diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ed559e2..93e1a3e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ classifier =
 
 [entry_points]
 wsme.protocols =
-    restjson = wsme.protocols.restjson:RestJsonProtocol
-    restxml = wsme.protocols.restxml:RestXmlProtocol
+    restjson = wsme.rest.json:RestJsonProtocol
+    restxml = wsme.rest.xml:RestXmlProtocol
 
 [files]
 packages =
     wsme
-    wsme.protocols
     wsme.rest
     wsme.tests
 
diff --git a/wsme/pecan.py b/wsme/pecan.py
index a9d9766..41eb501 100644
--- a/wsme/pecan.py
+++ b/wsme/pecan.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 
 import wsme
-import wsme.protocols.commons
-import wsme.protocols.restjson
-import wsme.protocols.restxml
+import wsme.rest.args
+import wsme.rest.json
+import wsme.rest.xml
 
 pecan = sys.modules['pecan']
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class JSonRenderer(object):
         pass
 
     def render(self, template_path, namespace):
-        data = wsme.protocols.restjson.tojson(
+        data = wsme.rest.json.tojson(
             namespace['datatype'],
             namespace['result']
         )
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class XMLRenderer(object):
         pass
 
     def render(self, template_path, namespace):
-        data = wsme.protocols.restxml.toxml(
+        data = wsme.rest.xml.toxml(
             namespace['datatype'],
             'result',
             namespace['result']
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def wsexpose(*args, **kwargs):
         funcdef = wsme.api.FunctionDefinition.get(f)
 
         def callfunction(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            args, kwargs = wsme.protocols.commons.get_args(
+            args, kwargs = wsme.rest.args.get_args(
                 funcdef, args, kwargs,
                 pecan.request.body, pecan.request.content_type
             )
diff --git a/wsme/protocols/__init__.py b/wsme/protocol.py
similarity index 100%
rename from wsme/protocols/__init__.py
rename to wsme/protocol.py
diff --git a/wsme/protocols/commons.py b/wsme/rest/args.py
similarity index 98%
rename from wsme/protocols/commons.py
rename to wsme/rest/args.py
index 8f7e68c..c7ac592 100644
--- a/wsme/protocols/commons.py
+++ b/wsme/rest/args.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ def args_from_params(funcdef, params):
 
 
 def args_from_body(funcdef, body, mimetype):
-    from wsme.protocols import restjson
-    from wsme.protocols import restxml
+    from wsme.rest import json as restjson
+    from wsme.rest import xml as restxml
 
     kw = {}
 
diff --git a/wsme/protocols/restjson.py b/wsme/rest/json.py
similarity index 98%
rename from wsme/protocols/restjson.py
rename to wsme/rest/json.py
index 52938ce..7fa0654 100644
--- a/wsme/protocols/restjson.py
+++ b/wsme/rest/json.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 REST+Json protocol implementation.
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 import datetime
 import decimal
 
@@ -8,14 +9,14 @@ import six
 
 from simplegeneric import generic
 
-from wsme.protocols.rest import RestProtocol
+from wsme.rest.protocol import RestProtocol
 from wsme.types import Unset
 import wsme.types
 
 try:
     import simplejson as json
 except ImportError:
-    import json
+    import json  # noqa
 
 
 @generic
diff --git a/wsme/protocols/rest.py b/wsme/rest/protocol.py
similarity index 97%
rename from wsme/protocols/rest.py
rename to wsme/rest/protocol.py
index 3fcd933..bdcd025 100644
--- a/wsme/protocols/rest.py
+++ b/wsme/rest/protocol.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import six
 from six import u
 
 from wsme.exc import ClientSideError, UnknownArgument
-from wsme.protocols import CallContext, Protocol
-from wsme.protocols.commons import from_params
+from wsme.protocol import CallContext, Protocol
+from wsme.rest.args import from_params
 from wsme.types import Unset
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/wsme/protocols/restxml.py b/wsme/rest/xml.py
similarity index 98%
rename from wsme/protocols/restxml.py
rename to wsme/rest/xml.py
index 08614a0..c78eedf 100644
--- a/wsme/protocols/restxml.py
+++ b/wsme/rest/xml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import datetime
 
 from six import u
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 
 from simplegeneric import generic
 
