diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py b/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
index 5805a3122c..7a608d0777 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 from functools import wraps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
@@ -21,9 +24,8 @@ def user_passes_test(test_func, login_url=None, redirect_field_name=REDIRECT_FIE
             path = request.build_absolute_uri()
             # If the login url is the same scheme and net location then just
             # use the path as the "next" url.
-            login_scheme, login_netloc = urlparse.urlparse(login_url or
-                                                        settings.LOGIN_URL)[:2]
-            current_scheme, current_netloc = urlparse.urlparse(path)[:2]
+            login_scheme, login_netloc = urlparse(login_url or settings.LOGIN_URL)[:2]
+            current_scheme, current_netloc = urlparse(path)[:2]
             if ((not login_scheme or login_scheme == current_scheme) and
                 (not login_netloc or login_netloc == current_netloc)):
                 path = request.get_full_path()
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
index 95a7494d38..39d9e8408d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import urllib
-
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.manager import EmptyManager
 from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
+from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ class User(models.Model):
         return (self.username,)
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return "/users/%s/" % urllib.quote(smart_str(self.username))
+        return "/users/%s/" % urlquote(self.username)
 
     def is_anonymous(self):
         """
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
index a9754c5bad..e76e7dd10f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import re
-import urllib
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site, RequestSite
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, NoReverseMatch
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.html import escape
+from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class LoginTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
             nasty_url = '%(url)s?%(next)s=%(bad_url)s' % {
                 'url': login_url,
                 'next': REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
-                'bad_url': urllib.quote(bad_url),
+                'bad_url': urlquote(bad_url),
             }
             response = self.client.post(nasty_url, {
                 'username': 'testclient',
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class LoginTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
             safe_url = '%(url)s?%(next)s=%(good_url)s' % {
                 'url': login_url,
                 'next': REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
-                'good_url': urllib.quote(good_url),
+                'good_url': urlquote(good_url),
             }
             response = self.client.post(safe_url, {
                     'username': 'testclient',
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class LogoutTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
             nasty_url = '%(url)s?%(next)s=%(bad_url)s' % {
                 'url': logout_url,
                 'next': REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
-                'bad_url': urllib.quote(bad_url),
+                'bad_url': urlquote(bad_url),
             }
             self.login()
             response = self.client.get(nasty_url)
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class LogoutTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
             safe_url = '%(url)s?%(next)s=%(good_url)s' % {
                 'url': logout_url,
                 'next': REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME,
-                'good_url': urllib.quote(good_url),
+                'good_url': urlquote(good_url),
             }
             self.login()
             response = self.client.get(safe_url)
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
index c86ef53595..ccfc7a1003 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ def login(request, template_name='registration/login.html',
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = authentication_form(data=request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
-            netloc = urlparse.urlparse(redirect_to)[1]
+            netloc = urlparse(redirect_to)[1]
 
             # Use default setting if redirect_to is empty
             if not redirect_to:
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ def logout(request, next_page=None,
     auth_logout(request)
     redirect_to = request.REQUEST.get(redirect_field_name, '')
     if redirect_to:
-        netloc = urlparse.urlparse(redirect_to)[1]
+        netloc = urlparse(redirect_to)[1]
         # Security check -- don't allow redirection to a different host.
         if not (netloc and netloc != request.get_host()):
             return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to)
@@ -116,13 +119,13 @@ def redirect_to_login(next, login_url=None,
     if not login_url:
         login_url = settings.LOGIN_URL
 
-    login_url_parts = list(urlparse.urlparse(login_url))
+    login_url_parts = list(urlparse(login_url))
     if redirect_field_name:
         querystring = QueryDict(login_url_parts[4], mutable=True)
         querystring[redirect_field_name] = next
         login_url_parts[4] = querystring.urlencode(safe='/')
 
-    return HttpResponseRedirect(urlparse.urlunparse(login_url_parts))
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(urlunparse(login_url_parts))
 
 # 4 views for password reset:
 # - password_reset sends the mail
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/utils.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/utils.py
index 8879e9fb8f..abaed68560 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/utils.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/utils.py
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 A few bits of helper functions for comment views.
 """
 
