diff --git a/hgext/histedit.py b/hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py
@@ -169,11 +169,7 @@ the drop to be implicit for missing comm
 
 """
 
-try:
-    import cPickle as pickle
-    pickle.dump # import now
-except ImportError:
-    import pickle
+import pickle
 import errno
 import os
 import sys