diff --git a/eventlet/green/socket.py b/eventlet/green/socket.py
index 8fa6566..8afc635 100644
--- a/eventlet/green/socket.py
+++ b/eventlet/green/socket.py
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ from eventlet.util import wrap_ssl_obj
 from eventlet.greenio import GreenSocket as socket
 from eventlet.greenio import GreenSSL as _GreenSSL
 from eventlet.greenio import GreenSSLObject as _GreenSSLObject
-from eventlet.greenio import socketpair, fromfd
 
 def fromfd(*args):
-    return socket(__socket.fromfd(*args))
+    return socket(__socket.fromfd(*args))    
+    
+def socketpair(*args):
+    one, two = __socket.socketpair(*args)
+    return socket(one), socket(two)
 
 def gethostbyname(name):
     if getattr(get_hub(), 'uses_twisted_reactor', None):
diff --git a/eventlet/greenio.py b/eventlet/greenio.py
index 38108fa..6d03d66 100644
--- a/eventlet/greenio.py
+++ b/eventlet/greenio.py
@@ -758,14 +758,3 @@ class GreenSSLObject(object):
         for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string because its 
         format can't be parsed unambiguously."""
         return str(self.connection.get_peer_certificate().get_issuer())
-        
-                
-
-def socketpair(*args):
-    one, two = socket.socketpair(*args)
-    return GreenSocket(one), GreenSocket(two)
-
-
-def fromfd(*args):
-    return GreenSocket(socket.fromfd(*args))
-