Use the str builtin
diff --git a/Lib/imputil.py b/Lib/imputil.py
index a0099a8..8cd492c 100644
--- a/Lib/imputil.py
+++ b/Lib/imputil.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
__all__ = ["ImportManager","Importer","BuiltinImporter"]
-_StringType = type('')
_ModuleType = type(sys) ### doesn't work in JPython...
class ImportManager:
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@
# scan sys.path looking for a location in the filesystem that contains
# the module, or an Importer object that can import the module.
for item in sys.path:
- if isinstance(item, _StringType):
+ if isinstance(item, str):
module = self.fs_imp.import_from_dir(item, name)
else:
module = item.import_top(name)