diff --git a/datastore/api/tasks.py b/datastore/api/tasks.py
index e200d9cbac79..0a1d3f6e7047 100644
--- a/datastore/api/tasks.py
+++ b/datastore/api/tasks.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 def create_client(project_id):
-    return gcloud.datastore.Client(project_id)
+    return datastore.Client(project_id)
 # [END build_service]