diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index 39aa9e8697cc..fbedcc39460b 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import glob
 
 from docutils import nodes, statemachine
 from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
-from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
-from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive
 from sphinx.ext.autodoc import AutodocReporter
 
 __version__  = '1.0'