diff --git a/jedi/api/__init__.py b/jedi/api/__init__.py
index d35e09bb..dbdaa42f 100644
--- a/jedi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/api/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from jedi.api import classes
 from jedi.api import interpreter
 from jedi.api import helpers
 from jedi.api.completion import Completion
-from jedi.api.virtualenv import DefaultEnvironment
+from jedi.api.virtualenv import get_default_environment
 from jedi.evaluate import Evaluator
 from jedi.evaluate import imports
 from jedi.evaluate import usages
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ from jedi.evaluate.syntax_tree import tree_name_to_contexts
 from jedi.evaluate.context import ModuleContext
 from jedi.evaluate.context.module import ModuleName
 from jedi.evaluate.context.iterable import unpack_tuple_to_dict
-from jedi.evaluate.compiled.subprocess import get_subprocess
 
 # Jedi uses lots and lots of recursion. By setting this a little bit higher, we
 # can remove some "maximum recursion depth" errors.
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ class Script(object):
             compiled_subprocess = None
         else:
             if environment is None:
-                environment = DefaultEnvironment()
+                environment = get_default_environment()
             compiled_subprocess = environment.get_subprocess()
         self._evaluator = Evaluator(self._grammar, project, compiled_subprocess)
         project.add_script_path(self.path)
diff --git a/jedi/api/virtualenv.py b/jedi/api/virtualenv.py
index 565e4fd1..56c658b9 100644
--- a/jedi/api/virtualenv.py
+++ b/jedi/api/virtualenv.py
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ class Environment(object):
         return self.get_subprocess().get_sys_path()
 
 
-class DefaultEnvironment(Environment):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(DefaultEnvironment, self).__init__(sys.prefix, sys.executable)
+def get_default_environment():
+    return Environment(sys.prefix, sys.executable)
 
 
 def find_virtualenvs(paths=None):
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ def find_python_environments():
     current_version = '%s.%s' % (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor)
     for version_string in _SUPPORTED_PYTHONS:
         if version_string == current_version:
-            yield DefaultEnvironment()
+            yield get_default_environment()
         else:
             exe = find_executable('python' + version_string)
             if exe is not None:
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_environment.py b/test/test_api/test_environment.py
index d5be09c7..cd9f2d81 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_environment.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_environment.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
 
-import jedi
 from jedi._compatibility import py_version
-from jedi.api.virtualenv import Environment, DefaultEnvironment, \
+from jedi.api.virtualenv import Environment, get_default_environment, \
     InvalidPythonEnvironment, find_python_environments
 
 
 def test_sys_path():
-    assert DefaultEnvironment().get_sys_path()
+    assert get_default_environment().get_sys_path()
 
 
 def test_find_python_environments():