diff --git a/misc.py b/misc.py
index 93888ad..dae2d42 100644
--- a/misc.py
+++ b/misc.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import sys, gzip, time, datetime, random, os, logging, gc, \
     scipy, sklearn, sklearn.cross_validation, sklearn.grid_search,\
     sklearn.utils, sklearn.externals.joblib, inspect
-import numpy as np, pandas as pd, xgboost as xgb
-from xgboost import XGBClassifier, XGBRegressor
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 from pandas import Series, DataFrame
 
 def debug(msg): 
diff --git a/pandas_extensions/__init__.py b/pandas_extensions/__init__.py
index e22fc1e..5ff6a03 100644
--- a/pandas_extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas_extensions/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import series, dataframe, dataframe_engineer, dataframe_format_convert
 import pandas as pd
-from .. import misc
+import misc
 
 def _extend_df(name, function):
   df = pd.DataFrame({})
diff --git a/pandas_extensions/dataframe.py b/pandas_extensions/dataframe.py
index eb16443..571280d 100644
--- a/pandas_extensions/dataframe.py
+++ b/pandas_extensions/dataframe.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import pandas as pd, numpy as np
 import itertools, random, gzip, gc, ast_parser, scipy, \
   sklearn, sklearn.manifold, sklearn.cluster, os
-from .. import misc
-from ..lib import smote
+import misc
+from lib import smote
 import utils
 
 def _df_categoricals(self): return filter(lambda c: self[c].is_categorical(), self.columns)
diff --git a/pandas_extensions/dataframe_engineer.py b/pandas_extensions/dataframe_engineer.py
index 23d0746..d032109 100644
--- a/pandas_extensions/dataframe_engineer.py
+++ b/pandas_extensions/dataframe_engineer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pandas as pd, numpy as np
 import itertools, ast_parser, scipy
-from .. import misc
+import misc
 
 def _df_engineer(self, name, columns=None, quiet=False):  
   '''
diff --git a/pandas_extensions/series.py b/pandas_extensions/series.py
index 9bbe740..8f7da26 100644
--- a/pandas_extensions/series.py
+++ b/pandas_extensions/series.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pandas as pd, numpy as np
 import sklearn, datetime, utils, scipy
-from .. import misc
+import misc
 
 def _s_one_hot_encode(self):
   misc.start('one_hot_encoding column')