-import urllib
 import textwrap
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import urlencode
+
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ def next_redirect(data, default, default_view, **get_kwargs):
             anchor = ''
 
         joiner = ('?' in next) and '&' or '?'
-        next += joiner + urllib.urlencode(get_kwargs) + anchor
+        next += joiner + urlencode(get_kwargs) + anchor
     return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
 
 def confirmation_view(template, doc="Display a confirmation view."):
diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/tests.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/tests.py
index 1ecabc16e9..cfd7e6ff32 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/tests.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import urllib
-
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.views import shortcut
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.http import HttpRequest, Http404
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
+from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.utils import six
 
 
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ class FooWithUrl(FooWithoutUrl):
     """
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return "/users/%s/" % urllib.quote(smart_str(self.name))
+        return "/users/%s/" % urlquote(self.name)
 
 class FooWithBrokenAbsoluteUrl(FooWithoutUrl):
     """
diff --git a/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/fieldchoices.py b/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/fieldchoices.py
index 4b1f0e6614..c016385ffb 100644
--- a/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/fieldchoices.py
+++ b/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/fieldchoices.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from django.contrib.databrowse.datastructures import EasyModel
 from django.contrib.databrowse.sites import DatabrowsePlugin
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.utils.html import format_html, format_html_join
+from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode
-import urllib
+from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+
 
 class FieldChoicePlugin(DatabrowsePlugin):
     def __init__(self, field_filter=None):
@@ -38,11 +39,10 @@ class FieldChoicePlugin(DatabrowsePlugin):
 
     def urls(self, plugin_name, easy_instance_field):
         if easy_instance_field.field in self.field_dict(easy_instance_field.model.model).values():
-            field_value = smart_str(easy_instance_field.raw_value)
             return ['%s%s/%s/%s/' % (
                 easy_instance_field.model.url(),
                 plugin_name, easy_instance_field.field.name,
-                urllib.quote(field_value, safe=''))]
+                urlquote(easy_instance_field.raw_value, safe=''))]
 
     def model_view(self, request, model_databrowse, url):
         self.model, self.site = model_databrowse.model, model_databrowse.site
diff --git a/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/objects.py b/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/objects.py
index 7326566655..e956f4ea67 100644
--- a/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/objects.py
+++ b/django/contrib/databrowse/plugins/objects.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
+
 from django import http
 from django.contrib.databrowse.datastructures import EasyModel
 from django.contrib.databrowse.sites import DatabrowsePlugin
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
-import urlparse
 
 class ObjectDetailPlugin(DatabrowsePlugin):
     def model_view(self, request, model_databrowse, url):
         # If the object ID wasn't provided, redirect to the model page, which is one level up.
         if url is None:
-            return http.HttpResponseRedirect(urlparse.urljoin(request.path, '../'))
+            return http.HttpResponseRedirect(urljoin(request.path, '../'))
         easy_model = EasyModel(model_databrowse.site, model_databrowse.model)
         obj = easy_model.object_by_pk(url)
         return render_to_response('databrowse/object_detail.html', {'object': obj, 'root_url': model_databrowse.site.root_url})
diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py b/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
index 53b375a48b..7d03ef19f5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.core import urlresolvers, paginator
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-import urllib
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import urlencode, urlopen
 
 PING_URL = "http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping"
 
@@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ def ping_google(sitemap_url=None, ping_url=PING_URL):
     from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
     current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
     url = "http://%s%s" % (current_site.domain, sitemap_url)
-    params = urllib.urlencode({'sitemap':url})
-    urllib.urlopen("%s?%s" % (ping_url, params))
+    params = urlencode({'sitemap':url})
+    urlopen("%s?%s" % (ping_url, params))
 
 class Sitemap(object):
     # This limit is defined by Google. See the index documentation at
diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/handlers.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/handlers.py
index f475b22d9c..9067a0e75e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/handlers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/handlers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import urllib
-from urlparse import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+    from urllib.request import url2pathname
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import url2pathname
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ class StaticFilesHandler(WSGIHandler):
         Returns the relative path to the media file on disk for the given URL.
         """
         relative_url = url[len(self.base_url[2]):]
-        return urllib.url2pathname(relative_url)
+        return url2pathname(relative_url)
 
