diff --git a/aioredis/exceptions.py b/aioredis/exceptions.py
index 4aeba5e68..e4c2ed1e4 100644
--- a/aioredis/exceptions.py
+++ b/aioredis/exceptions.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class RedisError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class ConnectionError(builtins.ConnectionError, RedisError):
+class ConnectionError(RedisError):
     pass