diff --git a/mysql/MySQLdb.py b/mysql/MySQLdb.py
index 70a46a4..3f2bf75 100644
--- a/mysql/MySQLdb.py
+++ b/mysql/MySQLdb.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ if __version__ != getattr(_mysql, '__version__', None):
     raise ImportError, "this is MySQLdb version %s, but _mysql is version %s" %\
           (__version__, _mysql.__version__)
 
-from _mysql_const import converters
 from _mysql_const.converters import *
 import re, types
 from types import ListType, TupleType
diff --git a/mysql/_mysql_const/__init__.py b/mysql/_mysql_const/__init__.py
index b472651..84052e8 100644
--- a/mysql/_mysql_const/__init__.py
+++ b/mysql/_mysql_const/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__all__ = ['exc','CR', 'FIELD_TYPE','CLIENT','REFRESH','ER','FLAG']
+__all__ = ['converters','exc','CR', 'FIELD_TYPE','CLIENT','REFRESH','ER','FLAG']