     def serve(self, request):
         """
diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py
index 47132831eb..a0133e1c6a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ import hashlib
 import os
 import posixpath
 import re
-from urllib import unquote
-from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit, urldefrag
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote, urlsplit, urlunsplit, urldefrag
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import unquote
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit, urldefrag
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import (get_cache, InvalidCacheBackendError,
diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py
index 1a9c166ad7..85459812ad 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ development, and SHOULD NOT be used in a production setting.
 """
 import os
 import posixpath
-import urllib
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import unquote
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ def serve(request, path, document_root=None, insecure=False, **kwargs):
         raise ImproperlyConfigured("The staticfiles view can only be used in "
                                    "debug mode or if the the --insecure "
                                    "option of 'runserver' is used")
-    normalized_path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path)).lstrip('/')
+    normalized_path = posixpath.normpath(unquote(path)).lstrip('/')
     absolute_path = finders.find(normalized_path)
     if not absolute_path:
         if path.endswith('/') or path == '':
diff --git a/django/core/cache/__init__.py b/django/core/cache/__init__.py
index 2a9e1a700b..f496c35e2b 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ cache class.
 
 See docs/topics/cache.txt for information on the public API.
 """
-from urlparse import parse_qsl
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import parse_qsl
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import parse_qsl
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import signals
diff --git a/django/core/files/storage.py b/django/core/files/storage.py
index ba88674dbd..5179980513 100644
--- a/django/core/files/storage.py
+++ b/django/core/files/storage.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import errno
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 import itertools
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ class FileSystemStorage(Storage):
     def url(self, name):
         if self.base_url is None:
             raise ValueError("This file is not accessible via a URL.")
-        return urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, filepath_to_uri(name))
+        return urljoin(self.base_url, filepath_to_uri(name))
 
     def accessed_time(self, name):
         return datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getatime(self.path(name)))
diff --git a/django/core/management/templates.py b/django/core/management/templates.py
index 623aa69deb..2bf2f661fd 100644
--- a/django/core/management/templates.py
+++ b/django/core/management/templates.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import shutil
 import stat
 import sys
 import tempfile
-import urllib
+try:
+    from urllib.request import urlretrieve
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import urlretrieve
 
 from optparse import make_option
 from os import path
@@ -227,8 +230,7 @@ class TemplateCommand(BaseCommand):
         if self.verbosity >= 2:
             self.stdout.write("Downloading %s\n" % display_url)
         try:
-            the_path, info = urllib.urlretrieve(url,
-                                                path.join(tempdir, filename))
+            the_path, info = urlretrieve(url, path.join(tempdir, filename))
         except IOError as e:
             raise CommandError("couldn't download URL %s to %s: %s" %
                                (url, filename, e))
diff --git a/django/core/servers/basehttp.py b/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
index be2962d660..f67b105397 100644
--- a/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
+++ b/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ import os
 import socket
 import sys
 import traceback
-import urllib
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote, urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import unquote
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 from SocketServer import ThreadingMixIn
 from wsgiref import simple_server
 from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper   # for backwards compatibility
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ class WSGIRequestHandler(simple_server.WSGIRequestHandler, object):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         from django.conf import settings
-        self.admin_static_prefix = urlparse.urljoin(settings.STATIC_URL, 'admin/')
+        self.admin_static_prefix = urljoin(settings.STATIC_URL, 'admin/')
         # We set self.path to avoid crashes in log_message() on unsupported
         # requests (like "OPTIONS").
         self.path = ''
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ class WSGIRequestHandler(simple_server.WSGIRequestHandler, object):
         else:
             path,query = self.path,''
 
