diff --git a/contrib/import-checker.py b/contrib/import-checker.py
--- a/contrib/import-checker.py
+++ b/contrib/import-checker.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ allowsymbolimports = (
     'mercurial.thirdparty.zope',
     'mercurial.thirdparty.zope.interface',
     'typing',
+    'xml.etree.ElementTree',
 )
 
 # Allow list of symbols that can be directly imported.
diff --git a/hgext/convert/darcs.py b/hgext/convert/darcs.py
--- a/hgext/convert/darcs.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/darcs.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import (
+    ElementTree,
+    XMLParser,
+)
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial import (
@@ -20,26 +24,6 @@ from . import common
 
 NoRepo = common.NoRepo
 
-# The naming drift of ElementTree is fun!
-
-try:
-    import xml.etree.cElementTree.ElementTree as ElementTree
-    import xml.etree.cElementTree.XMLParser as XMLParser
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        import xml.etree.ElementTree.ElementTree as ElementTree
-        import xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser as XMLParser
-    except ImportError:
-        try:
-            import elementtree.cElementTree.ElementTree as ElementTree
-            import elementtree.cElementTree.XMLParser as XMLParser
-        except ImportError:
-            try:
-                import elementtree.ElementTree.ElementTree as ElementTree
-                import elementtree.ElementTree.XMLParser as XMLParser
-            except ImportError:
-                pass
-
 
 class darcs_source(common.converter_source, common.commandline):
     def __init__(self, ui, repotype, path, revs=None):