diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/ordered_dict.py b/src/calibre/utils/ordered_dict.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
+from __future__ import (unicode_literals, division, absolute_import,
+                        print_function)
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2011, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+OrderedDict
+