diff --git a/pytools/importlib.py b/pytools/importlib_compat.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pytools/importlib.py
rename to pytools/importlib_compat.py
diff --git a/pytools/py_codegen.py b/pytools/py_codegen.py
index 5bf9017f218a69acb3e6ada1a61fbb14d7d82737..eceadf49fdc64e1790fcad594796cb1265f9eed6 100644
--- a/pytools/py_codegen.py
+++ b/pytools/py_codegen.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class PicklableModule(object):
         mod_globals.update(nondefault_globals)
         self.mod_globals = mod_globals
 
-        from pytools.importlib import import_module
+        from pytools.importlib_compat import import_module
 
         for k, mod_name in six.iteritems(modules):
             mod_globals[k] = import_module(mod_name)