diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6d498c507..bc3d0567a8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 six
 httplib2
 socksipy-branch
-pyjwt
diff --git a/twilio/access_token.py b/twilio/access_token.py
index 71d7e56b73..f7104f1742 100644
--- a/twilio/access_token.py
+++ b/twilio/access_token.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import time
-import jwt
+from twilio import jwt
 
 
 class IpMessagingGrant(object):
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ def to_jwt(self, algorithm='HS256'):
                           algorithm=algorithm)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.to_jwt().decode('utf-8')
+        return self.to_jwt()