diff --git a/rdflib/compat.py b/rdflib/compat.py
index cba3a5696..1cc4adacd 100644
--- a/rdflib/compat.py
+++ b/rdflib/compat.py
@@ -97,10 +97,3 @@ def decodeUnicodeEscape(escaped: str) -> str:
         # Most of times, there are no backslashes in strings.
         return escaped
     return _turtle_escape_pattern.sub(_turtle_escape_subber, escaped)
-
-
-# Migration to abc in Python 3.8
-try:
-    from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping
-except:
-    from collections import Mapping, MutableMapping
diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/sparql/sparql.py b/rdflib/plugins/sparql/sparql.py
index 8f6a002da..0332d4e7c 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/sparql/sparql.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/sparql/sparql.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import datetime
 import itertools
 import typing as t
+from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 import isodate
 
 import rdflib.plugins.sparql
-from rdflib.compat import Mapping, MutableMapping
 from rdflib.graph import ConjunctiveGraph, Graph
 from rdflib.namespace import NamespaceManager
 from rdflib.plugins.sparql.parserutils import CompValue