diff --git a/src/python/backports/__init__.py b/src/python/backports/__init__.py
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-# see https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/backports
-
-# A Python "namespace package" http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0382/
-# This always goes inside of a namespace package's __init__.py
-
-from pkgutil import extend_path
-
-__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)