diff --git a/Lib/ihooks.py b/Lib/ihooks.py
index f5b93ab..86b0f65 100644
--- a/Lib/ihooks.py
+++ b/Lib/ihooks.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 would also do wise to install a different version of reload().
 
 """
-
+from warnings import warnpy3k
+warnpy3k("the ihooks module has been removed in Python 3.0", stacklevel=2)
+del warnpy3k
 
 import __builtin__
 import imp