diff --git a/apps/history/__init__.py b/apps/history/__init__.py
index 66dd9a3b85..8bcb3b1d98 100644
--- a/apps/history/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/history/__init__.py
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ from project_tools.api import register_tool
 from navigation.api import register_model_list_columns, register_links
 from common.utils import encapsulate
 
-from .permissions import PERMISSION_HISTORY_VIEW
 from .models import History
 from .widgets import history_entry_summary, history_entry_type_link
-
-history_list = {'text': _(u'history'), 'view': 'history_list', 'famfam': 'book', 'icon': 'book.png', 'children_view_regex': [r'history_[l,v]']}
-history_details = {'text': _(u'details'), 'view': 'history_view', 'famfam': 'book_open', 'args': 'object.pk'}
-
+from .links import history_list, history_details
+    
 register_tool(history_list)
 
 register_model_list_columns(History, [
diff --git a/apps/history/links.py b/apps/history/links.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc0fa6f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/history/links.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from .permissions import PERMISSION_HISTORY_VIEW
+
+history_list = {'text': _(u'history'), 'view': 'history_list', 'famfam': 'book', 'icon': 'book.png', 'children_view_regex': [r'history_[l,v]']}
+history_details = {'text': _(u'details'), 'view': 'history_view', 'famfam': 'book_open', 'args': 'object.pk', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_HISTORY_VIEW]}