diff --git a/Lib/exceptions.py b/Lib/exceptions.py
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index dd82592e086..00000000000
--- a/Lib/exceptions.py
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Standard class-base exceptions are now all implemented in C.  This remains
-# for backwards compatibility with pre-1.6 releases.
-from _exceptions import *
-from _exceptions import __doc__