-from wsme.protocols.rest import RestProtocol
+from wsme.rest.protocol import RestProtocol
 import wsme.types
 
 import re
diff --git a/wsme/root.py b/wsme/root.py
index fb8258d..e6b4e96 100644
--- a/wsme/root.py
+++ b/wsme/root.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import six
 import webob
 
 from wsme.exc import ClientSideError, MissingArgument, UnknownFunction
-from wsme.protocols import getprotocol
+from wsme.protocol import getprotocol
 from wsme.rest import scan_api
 from wsme import spore
 import wsme.types
diff --git a/wsme/sphinxext.py b/wsme/sphinxext.py
index 3b993e6..a38f5c5 100644
--- a/wsme/sphinxext.py
+++ b/wsme/sphinxext.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class TypeDocumenter(autodoc.ClassDocumenter):
 
     def add_content(self, more_content, no_docstring=False):
         protocols = self.options.protocols or self.env.app.config.wsme_protocols
-        protocols = [wsme.protocols.getprotocol(p) for p in protocols]
+        protocols = [wsme.protocol.getprotocol(p) for p in protocols]
         content = []
         if protocols:
             sample_obj = make_sample_object(self.object)
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class FunctionDocumenter(autodoc.MethodDocumenter):
         found_params = set()
 
         protocols = self.options.protocols or self.env.app.config.wsme_protocols
-        protocols = [wsme.protocols.getprotocol(p) for p in protocols]
+        protocols = [wsme.protocol.getprotocol(p) for p in protocols]
 
         for si, docstring in enumerate(docstrings):
             for i, line in enumerate(docstring):
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_protocols.py b/wsme/tests/test_protocols.py
index e4d9e0b..557401e 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_protocols.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_protocols.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import unittest
 
 from wsme import WSRoot
-from wsme.protocols import getprotocol, CallContext, Protocol
-import wsme.protocols
+from wsme.protocol import getprotocol, CallContext, Protocol
+import wsme.protocol
 
 
 class DummyProtocol(Protocol):
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def test_getprotocol():
 
 class TestProtocols(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_register_protocol(self):
-        wsme.protocols.register_protocol(DummyProtocol)
-        assert wsme.protocols.registered_protocols['dummy'] == DummyProtocol
+        wsme.protocol.register_protocol(DummyProtocol)
+        assert wsme.protocol.registered_protocols['dummy'] == DummyProtocol
 
         r = WSRoot()
         assert len(r.protocols) == 0
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TestProtocols(unittest.TestCase):
         assert r.protocols[0].__class__ == DummyProtocol
 
     def test_Protocol(self):
-        p = wsme.protocols.Protocol()
+        p = wsme.protocol.Protocol()
         assert p.iter_calls(None) is None
         assert p.extract_path(None) is None
         assert p.read_arguments(None) is None
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_protocols_commons.py b/wsme/tests/test_protocols_commons.py
index 5c9319f..8ecfe14 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_protocols_commons.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_protocols_commons.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import datetime
 import unittest
 
-from wsme.protocols.commons import from_param, from_params
+from wsme.rest.args import from_param, from_params
 
 from wsme.types import UserType, Unset, ArrayType, DictType
 
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_restjson.py b/wsme/tests/test_restjson.py
index dcaf373..b18bf41 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_restjson.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_restjson.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ try:
 except:
     import json  # noqa
 
-import wsme.protocols.restjson
-from wsme.protocols.restjson import fromjson, tojson
+from wsme.rest.json import fromjson, tojson
 from wsme.utils import parse_isodatetime, parse_isotime, parse_isodate
 from wsme.types import isusertype, register_type
 from wsme.rest import expose, validate
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py b/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
index f51c257..8af8150 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import wsme.tests.protocol
 from wsme.utils import parse_isodatetime, parse_isodate, parse_isotime
 from wsme.types import isusertype, register_type
 
-from wsme.protocols.restxml import fromxml, toxml
+from wsme.rest.xml import fromxml, toxml
 
 try:
     import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_root.py b/wsme/tests/test_root.py
index da53780..d0a3485 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_root.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_root.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class TestRoot(unittest.TestCase):
         default_prepare_response_body(None, [u('a'), u('b')]) == u('a\nb')
 
     def test_protocol_selection_error(self):
-        import wsme.protocols
+        import wsme.protocol
 
-        class P(wsme.protocols.Protocol):
+        class P(wsme.protocol.Protocol):
             def accept(self, r):
                 raise Exception('test')