diff --git a/fusesoc/provider/github.py b/fusesoc/provider/github.py
index 8a71a37..733d1f4 100644
--- a/fusesoc/provider/github.py
+++ b/fusesoc/provider/github.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import tarfile

 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     import urllib.request as urllib
+    from urllib.error import URLError
 else:
     import urllib
+    from urllib2 import URLError

-from urllib.error import URLError
+#from urllib.error import URLError

 class GitHub(object):
     def __init__(self, core_name, config, core_root, cache_root):