diff --git a/extras/fix-oversize-files.py b/extras/fix-oversize-files.py
index 7d78365..14e27a0 100644
--- a/extras/fix-oversize-files.py
+++ b/extras/fix-oversize-files.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import pickle as pickle
+import pickle
 import argparse
 import fcntl
 import re
diff --git a/nilmdb/fsck/fsck.py b/nilmdb/fsck/fsck.py
index 6485687..67d9a64 100644
--- a/nilmdb/fsck/fsck.py
+++ b/nilmdb/fsck/fsck.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import progressbar
 import re
 import time
 import shutil
-import pickle as pickle
+import pickle
 import numpy
 
 class FsckError(Exception):
diff --git a/nilmdb/server/bulkdata.py b/nilmdb/server/bulkdata.py
index 81aafbf..51c5c4e 100644
--- a/nilmdb/server/bulkdata.py
+++ b/nilmdb/server/bulkdata.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from nilmdb.utils.time import timestamp_to_string as timestamp_to_string
 import nilmdb.utils
 
 import os
-import pickle as pickle
+import pickle
 import re
 import sys
 import tempfile