1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/astroid/builder.py b/astroid/builder.py
index 2522ef01..320d23a3 100644
--- a/astroid/builder.py
+++ b/astroid/builder.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import re
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
-import _ast
 
+
+from astroid._ast import _parse
 from astroid import bases
 from astroid import exceptions
 from astroid import manager
@@ -37,10 +38,6 @@ _TRANSIENT_FUNCTION = '__'
 _STATEMENT_SELECTOR = '#@'
 
 
-def _parse(string):
-    return compile(string, "<string>", 'exec', _ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST)
-
-
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
     from tokenize import detect_encoding