diff --git a/Lib/cmd.py b/Lib/cmd.py
index 859e910..58ee5f5 100644
--- a/Lib/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/cmd.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                 self.old_completer = readline.get_completer()
                 readline.set_completer(self.complete)
                 readline.parse_and_bind(self.completekey+": complete")
-            except ImportError:
+            except ModuleNotFoundError:
                 pass
         try:
             if intro is not None:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
                 try:
                     import readline
                     readline.set_completer(self.old_completer)
-                except ImportError:
+                except ModuleNotFoundError:
                     pass