diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 80fd8a1..3f08b13 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ __authors__  = copyleft.authors
 __license__  = copyleft.full_text
 __copyleft__ = copyleft.copyright
 
-__all__ = ["GPG"]
+## do not set __package__ = "gnupg", else we will end up with
+## gnupg.<*allofthethings*>
+__all__ = ["GPG", "_util", "_parsers", "_meta", "_logger"]
 
+## avoid the "from gnupg import gnupg" idiom
 del gnupg
+del absolute_import
 del copyleft
 del get_versions
 del _version