diff --git a/tensorflow/__init__.py b/tensorflow/__init__.py
index 21677512b63..debb2551d0e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow/__init__.py
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # pylint: disable=g-bad-import-order
 from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
-from tensorflow.python.util.lazy_loader import LazyLoader
-contrib = LazyLoader('contrib', globals(), 'tensorflow.contrib')
-del LazyLoader
-
 from tensorflow.python.platform import flags  # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
 from tensorflow.python.platform import app  # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
 app.flags = flags
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/util/module_wrapper.py b/tensorflow/python/util/module_wrapper.py
index 21cc4ff2d6a..dffdd513b4b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/util/module_wrapper.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/util/module_wrapper.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class TFModuleWrapper(types.ModuleType):
           attr_map[name] = attr
           return attr
 
+      # Placeholder for Google-internal contrib error
+
       attr = super(TFModuleWrapper, self).__getattribute__(name)
 
       # Return and cache dunders and our own members.
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ class TFModuleWrapper(types.ModuleType):
     try:
       attr = getattr(self._tfmw_wrapped_module, name)
     except AttributeError:
+      # Placeholder for Google-internal contrib error
+
       if not self._tfmw_public_apis:
         raise
       if name not in self._tfmw_public_apis: