diff --git a/cinder/cmd/manage.py b/cinder/cmd/manage.py
index d8de35084a5..bb7084d7b40 100644
--- a/cinder/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/cinder/cmd/manage.py
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@
 
 """CLI interface for cinder management."""
 
-try:
-    import collections.abc as collections
-except ImportError:
-    import collections
-
+import collections.abc as collections
 import logging as python_logging
 import sys
 import time
diff --git a/cinder/objects/base.py b/cinder/objects/base.py
index 336afffbdae..1b04fe2683a 100644
--- a/cinder/objects/base.py
+++ b/cinder/objects/base.py
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 
 """Cinder common internal object model"""
 
-try:
-    from collections.abc import Callable
-except ImportError:
-    from collections import Callable
-
+from collections import abc
 import contextlib
 import datetime
 
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ class CinderObjectRegistry(base.VersionedObjectRegistry):
 
         # If registering class has a callable initialization method, call it.
         if isinstance(getattr(cls, 'cinder_ovo_cls_init', None),
-                      Callable):
+                      abc.Callable):
             cls.cinder_ovo_cls_init()
 
 
@@ -578,7 +574,7 @@ class CinderObjectSerializer(base.VersionedObjectSerializer):
             entity = self._process_iterable(context, self.serialize_entity,
                                             entity)
         elif (hasattr(entity, 'obj_to_primitive') and
-              isinstance(entity.obj_to_primitive, Callable)):
+              isinstance(entity.obj_to_primitive, abc.Callable)):
             # NOTE(dulek): Backport outgoing object to the capped version.
             backport_ver = self._get_capped_obj_version(entity)
             entity = entity.obj_to_primitive(backport_ver, self.manifest)
diff --git a/cinder/objects/cleanable.py b/cinder/objects/cleanable.py
index f3064bf96d7..10bf0f25550 100644
--- a/cinder/objects/cleanable.py
+++ b/cinder/objects/cleanable.py
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-try:
-    import collections.abc as collections
-except ImportError:
-    import collections
-
+import collections.abc as collections
 import inspect
 
 import decorator
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/test_block_driver_interfaces.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/test_block_driver_interfaces.py
index ad7c37ac314..0bb58de6bb9 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/test_block_driver_interfaces.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/test_block_driver_interfaces.py
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 """Mock unit tests for the NetApp block storage driver interfaces"""
 
-try:
-    from collections.abc import Callable
-except ImportError:
-    from collections import Callable
+from collections import abc
 
 from cinder.tests.unit import test
 from cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.dataontap import block_cmode
@@ -56,4 +53,4 @@ class NetAppBlockStorageDriverInterfaceTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def _get_local_functions(self, obj):
         """Get function names of an object without superclass functions."""
         return set([key for key, value in type(obj).__dict__.items()
-                    if isinstance(value, Callable)])
+                    if isinstance(value, abc.Callable)])