diff --git a/mne/io/array/__init__.py b/mne/io/array/__init__.py
index aea21ef42ce..ad53f7c817f 100644
--- a/mne/io/array/__init__.py
+++ b/mne/io/array/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # License: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright the MNE-Python contributors.
 
-from .array import RawArray
+from ._array import RawArray
diff --git a/mne/io/array/array.py b/mne/io/array/_array.py
similarity index 100%
rename from mne/io/array/array.py
rename to mne/io/array/_array.py