diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 10b0980cf..f703772b9 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     command.py: IMR241,
     git_command.py: IMR241,
     git_status.py: IMR241,
-    git_trace2_event_log.py: IMR241,
     main.py: IMR241,
     manifest_xml.py: IMR241,
     subcmds/abandon.py: IMR241,
diff --git a/git_command.py b/git_command.py
index 5830a10cc..0032c2c5d 100644
--- a/git_command.py
+++ b/git_command.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import sys
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import error
-from git_trace2_event_log_base import BaseEventLog
+import git_trace2_event_log_base
 import platform_utils
 import repo_logging
 import repo_trace
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class GitCommand:
         command.extend(cmdv[1:])
 
         event_log = (
-            BaseEventLog(env=env, add_init_count=True)
+            git_trace2_event_log_base.BaseEventLog(env=env, add_init_count=True)
             if add_event_log
             else None
         )
diff --git a/git_trace2_event_log.py b/git_trace2_event_log.py
index 4f2fe7400..1f0556518 100644
--- a/git_trace2_event_log.py
+++ b/git_trace2_event_log.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 """Event logging in the git trace2 EVENT format."""
 
 import git_command
-from git_trace2_event_log_base import BaseEventLog
+import git_trace2_event_log_base
 
 
-class EventLog(BaseEventLog):
+class EventLog(git_trace2_event_log_base.BaseEventLog):
     """Event log that records events that occurred during a repo invocation.
 
     Events are written to the log as a consecutive JSON entries, one per line.