diff --git a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
index 9cf30f5693..b0933db143 100644
--- a/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
+++ b/direct/src/showutil/dist.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def find_packages(whlfile):
 
 
 def get_python_ext_module_dir():
-    import _sha1
-    return os.path.dirname(_sha1.__file__)
+    import cmath
+    return os.path.dirname(cmath.__file__)
 
 
 class build(distutils.command.build.build):
diff --git a/makepanda/makewheel.py b/makepanda/makewheel.py
index 8f04e2cb81..d1e67b185e 100644
--- a/makepanda/makewheel.py
+++ b/makepanda/makewheel.py
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ def is_fat_file(path):
 
 
 def get_python_ext_module_dir():
-    import _sha1
-    return os.path.dirname(_sha1.__file__)
+    import cmath
+    return os.path.dirname(cmath.__file__)
 
 
 if sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin'):