diff --git a/IPython/utils/warn.py b/IPython/utils/warn.py
index 07ecf64..bb610ac 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/warn.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/warn.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import sys
 
 from IPython.utils import io
 
-from warnings import warn
+import warnings
 
-warn("The module IPython.utils.warn is deprecated, use the standard warnings module instead", DeprecationWarning)
+warnings.warn("The module IPython.utils.warn is deprecated, use the standard warnings module instead", DeprecationWarning)
 
 def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):
     """Standard warning printer. Gives formatting consistency.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):
     -exit_val (1): exit value returned by sys.exit() for a level 4
     warning. Ignored for all other levels."""
     
-    warn("The module IPython.utils.warn is deprecated, use the standard warnings module instead", DeprecationWarning)
+    warnings.warn("The module IPython.utils.warn is deprecated, use the standard warnings module instead", DeprecationWarning)
     if level>0:
         header = ['','','WARNING: ','ERROR: ','FATAL ERROR: ']
         print(header[level], msg, sep='', file=io.stderr)