diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
index 52a2eaf..7d36b2a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import struct
 import cPickle as pickle
 import threading
-import Queue
+import queue
 import traceback
 import copyreg
 import types
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
 #----------------- end class RPCServer --------------------
 
 objecttable = {}
-request_queue = Queue.Queue(0)
-response_queue = Queue.Queue(0)
+request_queue = queue.Queue(0)
+response_queue = queue.Queue(0)
 
 
 class SocketIO(object):
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
             # send queued response if there is one available
             try:
                 qmsg = response_queue.get(0)
-            except Queue.Empty:
+            except queue.Empty:
                 pass
             else:
                 seq, response = qmsg
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/run.py b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
index 7827c74..8abbe50 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/run.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import traceback
 import thread
 import threading
-import Queue
+import queue
 
 import CallTips
 import AutoComplete
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     continue
             try:
                 seq, request = rpc.request_queue.get(block=True, timeout=0.05)
-            except Queue.Empty:
+            except queue.Empty:
                 continue
             method, args, kwargs = request
             ret = method(*args, **kwargs)