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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