diff --git a/twitter/__init__.py b/twitter/__init__.py

index b483624..36f3084 100644

--- a/twitter/__init__.py

+++ b/twitter/__init__.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ __download_url__ = 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-twitter'

 __description__  = 'A Python wrapper around the Twitter API'

-import json                                 # noqa

+import json as simplejson                   # noqa

 try:

     from hashlib import md5                 # noqa

diff --git a/twitter/direct_message.py b/twitter/direct_message.py

index 137b90c..fe7b36f 100644

--- a/twitter/direct_message.py

+++ b/twitter/direct_message.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 #!/usr/bin/env python

 from calendar import timegm

-import rfc822

+import rfc822py3

 from twitter import simplejson, TwitterError

diff --git a/twitter/models.py b/twitter/models.py

index e8974eb..236cece 100644

--- a/twitter/models.py

+++ b/twitter/models.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json

 from calendar import timegm

 try:

-    from rfc822 import parsedate

+    from rfc822py3 import parsedate

 except ImportError:

     from email.utils import parsedate

diff --git a/twitter/status.py b/twitter/status.py

index 9ae7e13..fe92424 100644

--- a/twitter/status.py

+++ b/twitter/status.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 #!/usr/bin/env python

 from calendar import timegm

-import rfc822

+import rfc822py3

 import time

 from twitter import simplejson, Hashtag, TwitterError, Url

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