diff -r 9265a2168e2c Lib/collections/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py	Sat Sep 07 23:42:07 2013 +1200
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py	Sun Sep 15 23:59:30 2013 +0530
@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@
     for elem in iterable:
         mapping[elem] = mapping_get(elem, 0) + 1
 
-try:                                    # Load C helper function if available
-    from _collections import _count_elements
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 class Counter(dict):
     '''Dict subclass for counting hashable items.  Sometimes called a bag
     or multiset.  Elements are stored as dictionary keys and their counts