Make dependency on user import less/optional/removed

I was interested in this as a nice way of letting admins add single users to their groups as it's really nice functionality I haven't found in another module - but seeing how this module evolved there's an understandable hardcoded dependency on the User Import module. I was wondering if you'd consider changing that or if it would move the module too far from your objectives for it?

I patched my copy
.info

-dependencies[] = user_import

and

function user_import_og_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {

  $type = $form['#node_type']->type;

  // add option to organic group node type(s) to use user import template
  if ($form_id == 'node_type_form' && module_exists('og') && !empty($type) && og_is_group_type($type)) {

+  if (module_exists('user_import')) {
    $templates = _user_import_settings_select(NULL, 'GET TEMPLATES');
    if (empty($templates)) $help = t('Save a user import to create a template which will be available for selection here.');

    $form['user_import'] = array(
      '#type' => 'fieldset',
      '#title' => t('User Import'),
      '#collapsible' => TRUE,
      '#collapsed' => TRUE,
      '#access' => user_access('og user import'),
      '#description' => $help,
    );

    // if (!empty($templates)) {
    //
    //   $template_settings = variable_get('user_import_og_template', array());
    //   $templates_list = array('-- none --');
    //   $subscribe_feature = variable_get('user_import_og_subscribe', array());
    //
    //   foreach ($templates as $template) {
    //       $templates_list[$template['import_id']] = $template['name'];
    //       $templates_delete[$template['import_id']] = $template['name'];
    //   }
    //
    //   $form['user_import']['user_import_og_template'] = array(
    //     '#type' => 'select',
    //     '#title' => t('Organic Groups Mass Import & Subscribe'),
    //     '#description' => t('Admin(s) of each Organic Group will be able to mass import new and existing users into their group. Enable this feature by selecting a user import template.'),
    //     '#options' => $templates_list,
    //     '#default_value' => $template_settings[$type],
    //   );
    // }

+   }

and nothing drastic seems to have happened so far - and my OG admins love it.