diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/pimp.py b/Lib/plat-mac/pimp.py
index c5cf45eb356..426177aad61 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/pimp.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/pimp.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import urllib
+import urllib2
 import urlparse
 import plistlib
 import distutils.util
@@ -49,11 +50,6 @@
 	(".zip", "unzip \"%s\""),
 ]
 
-class MyURLopener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
-	"""Like FancyURLOpener, but we do want to get errors as exceptions."""
-	def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers):
-		urllib.URLopener.http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers)
-
 class PimpPreferences:
 	"""Container for per-user preferences, such as the database to use
 	and where to install packages."""
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ def appendURL(self, url, included=0):
 		if url in self._urllist:
 			return
 		self._urllist.append(url)
-		fp = MyURLopener().open(url).fp
+		fp = urllib2.urlopen(url).fp
 		dict = plistlib.Plist.fromFile(fp)
 		# Test here for Pimp version, etc
 		if not included:
@@ -798,4 +794,4 @@ def _help():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	main()
 	
-	
\ No newline at end of file
+