diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 88e889b22fe..f3951ac71c0 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -447,8 +447,7 @@ class from it, and returns the class object.
            expected class was not found in it."""
 
         module_name = 'distutils.command.' + command
-        klass_name = string.join \
-            (map (string.capitalize, string.split (command, '_')), '')
+        klass_name = command
 
         try:
             __import__ (module_name)