diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/rest/_helpers.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/rest/_helpers.py
index 0b64ef5b2f5e..a2f8736dcc68 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/rest/_helpers.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/rest/_helpers.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@
 import cgi
 from enum import Enum
 from json import dumps
-try:
-    import collections.abc as collections
-except ImportError:
-    import collections
+import collections
 from typing import (
     Optional,
     Union,