diff --git a/scrapy/utils/asyncgen.py b/scrapy/utils/asyncgen.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f697af5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/utils/asyncgen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+async def collect_asyncgen(result):
+    results = []
+    async for x in result:
+        results.append(x)
+    return results
diff --git a/scrapy/utils/py36.py b/scrapy/utils/py36.py
index 070b145a4..653e2bbbb 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/py36.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/py36.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import warnings
 
 from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
-from scrapy.utils.python import collect_asyncgen  # noqa: F401
+from scrapy.utils.asyncgen import collect_asyncgen  # noqa: F401
 
 
 warnings.warn(
-    "Module `scrapy.utils.py36` is deprecated, please import from `scrapy.utils.python` instead.",
+    "Module `scrapy.utils.py36` is deprecated, please import from `scrapy.utils.asyncgen` instead.",
     category=ScrapyDeprecationWarning,
     stacklevel=2,
 )
diff --git a/scrapy/utils/python.py b/scrapy/utils/python.py
index 7bd286523..5703fd4c3 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/python.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/python.py
@@ -355,10 +355,3 @@ class MutableChain:
     @deprecated("scrapy.utils.python.MutableChain.__next__")
     def next(self):
         return self.__next__()
-
-
-async def collect_asyncgen(result):
-    results = []
-    async for x in result:
-        results.append(x)
-    return results