diff --git a/base/utils.py b/base/utils.py
index a84f961..64b4b54 100644
--- a/base/utils.py
+++ b/base/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tarfile
-from validate_email import validate_email
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class CompileInfo(object):
 
 
 def is_valid_email(email: str) -> bool:
-    return validate_email(email, check_mx=True)
+    return validate_email.validate_email(email, check_mx=True)
 
 
 def is_role_based_email(email: str) -> bool: