#2879: rename _winreg to winreg.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
index c8d52c4..fdb74ae 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
from distutils import log
from distutils.util import get_platform
-import _winreg
+import winreg
-RegOpenKeyEx = _winreg.OpenKeyEx
-RegEnumKey = _winreg.EnumKey
-RegEnumValue = _winreg.EnumValue
-RegError = _winreg.error
+RegOpenKeyEx = winreg.OpenKeyEx
+RegEnumKey = winreg.EnumKey
+RegEnumValue = winreg.EnumValue
+RegError = winreg.error
-HKEYS = (_winreg.HKEY_USERS,
- _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
- _winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
- _winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
+HKEYS = (winreg.HKEY_USERS,
+ winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+ winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+ winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
VS_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\%0.1f"
WINSDK_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows"