diff --git a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
index 63ad0c1..7a294f1 100644
--- a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
+++ b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ import shutil
 
 # Third-party
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
-from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
+from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
 
 # Our own
 from traitlets.config import Config