diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de1328500f46b9344d2ee8951a05b1110fb9d071..af79845f6e57ba0c8db64ea4cffe9b0ecd32666c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             shutil.rmtree(local_path)
         print("Copying source tree into build/py3k for 2to3 transformation"
               "...")
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(old_path, 'scikits'),
-                        os.path.join(local_path, 'scikits'))
+        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(old_path, 'sklearn'),
+                        os.path.join(local_path, 'sklearn'))
         import lib2to3.main
         from io import StringIO
         print("Converting to Python3 via 2to3...")