diff --git a/IPython/core/history.py b/IPython/core/history.py
index e80f8c6..2e7fdbc 100644
--- a/IPython/core/history.py
+++ b/IPython/core/history.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import threading
 from traitlets.config.configurable import LoggingConfigurable
 from decorator import decorator
 from IPython.utils.decorators import undoc
-from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
+from IPython.paths import locate_profile
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from traitlets import (
     Any, Bool, Dict, Instance, Integer, List, Unicode, TraitError,