diff --git a/plug.py b/plug.py
index 58939e3f..fa7807f2 100644
--- a/plug.py
+++ b/plug.py
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ class Plugin(object):
             try:
                 filename = 'plugin_'
                 filename += name.encode(encoding='ascii', errors='replace').decode('utf-8').replace('.', '_')
-                spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(filename, loadfile)  # type: ignore
-                module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)  # type: ignore
-                spec.loader.exec_module(module)  # type: ignore
-                # These type-ignores will need to be looked at. MyPy is wrong.
+                module = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(
+                    filename,
+                    loadfile
+                ).load_module()
                 if getattr(module, 'plugin_start3', None):
                     newname = module.plugin_start3(os.path.dirname(loadfile))
                     self.name = newname and str(newname) or name