diff --git a/skimage/io/collection.py b/skimage/io/collection.py
index 7de3c9cc..2d32f082 100644
--- a/skimage/io/collection.py
+++ b/skimage/io/collection.py
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ from __future__ import with_statement
 __all__ = ['MultiImage', 'ImageCollection', 'imread']
 
 from glob import glob
-import os.path
 
 import numpy as np
-from io import imread
+from ._io import imread
 
 
 class MultiImage(object):