diff --git a/Lib/code.py b/Lib/code.py
index 94e7777dc94..6d8c35cd1e7 100644
--- a/Lib/code.py
+++ b/Lib/code.py
@@ -1,92 +1,13 @@
-"""Utilities dealing with code objects.
+"""Utilities needed to emulate Python's interactive interpreter.
 
 Inspired by similar code by Jeff Epler and Fredrik Lundh.
 """
 
+
 import sys
 import string
 import traceback
-
-def compile_command(source, filename="<input>", symbol="single"):
-    r"""Compile a command and determine whether it is incomplete.
-
-    Arguments:
-
-    source -- the source string; may contain \n characters
-    filename -- optional filename from which source was read; default "<input>"
-    symbol -- optional grammar start symbol; "single" (default) or "eval"
-
-    Return value / exceptions raised:
-
-    - Return a code object if the command is complete and valid
-    - Return None if the command is incomplete
-    - Raise SyntaxError or OverflowError if the command is a syntax error
-      (OverflowError if the error is in a numeric constant)
-
-    Approach:
-
-    First, check if the source consists entirely of blank lines and
-    comments; if so, replace it with 'pass', because the built-in
-    parser doesn't always do the right thing for these.
-
-    Compile three times: as is, with \n, and with \n\n appended.  If
-    it compiles as is, it's complete.  If it compiles with one \n
-    appended, we expect more.  If it doesn't compile either way, we
-    compare the error we get when compiling with \n or \n\n appended.
-    If the errors are the same, the code is broken.  But if the errors
-    are different, we expect more.  Not intuitive; not even guaranteed
-    to hold in future releases; but this matches the compiler's
-    behavior from Python 1.4 through 1.5.2, at least.
-
-    Caveat:
-
-    It is possible (but not likely) that the parser stops parsing
-    with a successful outcome before reaching the end of the source;
-    in this case, trailing symbols may be ignored instead of causing an
-    error.  For example, a backslash followed by two newlines may be
-    followed by arbitrary garbage.  This will be fixed once the API
-    for the parser is better.
-
-    """
-
-    # Check for source consisting of only blank lines and comments
-    for line in string.split(source, "\n"):
-        line = string.strip(line)
-        if line and line[0] != '#':
-            break               # Leave it alone
-    else:
-        source = "pass"         # Replace it with a 'pass' statement
-
-    err = err1 = err2 = None
-    code = code1 = code2 = None
-
-    try:
-        code = compile(source, filename, symbol)
-    except SyntaxError, err:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        code1 = compile(source + "\n", filename, symbol)
-    except SyntaxError, err1:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        code2 = compile(source + "\n\n", filename, symbol)
-    except SyntaxError, err2:
-        pass
-
-    if code:
-        return code
-    try:
-        e1 = err1.__dict__
-    except AttributeError:
-        e1 = err1
-    try:
-        e2 = err2.__dict__
-    except AttributeError:
-        e2 = err2
-    if not code1 and e1 == e2:
-        raise SyntaxError, err1
+from codeop import compile_command
 
 
 class InteractiveInterpreter: