diff --git a/doctools/util.py b/doctools/util.py
index b832aa5d7..986913137 100644
--- a/doctools/util.py
+++ b/doctools/util.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 import sys
 
-# many tools import this, causes ImportError
-# the oilshell.org/ repo also imports this
-from typing import Any
+# Note: from typing import Any causes ImportError when PYTHONPATH is not .:vendor
+# So we import from vendor.typing which is a little inconsistent
+from vendor.typing import Any
 
 
 def log(msg, *args):