diff --git a/hscommon/pygettext.py b/hscommon/pygettext.py
index 026219bf..3e57ee73 100644
--- a/hscommon/pygettext.py
+++ b/hscommon/pygettext.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 
 import os
-import imp
+import importlib
 import sys
 import glob
 import token