diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 9f5ec5bf202..98fd25f55d7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import pwd
 import platform
 import errno
 import datetime
+from collections import deque
 from itertools import chain, repeat
 
 try:
@@ -148,7 +149,6 @@ except Exception:
         pass
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import (
-    deque,
     KeysView,
     Mapping, MutableMapping,
     Sequence, MutableSequence,
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/_collections_compat.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/_collections_compat.py
index 3d1bbfc337c..b44dbcf9291 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/_collections_compat.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/_collections_compat.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 try:
     """Python 3.3+ branch."""
     from collections.abc import (
-        deque, KeysView,
+        KeysView,
         Mapping, MutableMapping,
         Sequence, MutableSequence,
         Set, MutableSet,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     """Use old lib location under 2.6-3.2."""
     from collections import (
-        deque, KeysView,
+        KeysView,
         Mapping, MutableMapping,
         Sequence, MutableSequence,
         Set, MutableSet,