diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py b/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py
index 6f35d7745d3b..2b987c18b48b 100755
--- a/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py
+++ b/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import matplotlib
 # Make sure that we are using QT5
 matplotlib.use('Qt5Agg')
-from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets
+from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
 from numpy import arange, sin, pi
 from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ def closeEvent(self, ce):
         self.fileQuit()
 
     def about(self):
-        QtGui.QMessageBox.about(self, "About",
-                                """embedding_in_qt5.py example
+        QtWidgets.QMessageBox.about(self, "About",
+                                    """embedding_in_qt5.py example
 Copyright 2005 Florent Rougon, 2006 Darren Dale, 2015 Jens H Nielsen
 
 This program is a simple example of a Qt5 application embedding matplotlib