diff --git a/src/etcproposals_lib.py b/src/etcproposals_lib.py
index d2e38cb..db99214 100644
--- a/src/etcproposals_lib.py
+++ b/src/etcproposals_lib.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __author__ = 'Björn Michaelsen'
 __version__ = '1.4.2'
 __date__ = '2008-01-08'
 
-import ConfigParser, anydbm, shelve, difflib, os, os.path, re, shutil, md5
+import ConfigParser, anydbm, shelve, difflib, os, os.path, re, shutil, hashlib
 from etcproposals.portage_stubs import PortageInterface
     
 STATEFILE = '/var/state/etcproposals.state'
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class EtcProposalConfigFile(object):
 
     def md5hexdigest(self):
         "calculates the md5sum of the file in the fs"
-        return md5.md5(open(self.path).read()).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.md5(open(self.path).read()).hexdigest()
     
     def is_unmodified(self):
         "True, if the file in the fs has the same md5 as recorded"
diff --git a/src/portage_stubs.py b/src/portage_stubs.py
index 9cf2437..c6d73a1 100644
--- a/src/portage_stubs.py
+++ b/src/portage_stubs.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # based on gentoo portage 2.1.1, Copyright 1998-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-import re, string, os, md5
+import re, string, os
 from etcproposals.etcproposals_tools import get_command_output_iterator
 
 # portage constants