diff --git a/flask/_compat.py b/flask/_compat.py
index 1d4e9808..c3428845 100644
--- a/flask/_compat.py
+++ b/flask/_compat.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ else:
     itervalues = lambda d: d.itervalues()
     iteritems = lambda d: d.iteritems()
 
-    from cStringIO import StringIO as StringIO
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
 
     exec('def reraise(tp, value, tb=None):\n raise tp, value, tb')