diff --git a/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py b/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
index d0ec165..9b8bdc3 100755
--- a/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import logging
 import zmq
 
 # Local imports.
+from IPython.core import pylabtools
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag, catch_config_error
 from IPython.core.application import ProfileDir
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ from IPython.core.shellapp import (
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
-from IPython.lib import pylabtools
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Float, Dict, CaselessStrEnum
 )
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py b/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
index 19641a1..4f5323c 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from IPython.core.interactiveshell import (
     InteractiveShell, InteractiveShellABC
 )
-from IPython.core import page
+from IPython.core import page, pylabtools
 from IPython.core.autocall import ZMQExitAutocall
 from IPython.core.displaypub import DisplayPublisher
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core.magic import MacroToEdit
 from IPython.core.payloadpage import install_payload_page
-from IPython.lib import pylabtools
 from IPython.lib.kernel import (
     get_connection_file, get_connection_info, connect_qtconsole
 )