diff --git a/nbconvert/exporters/pdf.py b/nbconvert/exporters/pdf.py
index 9973d22e6..e29b7614c 100644
--- a/nbconvert/exporters/pdf.py
+++ b/nbconvert/exporters/pdf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import which, cast_bytes_py2
 from traitlets import Integer, List, Bool, Instance, Unicode
-from ipython_genutils.tempdir import TemporaryWorkingDirectory
+from testpath.tempdir import TemporaryWorkingDirectory
 from .latex import LatexExporter
 
 class LatexFailed(IOError):
diff --git a/nbconvert/exporters/tests/test_latex.py b/nbconvert/exporters/tests/test_latex.py
index 6c1be4b1f..1208408d0 100644
--- a/nbconvert/exporters/tests/test_latex.py
+++ b/nbconvert/exporters/tests/test_latex.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from nbformat import write
 from nbformat import v4
 from ipython_genutils.testing.decorators import onlyif_cmds_exist
-from ipython_genutils.tempdir import TemporaryDirectory
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 
 class TestLatexExporter(ExportersTestsBase):
diff --git a/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py b/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py
index 752e4419e..383fe0302 100644
--- a/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py
+++ b/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import cast_unicode_py2
-from ipython_genutils.tempdir import TemporaryDirectory
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from traitlets import Unicode, default
 
 from .convertfigures import ConvertFiguresPreprocessor
diff --git a/nbconvert/tests/base.py b/nbconvert/tests/base.py
index 84195fdd8..678237766 100644
--- a/nbconvert/tests/base.py
+++ b/nbconvert/tests/base.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import nose.tools as nt
 
 from nbformat import v4, write
-from ipython_genutils.tempdir import TemporaryWorkingDirectory
+from testpath.tempdir import TemporaryWorkingDirectory
 
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import string_types, bytes_to_str