diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py

index 446500b..8257b61 100644

--- a/requests/__init__.py

+++ b/requests/__init__.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Kenneth Reitz'

 # Attempt to enable urllib3's SNI support, if possible

 try:

-    from .packages.urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl

+    from urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl

     pyopenssl.inject_into_urllib3()

 except ImportError:

     pass

diff --git a/requests/adapters.py b/requests/adapters.py

index 02e0dd1..daae42e 100644

--- a/requests/adapters.py

+++ b/requests/adapters.py

@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ and maintain connections.

 import socket

 from .models import Response

-from .packages.urllib3.poolmanager import PoolManager, proxy_from_url

-from .packages.urllib3.response import HTTPResponse

-from .packages.urllib3.util import Timeout as TimeoutSauce

-from .packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry

+from urllib3.poolmanager import PoolManager, proxy_from_url

+from urllib3.response import HTTPResponse

+from urllib3.util import Timeout as TimeoutSauce

+from urllib3.util.retry import Retry

 from .compat import urlparse, basestring

 from .utils import (DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE_PATH, get_encoding_from_headers,

                     prepend_scheme_if_needed, get_auth_from_url, urldefragauth)

 from .structures import CaseInsensitiveDict

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import ConnectTimeoutError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError as _HTTPError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import MaxRetryError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import ProxyError as _ProxyError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import ProtocolError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import ReadTimeoutError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import SSLError as _SSLError

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import ResponseError

+from urllib3.exceptions import ConnectTimeoutError

+from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError as _HTTPError

+from urllib3.exceptions import MaxRetryError

+from urllib3.exceptions import ProxyError as _ProxyError

+from urllib3.exceptions import ProtocolError

+from urllib3.exceptions import ReadTimeoutError

+from urllib3.exceptions import SSLError as _SSLError

+from urllib3.exceptions import ResponseError

 from .cookies import extract_cookies_to_jar

 from .exceptions import (ConnectionError, ConnectTimeout, ReadTimeout, SSLError,

                          ProxyError, RetryError)

diff --git a/requests/compat.py b/requests/compat.py

index 40bb6c5..4232288 100644

--- a/requests/compat.py

+++ b/requests/compat.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@

 pythoncompat

 """

-from .packages import chardet

+import chardet

 import sys

diff --git a/requests/exceptions.py b/requests/exceptions.py

index 89135a8..b70c525 100644

--- a/requests/exceptions.py

+++ b/requests/exceptions.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requests.exceptions

 This module contains the set of Requests' exceptions.

 """

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError as BaseHTTPError

+from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError as BaseHTTPError

 class RequestException(IOError):

diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py

index 419cf0a..131b88d 100644

--- a/requests/models.py

+++ b/requests/models.py

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ from .structures import CaseInsensitiveDict

 from .auth import HTTPBasicAuth

 from .cookies import cookiejar_from_dict, get_cookie_header

-from .packages.urllib3.fields import RequestField

-from .packages.urllib3.filepost import encode_multipart_formdata

-from .packages.urllib3.util import parse_url

-from .packages.urllib3.exceptions import (

+from urllib3.fields import RequestField

+from urllib3.filepost import encode_multipart_formdata

+from urllib3.util import parse_url

+from urllib3.exceptions import (

     DecodeError, ReadTimeoutError, ProtocolError, LocationParseError)

 from .exceptions import (

     HTTPError, MissingSchema, InvalidURL, ChunkedEncodingError,

diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py

index 9a51f33..22bd226 100644

--- a/requests/sessions.py

+++ b/requests/sessions.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from .hooks import default_hooks, dispatch_hook

 from .utils import to_key_val_list, default_headers, to_native_string, DEFAULT_PORTS

 from .exceptions import (

     TooManyRedirects, InvalidSchema, ChunkedEncodingError, ContentDecodingError)

-from .packages.urllib3._collections import RecentlyUsedContainer

+from urllib3._collections import RecentlyUsedContainer

 from .structures import CaseInsensitiveDict

 from .adapters import HTTPAdapter

diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py

index cf7c722..690b3ed 100755

--- a/test_requests.py

+++ b/test_requests.py

@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ def test_prepare_unicode_url():

 def test_urllib3_retries():

-    from requests.packages.urllib3.util import Retry

+    from urllib3.util import Retry

     s = requests.Session()

     s.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=Retry(

         total=2, status_forcelist=[500]