diff --git a/rel/overlay/bin/couchup b/rel/overlay/bin/couchup
index b5ac8066f69..4f03759b243 100755
--- a/rel/overlay/bin/couchup
+++ b/rel/overlay/bin/couchup
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from urllib.parse import quote
 except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import quote
+    from urllib import quote
 import requests
 
 try: