diff --git a/spacy/parts_of_speech.pxd b/spacy/parts_of_speech.pxd
index 9fbdbd71f..c97673a69 100644
--- a/spacy/parts_of_speech.pxd
+++ b/spacy/parts_of_speech.pxd
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
-from .symbols cimport *
-
+from . cimport symbols
 
 cpdef enum univ_pos_t:
-    NO_TAG = NIL
-    ADJ = POS_adj
-    ADP = POS_adp
-    ADV = POS_adv
-    AUX = POS_aux
-    CONJ = POS_conj
-    DET = POS_det
-    INTJ = POS_intj
-    NOUN = POS_noun
-    NUM = POS_num
-    PART = POS_part
-    PRON = POS_pron
-    PROPN = POS_propn
-    PUNCT = POS_punct
-    SCONJ = POS_sconj
-    SYM = POS_sym
-    VERB = POS_verb
-    X = POS_x
-    EOL = POS_eol
-    SPACE = POS_space
+    NO_TAG = 0
+    ADJ = symbols.ADJ
+    ADP
+    ADV
+    AUX
+    CONJ
+    DET
+    INTJ
+    NOUN
+    NUM
+    PART
+    PRON
+    PROPN
+    PUNCT
+    SCONJ
+    SYM
+    VERB
+    X
+    EOL
+    SPACE