diff --git a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
index c279896706..02d6e9fa28 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ be out of sync with the database.
 
 """
 from functools import update_wrapper
-from collections import defaultdict, MutableSequence, MutableSet, MutableMapping
-from collections import OrderedDict, deque
+from collections import deque, OrderedDict, defaultdict
+from collections.abc import MutableSequence, MutableSet, MutableMapping
 
 try:
     from pickle import dumps, loads