error while import xlrd

im getting the following error when i try to import xlrd. this traceback is from 1.0.1 but i had the same problem on 1.1.0:

>>> import xlrd
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\SikuliX\Lib\xlrd\__init__.py", line 397
    if peek == b"PK\x03\x04": # a ZIP file
               ^
SyntaxError: no viable alternative at input '"PK\x03\x04"'

any help would be appreciated.