diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 146df1906..0e911feba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ offlinetest: codetest
 
 # XXX: This is hard to maintain
 CODE_FOLDERS = yt_dlp yt_dlp/downloader yt_dlp/extractor yt_dlp/postprocessor yt_dlp/compat \
-               yt_dlp/compat/asyncio yt_dlp/extractor/anvato_token_generator
+               yt_dlp/extractor/anvato_token_generator
 yt-dlp: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py
 	mkdir -p zip
 	for d in $(CODE_FOLDERS) ; do \
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio.py
similarity index 74%
rename from yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/__init__.py
rename to yt_dlp/compat/asyncio.py
index 21b494499..f80dc192d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 from asyncio import *  # noqa: F403
 
-from . import tasks  # noqa: F401
-from ..compat_utils import passthrough_module
+from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
 
 passthrough_module(__name__, 'asyncio')
 del passthrough_module
@@ -18,3 +17,8 @@ except NameError:
             loop = new_event_loop()
             set_event_loop(loop)
         loop.run_until_complete(coro)
+
+try:
+    all_tasks  # >= 3.7
+except NameError:
+    all_tasks = Task.all_tasks
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/tasks.py b/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/tasks.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d98fdfeb..000000000
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/asyncio/tasks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# flake8: noqa: F405
-
-from asyncio.tasks import *  # noqa: F403
-
-from ..compat_utils import passthrough_module
-
-passthrough_module(__name__, 'asyncio.tasks')
-del passthrough_module
-
-try:  # >= 3.7
-    all_tasks
-except NameError:
-    all_tasks = Task.all_tasks
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 90f070b6d..0171394fc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -5221,7 +5221,7 @@ class WebSocketsWrapper():
     pool = None
 
     def __init__(self, url, headers=None, connect=True):
-        self.loop = asyncio.events.new_event_loop()
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
         # XXX: "loop" is deprecated
         self.conn = websockets.connect(
             url, extra_headers=headers, ping_interval=None,
@@ -5252,7 +5252,7 @@ class WebSocketsWrapper():
     # for contributors: If there's any new library using asyncio needs to be run in non-async, move these function out of this class
     @staticmethod
     def run_with_loop(main, loop):
-        if not asyncio.coroutines.iscoroutine(main):
+        if not asyncio.iscoroutine(main):
             raise ValueError(f'a coroutine was expected, got {main!r}')
 
         try:
@@ -5264,7 +5264,7 @@ class WebSocketsWrapper():
 
     @staticmethod
     def _cancel_all_tasks(loop):
-        to_cancel = asyncio.tasks.all_tasks(loop)
+        to_cancel = asyncio.all_tasks(loop)
 
         if not to_cancel:
             return
@@ -5274,7 +5274,7 @@ class WebSocketsWrapper():
 
         # XXX: "loop" is removed in python 3.10+
         loop.run_until_complete(
-            asyncio.tasks.gather(*to_cancel, loop=loop, return_exceptions=True))
+            asyncio.gather(*to_cancel, loop=loop, return_exceptions=True))
 
         for task in to_cancel:
             if task.cancelled():