diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
index b865c4921d4..327b42ee60d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ def get_cache(module):
     try:
         cache = apt.Cache()
     except SystemError as e:
-        if '/var/lib/apt/lists/' in str(e).lower():
+        if '/var/lib/apt/lists/' in to_native(e).lower():
             # update cache until files are fixed or retries exceeded
             retries = 0
             while retries < 2:
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ def get_cache(module):
                 if rc == 0:
                     break
             if rc != 0:
-                module.fail_json(msg='Updating the cache to correct corrupt package lists failed:\n%s\n%s' % (str(e), str(so) + str(se)), rc=rc)
+                module.fail_json(msg='Updating the cache to correct corrupt package lists failed:\n%s\n%s' % (to_native(e), so + se), rc=rc)
             # try again
             cache = apt.Cache()
         else:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
index e09289f4328..7c2ca9f8964 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 '''
 
 import glob
+import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
@@ -122,12 +123,17 @@ except ImportError:
     distro = None
     HAVE_PYTHON_APT = False
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
+
+
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     PYTHON_APT = 'python-apt'
 else:
     PYTHON_APT = 'python3-apt'
 
-DEFAULT_SOURCES_PERM = int('0644', 8)
+DEFAULT_SOURCES_PERM = 0o0644
 
 VALID_SOURCE_TYPES = ('deb', 'deb-src')
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dpkg_selections.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dpkg_selections.py
index b4f1f4f893d..a4a91a27953 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dpkg_selections.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dpkg_selections.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     selection: hold
 '''
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
@@ -72,7 +74,5 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, before=current, after=selection)
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_tap.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_tap.py
index 0cda078c1ec..51c5acabcd9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_tap.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_tap.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 import re
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def a_valid_tap(tap):
     '''Returns True if the tap is valid.'''
@@ -248,8 +250,6 @@ def main():
         else:
             module.exit_json(changed=changed, msg=msg)
 
-# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/layman.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/layman.py
index 7cdf1833e7c..fe3e102babb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/layman.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/layman.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 '''
 
 import shutil
+
 from os import path
 
 try:
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     HAS_LAYMAN_API = False
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
+
+
 USERAGENT = 'ansible-httpget'
 
 
@@ -262,8 +267,5 @@ def main():
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name)
 
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/macports.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/macports.py
index fc21ac5ff98..4d2b6f18d16 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/macports.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/macports.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     state: inactive
 '''
 
-import pipes
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 
 
 def update_package_db(module, port_path):
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def query_package(module, port_path, name, state="present"):
 
     if state == "present":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed | grep -q ^.*%s" % (pipes.quote(port_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed | grep -q ^.*%s" % (shlex_quote(port_path), shlex_quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
         if rc == 0:
             return True
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ def query_package(module, port_path, name, state="present"):
 
     elif state == "active":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed %s | grep -q active" % (pipes.quote(port_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed %s | grep -q active" % (shlex_quote(port_path), shlex_quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
 
         if rc == 0:
             return True
@@ -225,8 +226,6 @@ def main():
     elif p["state"] == "inactive":
         deactivate_packages(module, port_path, pkgs)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/opkg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/opkg.py
index 7fbe78702c9..8a4863d7212 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/opkg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/opkg.py
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     force: overwrite
 '''
 
-import pipes
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 
 
 def update_package_db(module, opkg_path):
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ def query_package(module, opkg_path, name, state="present"):
 
     if state == "present":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s list-installed | grep -q \"^%s \"" % (pipes.quote(opkg_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s list-installed | grep -q \"^%s \"" % (shlex_quote(opkg_path), shlex_quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
         if rc == 0:
             return True
 
@@ -193,8 +194,6 @@ def main():
     elif p["state"] in ["absent", "removed"]:
         remove_packages(module, opkg_path, pkgs)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkg5_publisher.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkg5_publisher.py
index e8a310353d3..387303affdf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkg5_publisher.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkg5_publisher.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     origin: 'https://pkg.example.com/site/'
 '''
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
@@ -205,7 +207,5 @@ def unstringify(val):
         return val
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgin.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgin.py
index 3bccaeb677d..d7cf546794f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgin.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgin.py
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 import re
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def query_package(module, name):
     """Search for the package by name.
@@ -382,8 +384,6 @@ def main():
     elif p["state"] == "absent":
         remove_packages(module, pkgs)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgutil.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgutil.py
index e6fbeb16a7d..a0f29ea0cb8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgutil.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pkgutil.py
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     state: latest
 '''
 
-import os
-import pipes
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 
 def package_installed(module, name):
@@ -225,8 +224,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/portage.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/portage.py
index 0cded3b76a6..e765cfdc935 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/portage.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/portage.py
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     depclean: yes
 '''
 
-
 import os
-import pipes
 import re
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def query_package(module, package, action):
     if package.startswith('@'):
@@ -508,8 +508,6 @@ def main():
     elif p['state'] in portage_absent_states:
         unmerge_packages(module, packages)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
index 20a22843bef..386275b4614 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     state: latest
 '''
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def query_package(module, slackpkg_path, name):
 
@@ -195,8 +197,6 @@ def main():
     elif p["state"] in ['removed', 'absent']:
         remove_packages(module, slackpkg_path, pkgs)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/svr4pkg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/svr4pkg.py
index e4b7d316308..5709a16b54c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/svr4pkg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/svr4pkg.py
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 import os
 import tempfile
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 def package_installed(module, name, category):
     cmd = [module.get_bin_path('pkginfo', True)]
@@ -257,8 +259,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/swdepot.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/swdepot.py
index f32e43c7e52..9783790d03c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/swdepot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/swdepot.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 '''
 
 import re
-import pipes
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 
 
 def compare_package(version1, version2):
@@ -97,10 +99,10 @@ def query_package(module, name, depot=None):
 
     cmd_list = '/usr/sbin/swlist -a revision -l product'
     if depot:
-        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s -s %s %s | grep %s" % (cmd_list, pipes.quote(depot), pipes.quote(name), pipes.quote(name)),
+        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s -s %s %s | grep %s" % (cmd_list, shlex_quote(depot), shlex_quote(name), shlex_quote(name)),
                                                 use_unsafe_shell=True)
     else:
-        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s %s | grep %s" % (cmd_list, pipes.quote(name), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s %s | grep %s" % (cmd_list, shlex_quote(name), shlex_quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
     if rc == 0:
         version = re.sub(r"\s\s+|\t", " ", stdout).strip().split()[1]
     else:
@@ -210,8 +212,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name, state=state, msg=msg)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
index b0235a5b11e..0baf6bfb09d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
@@ -447,9 +447,10 @@ state:
 '''
 
 import os
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class YumRepo(object):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/zypper_repository.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/zypper_repository.py
index 92d9fe303c9..9826ace8f00 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/zypper_repository.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/zypper_repository.py
@@ -143,10 +143,13 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     runrefresh: yes
 '''
 
-REPO_OPTS = ['alias', 'name', 'priority', 'enabled', 'autorefresh', 'gpgcheck']
-
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+REPO_OPTS = ['alias', 'name', 'priority', 'enabled', 'autorefresh', 'gpgcheck']
+
 
 def _get_cmd(*args):
     """Combines the non-interactive zypper command with arguments/subcommands"""
@@ -403,8 +406,6 @@ def main():
     else:
         module.fail_json(msg="Zypper failed with rc %s" % rc, rc=rc, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, repodata=repodata, state=state, warnings=warnings)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh b/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh
index aae43541afc..d52a81f3bb8 100755
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ wildcard_imports=$(find . -path ./test/runner/.tox -prune \
         -o -path ./test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os -prune \
         -o -name '*.py' -type f -exec grep -H 'import \*' '{}' '+')