diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index 448f2a8..658bc3d 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@
 
     # not entirely sure what the rules are here
     def open_local_file(self, req):
-        import email.utils
+        #import email.utils
         import mimetypes
         host = req.get_host()
         file = req.get_selector()
@@ -1209,7 +1209,17 @@
         try:
             stats = os.stat(localfile)
             size = stats.st_size
-            modified = email.utils.formatdate(stats.st_mtime, usegmt=True)
+            #modified = email.utils.formatdate(stats.st_mtime, usegmt=True)
+            # XXX(nnorwitz): inline formatdate until it is restored.
+            now, zone = time.gmtime(stats.st_mtime), 'GMT'
+            modified = '%s, %02d %s %04d %02d:%02d:%02d %s' % (
+        ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'][now[6]],
+        now[2],
+        ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
+         'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'][now[1] - 1],
+        now[0], now[3], now[4], now[5],
+        zone)
+
             mtype = mimetypes.guess_type(file)[0]
             headers = mimetools.Message(StringIO(
                 'Content-type: %s\nContent-length: %d\nLast-modified: %s\n' %