diff --git a/pylib/tools/BUILD.bazel b/pylib/tools/BUILD.bazel
index 939c157a7..91d989507 100644
--- a/pylib/tools/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pylib/tools/BUILD.bazel
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ py_binary(
         "//pylib/anki:backend_pb2",
     ],
     imports = [
-        ".",
+        "../anki",
     ],
     visibility = ["//pylib:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
diff --git a/pylib/tools/genbackend.py b/pylib/tools/genbackend.py
index 4186ba270..2c2e1e031 100755
--- a/pylib/tools/genbackend.py
+++ b/pylib/tools/genbackend.py
@@ -5,14 +5,9 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 
+import backend_pb2 as pb
 import stringcase
 
-try:
-    import anki.backend_pb2 as pb
-except:
-    # windows
-    import anki.pylib.anki.backend_pb2 as pb
-
 TYPE_DOUBLE = 1
 TYPE_FLOAT = 2
 TYPE_INT64 = 3