diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/pyparsing.py b/src/calibre/utils/pyparsing.py
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+++ b/src/calibre/utils/pyparsing.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+from __future__ import (unicode_literals, division, absolute_import,
+                        print_function)
+
+__license__ = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2013, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
+
+# Dummy file for backwards compatibility with older plugins
+from calibre.utils.search_query_parser import ParseException  # noqa
+