diff --git a/mercurial/linelog.py b/mercurial/linelog.py
--- a/mercurial/linelog.py
+++ b/mercurial/linelog.py
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 import abc
 import struct
 
-from mercurial import (
-    pycompat,
-)
 from .thirdparty import (
     attr,
 )
+from . import (
+    pycompat,
+)
 
 _llentry = struct.Struct('>II')