diff --git a/pyphi/models/mechanism.py b/pyphi/models/mechanism.py
index 883253076..b77cb72e1 100644
--- a/pyphi/models/mechanism.py
+++ b/pyphi/models/mechanism.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from ..registry import Registry
 from ..warnings import warn_about_tie_serialization
 from . import cmp, fmt
-from .pandas import ToDictFromExplicitAttrsMixin, ToDictMixin, ToPandasMixin
+from .pyphi_pandas import ToDictFromExplicitAttrsMixin, ToDictMixin, ToPandasMixin
 
 
 @total_ordering
diff --git a/pyphi/models/pandas.py b/pyphi/models/pyphi_pandas.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pyphi/models/pandas.py
rename to pyphi/models/pyphi_pandas.py
diff --git a/pyphi/models/subsystem.py b/pyphi/models/subsystem.py
index 653130cff..28bcb5f0d 100644
--- a/pyphi/models/subsystem.py
+++ b/pyphi/models/subsystem.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from ..conf import fallback
 from . import cmp, fmt
 from .mechanism import Concept, StateSpecification
-from .pandas import ToDictMixin, ToPandasMixin
+from .pyphi_pandas import ToDictMixin, ToPandasMixin
 
 _sia_attributes = ["phi", "ces", "partitioned_ces", "subsystem", "cut_subsystem"]