diff --git a/v2/ansible/compat/configparser.py b/v2/ansible/compat/configparser.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cce6423763..00000000000
--- a/v2/ansible/compat/configparser.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# (c) 2014, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# Make coding more python3-ish
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-'''
-Compat module for Python3.x's configparser
-'''
-
-# Python 2.7
-try:
-    from configparser import *
-except ImportError:
-    from ConfigParser import *
diff --git a/v2/ansible/constants.py b/v2/ansible/constants.py
index 72b571ebb80..5932db0b2ce 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import os
 import pwd
 import sys
 
-from . compat import configparser
+from six.moves import configparser
 from string import ascii_letters, digits
 
 # copied from utils, avoid circular reference fun :)