diff --git a/conda/gateways/disk/create.py b/conda/gateways/disk/create.py
index 449f7aa434b..6913fcd37f3 100644
--- a/conda/gateways/disk/create.py
+++ b/conda/gateways/disk/create.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from shutil import copyfileobj, copystat
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import warnings as _warnings
 
 import conda_package_handling.api