diff --git a/lib/simplejson/encoder.py b/lib/simplejson/encoder.py
index cf58290366b4e33351a73123c391eabc8ebc45fa..afff9e82510a3f2b35f2eb97e6dc8f2bf6888538 100644
--- a/lib/simplejson/encoder.py
+++ b/lib/simplejson/encoder.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 import re
 
 try:
-    from simplejson._speedups import encode_basestring_ascii as c_encode_basestring_ascii
+    from _speedups import encode_basestring_ascii as c_encode_basestring_ascii
 except ImportError:
     c_encode_basestring_ascii = None
 try:
-    from simplejson._speedups import make_encoder as c_make_encoder
+    from _speedups import make_encoder as c_make_encoder
 except ImportError:
     c_make_encoder = None