diff --git a/Lib/weakref.py b/Lib/weakref.py
index 0cf6bf9cc32..39ec33049d2 100644
--- a/Lib/weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/weakref.py
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ from _weakref import \
      getweakrefs, \
      ref, \
      proxy, \
-     ReferenceError, \
      CallableProxyType, \
      ProxyType, \
      ReferenceType
 
+from exceptions import ReferenceError
+
+
 ProxyTypes = (ProxyType, CallableProxyType)
 
 __all__ = ["ref", "proxy", "getweakrefcount", "getweakrefs",