diff --git a/simplejson/scanner.py b/simplejson/scanner.py
index 2078acfdf5bdb4dbab1092c7e658969a490d88eb_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9zY2FubmVyLnB5..ce5327cc57f571e8778c7fe227cb936e6f584849_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9zY2FubmVyLnB5 100644
--- a/simplejson/scanner.py
+++ b/simplejson/scanner.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 import sre_parse, sre_compile, sre_constants
 from sre_constants import BRANCH, SUBPATTERN
-from sre import VERBOSE, MULTILINE, DOTALL
+from re import VERBOSE, MULTILINE, DOTALL
 import re
 
 __all__ = ['Scanner', 'pattern']