hints
-}
-