diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/chitanka_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/chitanka_plugin.py
index 9467735552..6d7a625718 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/chitanka_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/chitanka_plugin.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ try:
     from urllib.parse import quote
     from urllib.error import HTTPError
 except ImportError:
-    from urllib import quote, HTTPError
+    from urllib2 import quote, HTTPError
 
 from lxml import html