diff --git a/authorizenet/apicontrollersbase.py b/authorizenet/apicontrollersbase.py
index bee2646..ed50d44 100644
--- a/authorizenet/apicontrollersbase.py
+++ b/authorizenet/apicontrollersbase.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import pyxb
 import sys
 import xml.dom.minidom
-from pip._vendor import requests
+import requests
 from lxml import objectify
 
 from authorizenet.constants import constants