diff --git a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
index 00c9356927f853..f25c4bcd5c98ee 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from time import asctime
 from pprint import pformat
 from docutils.io import StringOutput
+from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
 from docutils.utils import new_document
 
 from docutils import nodes, utils
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.builders import Builder
 from sphinx.util.nodes import split_explicit_title
-from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
 from sphinx.writers.html import HTMLTranslator
 from sphinx.writers.text import TextWriter
 from sphinx.writers.latex import LaTeXTranslator