diff --git a/keystoneclient/httpclient.py b/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
index ccb5f3059..1e4f48f13 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 import pkg_resources
 from positional import positional
 import requests
-from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 try:
     import pickle
@@ -50,11 +49,6 @@ except (ImportError, pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound):
     keyring = None
     pickle = None
 
-# Python 2.5 compat fix
-if not hasattr(urlparse, 'parse_qsl'):
-    import cgi
-    urlparse.parse_qsl = cgi.parse_qsl
-
 
 from keystoneclient import _discover
 from keystoneclient import access