5 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/code_generators/generate_ufunc_api.py b/numpy/core/code_generators/generate_ufunc_api.py
index 508c9524f..1b0143e88 100644
--- a/numpy/core/code_generators/generate_ufunc_api.py
+++ b/numpy/core/code_generators/generate_ufunc_api.py
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ _import_umath(void)
   PyObject *c_api = NULL;
 
   if (numpy == NULL) {
-      numpy = PyImport_ImportModule("_multiarray");
-  }
-  if (numpy == NULL) {
-      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "numpy.core._multiarray_umath failed to import (tried also as '_multiarray'");
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError,
+                      "numpy.core._multiarray_umath failed to import");
       return -1;
   }
   c_api = PyObject_GetAttrString(numpy, "_UFUNC_API");
diff --git a/numpy/core/multiarray.py b/numpy/core/multiarray.py
index 89759458b..77e59c70c 100644
--- a/numpy/core/multiarray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/multiarray.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from . import _multiarray_umath
 from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import *
 from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import (_fastCopyAndTranspose, _flagdict, _insert,
-     _reconstruct, _vec_string)
+     _reconstruct, _vec_string, _ARRAY_API)
 
-__all__ = ['ALLOW_THREADS', 'BUFSIZE', 'CLIP', 'DATETIMEUNITS',
+__all__ = ['_ARRAY_API', 'ALLOW_THREADS', 'BUFSIZE', 'CLIP', 'DATETIMEUNITS',
     'ITEM_HASOBJECT', 'ITEM_IS_POINTER', 'LIST_PICKLE', 'MAXDIMS',
     'MAY_SHARE_BOUNDS', 'MAY_SHARE_EXACT', 'NEEDS_INIT', 'NEEDS_PYAPI',
     'RAISE', 'USE_GETITEM', 'USE_SETITEM', 'WRAP',
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
index a393cf603..1d44cf8be 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ arraydescr_reduce(PyArray_Descr *self, PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(args))
     if (ret == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray");
+    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray_umath");
     if (mod == NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(ret);
         return NULL;
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
index dc74c9d17..3d2cce5e1 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ array_reduce(PyArrayObject *self, PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(args))
     if (ret == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray");
+    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray_umath");
     if (mod == NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(ret);
         return NULL;
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
index c6b2c99f2..f63dfa107 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ gentype_reduce(PyObject *self, PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(args))
     }
 #endif
 
-    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray");
+    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("numpy.core._multiarray_umath");
     if (mod == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }