diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
index 46b0c453902..497b21328ba 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # fix this
 RETURN = '''# '''
 
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def run_command(command, module, check_rc=True):
     """
@@ -90,9 +93,9 @@ def sanitize_output(output):
     :return: sanitized output
     """
     if output is None:
-        return b('')
+        return ''
     else:
-        return output.rstrip(b("\r\n"))
+        return output.rstrip("\r\n")
 
 
 def main():
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ def main():
     make_path = module.get_bin_path('make', True)
     make_target = module.params['target']
     if module.params['params'] is not None:
-        make_parameters = [k + '=' + str(v) for k, v in module.params['params'].iteritems()]
+        make_parameters = [k + '=' + str(v) for k, v in iteritems(module.params['params'])]
     else:
         make_parameters = []
 
@@ -147,7 +150,5 @@ def main():
     )
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()