diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
index b61330783e..5578477ab6 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
     from snowflake.connector._common.extras import (
         MissingOptionalDependency,
         ModuleLikeObject,
+        pandas,
         pyarrow,
+        installed_pandas,
         installed_pyarrow,
     )
 else:
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@
         MissingOptionalDependency,
         MissingPandas,
         ModuleLikeObject,
+        pandas,
         pyarrow,
+        installed_pandas,
     )
 
     # connector.options (v4) never exported installed_pyarrow as its own name.
@@ -269,22 +273,6 @@ def _missing_pandas() -> MissingOptionalDependency:
 
 SUPPORTED_TABLE_TYPES = ["temp", "temporary", "transient"]
 
-def _pandas_importer():  # noqa: E302
-    """Helper function to lazily import pandas and return MissingPandas if not installed."""
-    result = _missing_pandas()
-    try:
-        result = importlib.import_module("pandas")
-        # since we enable relative imports without dots this import gives us an issues when ran from test directory
-        from pandas import DataFrame  # NOQA
-    except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-        pass  # pragma: no cover
-    return result
-
-
-pandas = _pandas_importer()
-installed_pandas = not isinstance(pandas, MissingOptionalDependency)
-
-
 class TempObjectType(Enum):
     TABLE = "TABLE"
     VIEW = "VIEW"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
index 7d1f088433..37d71e3d4f 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 import importlib
 
-from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import MissingOptionalDependency, _missing_pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
+    IS_V5_DRIVER,
+    MissingOptionalDependency,
+    _missing_pandas,
+)
 
 try:
     import pandas
@@ -15,15 +19,20 @@
     installed_pandas = False
 
 
-class MissingNumpy(MissingOptionalDependency):
-    """The class is specifically for numpy optional dependency."""
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import numpy
 
-    _dep_name = "numpy"
+    installed_numpy = not isinstance(numpy, MissingOptionalDependency)
+else:
 
+    class MissingNumpy(MissingOptionalDependency):
+        """The class is specifically for numpy optional dependency."""
 
-try:
-    numpy = importlib.import_module("numpy")
-    installed_numpy = True
-except ImportError:
-    numpy = MissingNumpy()
-    installed_numpy = False
+        _dep_name = "numpy"
+
+    try:
+        numpy = importlib.import_module("numpy")
+        installed_numpy = True
+    except ImportError:
+        numpy = MissingNumpy()
+        installed_numpy = False
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
index f09cfc63d3..e3e6882dc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import random
 import pytest
-from snowflake.connector.options import MissingPandas
 
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal import utils
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
-    _pandas_importer,
     generate_random_alphanumeric,
     split_snowflake_identifier_with_dot,
 )
@@ -148,16 +146,6 @@ def test_normalize_path_escapes_backslash_and_quote(raw_path, is_local):
     ), f"decoded={decoded!r} does not end with {expected_tail!r}"
 
 
-def test__pandas_importer():
-    imported_pandas = _pandas_importer()
-    try:
-        import pandas
-
-        assert imported_pandas == pandas
-    except ImportError:
-        assert isinstance(imported_pandas, MissingPandas)
-
-
 def test_generate_random_alphanumeric():
     random.seed(42)
     random_string1 = generate_random_alphanumeric()