diff --git a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
index 51622ce7..e64224d2 100755
--- a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import re
 import urllib
 from pydal._compat import maketrans, urllib_quote, unicodeT, to_bytes, to_native, xrange
-from pydal.utils import local_html_escape as escape
+from gluon.utils import local_html_escape as escape
 from ast import parse as ast_parse
 import ast
 
diff --git a/gluon/highlight.py b/gluon/highlight.py
index 97b77990..bf98e9b3 100644
--- a/gluon/highlight.py
+++ b/gluon/highlight.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 from pydal._compat import xrange 
-from pydal.utils import local_html_escape
+from gluon.utils import local_html_escape
 import re
 
 __all__ = ['highlight']
diff --git a/gluon/html.py b/gluon/html.py
index bd693406..049ede93 100644
--- a/gluon/html.py
+++ b/gluon/html.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import base64
 from gluon import sanitizer, decoder
 import itertools
 from pydal._compat import reduce, pickle, copyreg, HTMLParser, name2codepoint, iteritems, unichr, unicodeT, urllib_quote, to_bytes, to_native, to_unicode, basestring, urlencode, implements_bool
-from pydal.utils import local_html_escape
+from gluon.utils import local_html_escape
 import marshal
 
 from gluon.storage import Storage
diff --git a/gluon/languages.py b/gluon/languages.py
index 88e659a6..528a9ceb 100644
--- a/gluon/languages.py
+++ b/gluon/languages.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import logging
 from cgi import escape
 from threading import RLock
 from gluon.utf8 import Utf8
-from pydal.utils import local_html_escape
+from gluon.utils import local_html_escape
 
 from pydal._compat import copyreg, PY2, maketrans, iterkeys, unicodeT, to_unicode, to_bytes, iteritems, to_native, pjoin
 from pydal.contrib.portalocker import read_locked, LockedFile