diff --git a/Lib/ldap/__init__.py b/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
index 951f957..8d67573 100644
--- a/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ldap/__init__.py
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ def release(self):
 
 try:
   # Check if Python installation was build with thread support
-  import thread
+  import threading
 except ImportError:
   LDAPLockBaseClass = DummyLock
 else:
-  import threading
   LDAPLockBaseClass = threading.Lock