diff --git a/skimage/draw/__init__.py b/skimage/draw/__init__.py
index c6df1f73..4eac9b63 100644
--- a/skimage/draw/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/draw/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-from .draw import *
+from ._draw import line, polygon, ellipse, circle
+bresenham = line
diff --git a/skimage/draw/draw.py b/skimage/draw/draw.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b55b0de..00000000
--- a/skimage/draw/draw.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Methods to draw on arrays.
-
-"""
-
-from ._draw import line, polygon, ellipse, circle
-bresenham = line