Merge branch 'master' of github.com:pyserial/pyserial
diff --git a/serial/__init__.py b/serial/__init__.py
index 1651dd2..f010bea 100644
--- a/serial/__init__.py
+++ b/serial/__init__.py
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
 
-import importlib
 import sys
-from pkgutil import extend_path
-
+import importlib
 
 from serial.serialutil import *
 #~ SerialBase, SerialException, to_bytes, iterbytes
@@ -19,9 +17,6 @@
 
 VERSION = __version__
 
-# serial is a namespace package
-__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
-
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 if sys.platform == 'cli':
     from serial.serialcli import Serial