diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py
index 399237b16993ae52c5f57359543fcb4eeffc76a2..cbd8f4784e9e0d65167e95e7ed9a02c3d1bf51f2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 
-from external import argparse
+import argparse
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path, mkdirp
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
index 70134964ad8e0d1bda578f18e9b0626fe25e11e7..2c160a5f45d402658a574acfcac18ede445946fb 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import re
 import traceback
 from bisect import bisect_left
-from external import yaml
+import yaml
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.filesystem import *