-        env['PATH_INFO'] = urllib.unquote(path)
+        env['PATH_INFO'] = unquote(path)
         env['QUERY_STRING'] = query
         env['REMOTE_ADDR'] = self.client_address[0]
         env['CONTENT_TYPE'] = self.headers.get('content-type', 'text/plain')
diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
index 47c1cbf1cd..03ff8be3bc 100644
--- a/django/core/validators.py
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -52,12 +55,12 @@ class URLValidator(RegexValidator):
             # Trivial case failed. Try for possible IDN domain
             if value:
                 value = smart_unicode(value)
-                scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlparse.urlsplit(value)
+                scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlsplit(value)
                 try:
                     netloc = netloc.encode('idna') # IDN -> ACE
                 except UnicodeError: # invalid domain part
                     raise e
-                url = urlparse.urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment))
+                url = urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment))
                 super(URLValidator, self).__call__(url)
             else:
                 raise
diff --git a/django/forms/fields.py b/django/forms/fields.py
index 9c944ad0ac..c4a675da74 100644
--- a/django/forms/fields.py
+++ b/django/forms/fields.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import copy
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
 from decimal import Decimal, DecimalException
 from io import BytesIO
 
@@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ class URLField(CharField):
             ``ValidationError`` exception for certain).
             """
             try:
-                return list(urlparse.urlsplit(url))
+                return list(urlsplit(url))
             except ValueError:
                 # urlparse.urlsplit can raise a ValueError with some
                 # misformatted URLs.
@@ -618,11 +621,11 @@ class URLField(CharField):
                 url_fields[2] = ''
                 # Rebuild the url_fields list, since the domain segment may now
                 # contain the path too.
-                url_fields = split_url(urlparse.urlunsplit(url_fields))
+                url_fields = split_url(urlunsplit(url_fields))
             if not url_fields[2]:
                 # the path portion may need to be added before query params
                 url_fields[2] = '/'
-            value = urlparse.urlunsplit(url_fields)
+            value = urlunsplit(url_fields)
         return value
 
 class BooleanField(Field):
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index f2446efcdf..6b1be37ec2 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 import copy
 import datetime
 from itertools import chain
-from urlparse import urljoin
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.forms.util import flatatt, to_current_timezone
diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index 7c5184a329..da97506c8c 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import warnings
 
 from io import BytesIO
 from pprint import pformat
-from urllib import urlencode, quote
-from urlparse import urljoin, parse_qsl
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import quote, parse_qsl, urlencode, urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import quote, urlencode
+    from urlparse import parse_qsl, urljoin
 
 import Cookie
 # Some versions of Python 2.7 and later won't need this encoding bug fix:
diff --git a/django/templatetags/static.py b/django/templatetags/static.py
index 4b2d66d521..5b0e40eba6 100644
--- a/django/templatetags/static.py
+++ b/django/templatetags/static.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-from urlparse import urljoin
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
+
 from django import template
 from django.template.base import Node
 from django.utils.encoding import iri_to_uri
diff --git a/django/test/client.py b/django/test/client.py
index 7b6cdaa2a4..a18b7f8853 100644
--- a/django/test/client.py
+++ b/django/test/client.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import urllib
 import sys
 import os
 import re
 import mimetypes
 from copy import copy
 from io import BytesIO
-from urlparse import urlparse, urlsplit
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote, urlparse, urlsplit
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import unquote
+    from urlparse import urlparse, urlsplit
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
@@ -222,9 +225,9 @@ class RequestFactory(object):
     def _get_path(self, parsed):
         # If there are parameters, add them
         if parsed[3]:
-            return urllib.unquote(parsed[2] + ";" + parsed[3])
+            return unquote(parsed[2] + ";" + parsed[3])
         else:
-            return urllib.unquote(parsed[2])
+            return unquote(parsed[2])
 
     def get(self, path, data={}, **extra):
         "Construct a GET request."
diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index eb7bd70d12..b9aae21e8e 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import re
 import sys
 from copy import copy
 from functools import wraps
-from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString, Node
 import select
 import socket
diff --git a/django/utils/encoding.py b/django/utils/encoding.py
index 789e709da5..f2295444bf 100644
--- a/django/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/django/utils/encoding.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import urllib
-import locale
-import datetime
 import codecs
+import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
+import locale
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import quote
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import quote
 
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
 from django.utils import six
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ def iri_to_uri(iri):
     # converted.
     if iri is None:
         return iri
-    return urllib.quote(smart_str(iri), safe=b"/#%[]=:;$&()+,!?*@'~")
+    return quote(smart_str(iri), safe=b"/#%[]=:;$&()+,!?*@'~")
 
 def filepath_to_uri(path):
     """Convert an file system path to a URI portion that is suitable for
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ def filepath_to_uri(path):
         return path
     # I know about `os.sep` and `os.altsep` but I want to leave
     # some flexibility for hardcoding separators.
-    return urllib.quote(smart_str(path).replace("\\", "/"), safe=b"/~!*()'")
+    return quote(smart_str(path).replace("\\", "/"), safe=b"/~!*()'")
 
 # The encoding of the default system locale but falls back to the
 # given fallback encoding if the encoding is unsupported by python or could
diff --git a/django/utils/feedgenerator.py b/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
index 3dc66a68c6..6498aaf57c 100644
--- a/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
+++ b/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ http://web.archive.org/web/20110718035220/http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 from django.utils.xmlutils import SimplerXMLGenerator
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode, iri_to_uri
 from django.utils import datetime_safe
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ def get_tag_uri(url, date):
 
     See http://web.archive.org/web/20110514113830/http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/05/28/howto-atom-id
     """
-    bits = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+    bits = urlparse(url)
     d = ''
     if date is not None:
         d = ',%s' % datetime_safe.new_datetime(date).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
diff --git a/django/utils/html.py b/django/utils/html.py
index d5881996d9..7e35fdecb8 100644
--- a/django/utils/html.py
+++ b/django/utils/html.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 import string
-import urllib
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import quote, urlsplit, urlunsplit
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import quote
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeData, mark_safe
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode
@@ -138,19 +141,19 @@ fix_ampersands = allow_lazy(fix_ampersands, six.text_type)
 def smart_urlquote(url):
     "Quotes a URL if it isn't already quoted."
     # Handle IDN before quoting.
-    scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
+    scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlsplit(url)
     try:
         netloc = netloc.encode('idna') # IDN -> ACE
     except UnicodeError: # invalid domain part
         pass
     else:
-        url = urlparse.urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment))
+        url = urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment))
 
     # An URL is considered unquoted if it contains no % characters or
     # contains a % not followed by two hexadecimal digits. See #9655.
     if '%' not in url or unquoted_percents_re.search(url):
         # See http://bugs.python.org/issue2637
-        url = urllib.quote(smart_str(url), safe=b'!*\'();:@&=+$,/?#[]~')
+        url = quote(smart_str(url), safe=b'!*\'();:@&=+$,/?#[]~')
 
     return force_unicode(url)
 
diff --git a/django/utils/http.py b/django/utils/http.py
index ec94d62903..f3a3dce58c 100644
--- a/django/utils/http.py
+++ b/django/utils/http.py
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import calendar
 import datetime
 import re
 import sys
-import urllib
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib import parse as urllib_parse
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    import urllib as urllib_parse
+    import urlparse
+    urllib_parse.urlparse = urlparse.urlparse
+
+
 from email.utils import formatdate
 
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ def urlquote(url, safe='/'):
     can safely be used as part of an argument to a subsequent iri_to_uri() call
     without double-quoting occurring.
     """
-    return force_unicode(urllib.quote(smart_str(url), smart_str(safe)))
+    return force_unicode(urllib_parse.quote(smart_str(url), smart_str(safe)))
 urlquote = allow_lazy(urlquote, six.text_type)
 
 def urlquote_plus(url, safe=''):
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ def urlquote_plus(url, safe=''):
     returned string can safely be used as part of an argument to a subsequent
     iri_to_uri() call without double-quoting occurring.
     """
-    return force_unicode(urllib.quote_plus(smart_str(url), smart_str(safe)))
+    return force_unicode(urllib_parse.quote_plus(smart_str(url), smart_str(safe)))
 urlquote_plus = allow_lazy(urlquote_plus, six.text_type)
 
 def urlunquote(quoted_url):
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ def urlunquote(quoted_url):
     A wrapper for Python's urllib.unquote() function that can operate on
     the result of django.utils.http.urlquote().
     """
-    return force_unicode(urllib.unquote(smart_str(quoted_url)))
+    return force_unicode(urllib_parse.unquote(smart_str(quoted_url)))
 urlunquote = allow_lazy(urlunquote, six.text_type)
 
