diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 8edb73a14c..8d5963a1f0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ try:
     reduce
 except NameError:
     # Python 3
-    from six.moves import reduce
+    from functools import reduce
 
 try:
     NUMBERTYPES = (int, long, float)