diff --git a/importlib_metadata/_hooks.py b/importlib_metadata/_compat.py
similarity index 100%
rename from importlib_metadata/_hooks.py
rename to importlib_metadata/_compat.py
diff --git a/importlib_metadata/api.py b/importlib_metadata/api.py
index 11551c5d..4ed8a14c 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/api.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/api.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from importlib import import_module
 from itertools import starmap
-from ._hooks import install, NullFinder
+from ._compat import install, NullFinder
 
 if sys.version_info > (3,):  # pragma: nocover
     from configparser import ConfigParser