diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/eexec.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/eexec.py
index 40e2cb96b..db4b4c24a 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/eexec.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/eexec.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 
 try:
-	from fontTools.misc.eexecOp import *
+	from eexecOp import *
 except ImportError:
 	pass # Use the slow Python versions