 def urlunquote_plus(quoted_url):
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ def urlunquote_plus(quoted_url):
     A wrapper for Python's urllib.unquote_plus() function that can operate on
     the result of django.utils.http.urlquote_plus().
     """
-    return force_unicode(urllib.unquote_plus(smart_str(quoted_url)))
+    return force_unicode(urllib_parse.unquote_plus(smart_str(quoted_url)))
 urlunquote_plus = allow_lazy(urlunquote_plus, six.text_type)
 
 def urlencode(query, doseq=0):
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ def urlencode(query, doseq=0):
         query = query.lists()
     elif hasattr(query, 'items'):
         query = query.items()
-    return urllib.urlencode(
+    return urllib_parse.urlencode(
         [(smart_str(k),
          [smart_str(i) for i in v] if isinstance(v, (list,tuple)) else smart_str(v))
             for k, v in query],
@@ -212,5 +218,5 @@ def same_origin(url1, url2):
     """
     Checks if two URLs are 'same-origin'
     """
-    p1, p2 = urlparse.urlparse(url1), urlparse.urlparse(url2)
+    p1, p2 = urllib_parse.urlparse(url1), urllib_parse.urlparse(url2)
     return (p1.scheme, p1.hostname, p1.port) == (p2.scheme, p2.hostname, p2.port)
diff --git a/django/views/static.py b/django/views/static.py
index 64f0b1c262..bcac9475e2 100644
--- a/django/views/static.py
+++ b/django/views/static.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import os
 import stat
 import posixpath
 import re
-import urllib
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import unquote
 
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseNotModified
 from django.template import loader, Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):
     but if you'd like to override it, you can create a template called
     ``static/directory_index.html``.
     """
-    path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
+    path = posixpath.normpath(unquote(path))
     path = path.lstrip('/')
     newpath = ''
     for part in path.split('/'):
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py b/tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py
index 6ea7213a02..477a27b178 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib import urlencode
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
@@ -9,7 +13,6 @@ from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import Context, Template
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 
-
 def get_view(request):
     "A simple view that expects a GET request, and returns a rendered template"
     t = Template('This is a test. {{ var }} is the value.', name='GET Template')
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ def raw_post_view(request):
 def redirect_view(request):
     "A view that redirects all requests to the GET view"
     if request.GET:
-        from urllib import urlencode
         query = '?' + urlencode(request.GET, True)
     else:
         query = ''
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
index a139016f27..09be55baba 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 import os
 import re
 import datetime
-import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from django.conf import settings, global_settings
 from django.core import mail
@@ -3199,7 +3202,7 @@ class RawIdFieldsTest(TestCase):
         popup_url = m.groups()[0].replace("&", "&")
 
         # Handle relative links
-        popup_url = urlparse.urljoin(response.request['PATH_INFO'], popup_url)
+        popup_url = urljoin(response.request['PATH_INFO'], popup_url)
         # Get the popup
         response2 = self.client.get(popup_url)
         self.assertContains(response2, "Spain")
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/servers/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/servers/tests.py
index 9537e1feb3..b98b4b73c2 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/servers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/servers/tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 Tests for django.core.servers.
 """
 import os
-import urllib2
+try:
+    from urllib.request import urlopen, HTTPError
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import LiveServerTestCase
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ class LiveServerBase(LiveServerTestCase):
         super(LiveServerBase, cls).tearDownClass()
 
     def urlopen(self, url):
-        return urllib2.urlopen(self.live_server_url + url)
+        return urlopen(self.live_server_url + url)
 
 
 class LiveServerAddress(LiveServerBase):
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ class LiveServerViews(LiveServerBase):
         """
         try:
             self.urlopen('/')
-        except urllib2.HTTPError as err:
+        except HTTPError as err:
             self.assertEqual(err.code, 404, 'Expected 404 response')
         else:
             self.fail('Expected 404 response')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py
index 4aa71f9709..402cbb19d2 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import time
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
-from urlparse import urljoin
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:     # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from django import template
 from django.template import base as template_base, RequestContext, Template, Context