diff --git a/boxes/drawing.py b/boxes/drawing.py
index bca34db..1a7b5fa 100644
--- a/boxes/drawing.py
+++ b/boxes/drawing.py
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ import datetime
 from affine import Affine
 from boxes.extents import Extents
 from boxes.Color import Color as bColor
-
-try:
-    from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
-except ImportError:
-    from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 EPS = 1e-4
 PADDING = 10
diff --git a/boxes/svgutil.py b/boxes/svgutil.py
index 8ed733c..e2e4305 100755
--- a/boxes/svgutil.py
+++ b/boxes/svgutil.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import re, datetime
 
-from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
 ElementTree.register_namespace("","http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")
 ElementTree.register_namespace("xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")