diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
index d06f4ad84b..42b37b661d 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 import os
 import functools
 
+from functools import reduce
+
 from . import guid
 from . import ifcopenshell_wrapper
 
-if hasattr(functools, 'reduce'): reduce = functools.reduce
-
 class entity_instance(object):
 	def __init__(self, e):
 		super(entity_instance, self).__setattr__('wrapped_data', e)
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/guid.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/guid.py
index c8e2340fb9..ddc95694b9 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/guid.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/guid.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import string
 
+from functools import reduce
+
 chars = string.digits + string.ascii_uppercase + string.ascii_lowercase + '_$'
 
 def compress(g):