diff --git a/compressor/filters/base.py b/compressor/filters/base.py
index 7154dbd..6822d69 100644
--- a/compressor/filters/base.py
+++ b/compressor/filters/base.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class CompilerFilter(FilterBase):
                 # something different than utf8. If that's the case file will
                 # be included with charset="something" html attribute and
                 # charset will be available as filter's charset attribute
-                encoding = self.charset #or self.default_encoding
+                encoding = self.charset  # or self.default_encoding
                 self.infile = open(self.filename)
                 options["infile"] = self.filename
 
diff --git a/compressor/filters/cssmin/cssmin.py b/compressor/filters/cssmin/cssmin.py
index 155a32d..e8a02b0 100644
--- a/compressor/filters/cssmin/cssmin.py
+++ b/compressor/filters/cssmin/cssmin.py
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@
 
 import re
 
-try:
-    from cStringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        from StringIO import StringIO
-    except ImportError:
-        from io import StringIO # python 3
-
 __version__ = '0.1.4'
 
 
diff --git a/compressor/management/commands/mtime_cache.py b/compressor/management/commands/mtime_cache.py
index bfea571..e96f004 100644
--- a/compressor/management/commands/mtime_cache.py
+++ b/compressor/management/commands/mtime_cache.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
 
         if keys_to_delete:
             cache.delete_many(list(keys_to_delete))
-            print "Deleted mtimes of %d files from the cache." % len(keys_to_delete)
+            print("Deleted mtimes of %d files from the cache." % len(keys_to_delete))
 
         if files_to_add:
             for filename in files_to_add:
                 get_mtime(filename)
-            print "Added mtimes of %d files to cache." % len(files_to_add)
+            print("Added mtimes of %d files to cache." % len(files_to_add))
diff --git a/compressor/utils/compat.py b/compressor/utils/compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 273a818..0000000
--- a/compressor/utils/compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# noqa
-import six
-
-try:
-    from django.utils.encoding import force_text, force_bytes
-    from django.utils.encoding import smart_text, smart_bytes
-except ImportError:
-    # django < 1.4.2
-    from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode as force_text
-    from django.utils.encoding import force_str as force_bytes
-    from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode as smart_text
-    from django.utils.encoding import smart_str as smart_bytes
-
-
-try:
-    from django.utils import unittest
-except ImportError:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-
-
-if six.PY3:
-    # there is an 'io' module in python 2.6+, but io.StringIO does not
-    # accept regular strings, just unicode objects
-    from io import StringIO
-else:
-    try:
-        from cStringIO import StringIO
-    except ImportError:
-        from StringIO import StringIO
-
-try:
-    from urllib.request import url2pathname
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib import url2pathname
-
diff --git a/compressor/utils/stringformat.py b/compressor/utils/stringformat.py
index 0cfba86..3be63e4 100644
--- a/compressor/utils/stringformat.py
+++ b/compressor/utils/stringformat.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def selftest():
     d = datetime.date(2010, 9, 7)
     assert F(u"The year is {0.year}").format(d) == u"The year is 2010"
     assert F(u"Tested on {0:%Y-%m-%d}").format(d) == u"Tested on 2010-09-07"
-    print 'Test successful'
+    print('Test successful')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     selftest()