diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
index ff4e7d08..ae94b0a7 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ def _is_class_instance(obj):
 
 class _SPECIAL_OBJECTS(object):
     BOUND_METHOD_CLASS = type(DirectObjectAccess(None, None).py__bool__)
-    MODULE_CLASS = types.ModuleType
 
 
 def get_special_object(evaluator, identifier):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/context/module.py b/jedi/evaluate/context/module.py
index a5439992..6a472e6d 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/context/module.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/context/module.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from jedi.evaluate.filters import GlobalNameFilter, ParserTreeFilter, DictFilter
 from jedi.evaluate import compiled
 from jedi.evaluate.base_context import TreeContext
 from jedi.evaluate.names import SubModuleName
+from jedi.evaluate.helpers import contexts_from_qualified_names
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ class ModuleMixin(SubModuleDictMixin):
             yield star_filter
 
     def py__class__(self):
-        return compiled.get_special_object(self.evaluator, u'MODULE_CLASS')
+        c, = contexts_from_qualified_names(self.evaluator, 'types', 'ModuleType')
+        return c
 
     def is_module(self):
         return True