diff --git a/requests/compat.py b/requests/compat.py
index aa62406e..637b2dd5 100644
--- a/requests/compat.py
+++ b/requests/compat.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ elif is_py3:
     from http import cookiejar as cookielib
     from http.cookies import Morsel
     from io import StringIO
-    from .packages import chardet2 as chardet
+    from .packages import chardet
     from collections import OrderedDict
 
     builtin_str = str