diff --git a/setuptools/config/__init__.py b/setuptools/config/__init__.py
index 7a4febf9c2d..98d1a39b115 100644
--- a/setuptools/config/__init__.py
+++ b/setuptools/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # For backward compatibility, the following classes/functions are exposed
 # from `config.setupcfg`
-from setuptools.config.setupcfg import (
+from setuptools.config.legacy_setupcfg import (
     ConfigHandler,
     parse_configuration,
     read_configuration,
diff --git a/setuptools/config/setupcfg.py b/setuptools/config/legacy_setupcfg.py
similarity index 100%
rename from setuptools/config/setupcfg.py
rename to setuptools/config/legacy_setupcfg.py