diff --git a/bin/import_swc.py b/bin/import_swc.py
index 6ccf256c..3775de05 100755
--- a/bin/import_swc.py
+++ b/bin/import_swc.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import sys
 import tarfile
 import unicodedata
 import wave
-import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from collections import Counter
 from glob import glob
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
diff --git a/bin/import_tuda.py b/bin/import_tuda.py
index d56efa58..da0cb42b 100755
--- a/bin/import_tuda.py
+++ b/bin/import_tuda.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import os
 import tarfile
 import unicodedata
 import wave
-import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from collections import Counter
 
 import progressbar