diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/appdirs.py b/qutebrowser/utils/appdirs.py
index 1d24dd858..86a2d2b54 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/appdirs.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/appdirs.py
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
 import sys
 import os
 
-PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
-
-if PY3:
-    unicode = str
-
-
-
 def user_data_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
     r"""Return full path to the user-specific data dir for this application.
 
@@ -372,7 +365,7 @@ def _get_win_folder_from_registry(csidl_name):
     registry for this guarantees us the correct answer for all CSIDL_*
     names.
     """
-    import _winreg
+    import winreg
 
     shell_folder_name = {
         "CSIDL_APPDATA": "AppData",
@@ -380,9 +373,9 @@ def _get_win_folder_from_registry(csidl_name):
         "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA": "Local AppData",
     }[csidl_name]
 
-    key = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+    key = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
         r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders")
-    dir, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(key, shell_folder_name)
+    dir, type = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, shell_folder_name)
     return dir
 
 def _get_win_folder_with_pywin32(csidl_name):
@@ -392,7 +385,7 @@ def _get_win_folder_with_pywin32(csidl_name):
     # not return unicode strings when there is unicode data in the
     # path.
     try:
-        dir = unicode(dir)
+        dir = str(dir)
 
         # Downgrade to short path name if have highbit chars. See
         # <http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=85099>.
@@ -463,15 +456,15 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("-- app dirs (with optional 'version')")
     dirs = AppDirs(appname, appauthor, version="1.0")
     for prop in props:
-        print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
+        print(("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop))))
 
     print("\n-- app dirs (without optional 'version')")
     dirs = AppDirs(appname, appauthor)
     for prop in props:
-        print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
+        print(("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop))))
 
     print("\n-- app dirs (without optional 'appauthor')")
     dirs = AppDirs(appname)
     for prop in props:
-        print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
+        print(("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop))))
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/usersettings.py b/qutebrowser/utils/usersettings.py
index bf46267d1..d04173b50 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/usersettings.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/usersettings.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 Provide interface for persistent portable editable user settings
 """
 import os
-import ConfigParser
+import configparser
 import ast
 
-import appdirs
+import qutebrowser.utils.appdirs as appdirs
 
 
 class Settings(dict):
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ class Settings(dict):
     def load_settings(self):
         """ Set default values and parse stored settings file """
         # Set the defaults
-        for key, value in self._settings_defaults.items():
+        for key, value in list(self._settings_defaults.items()):
             if key not in self._settings_types:
                 self._settings_types[key] = str
             super(Settings, self).__setitem__(key, value)
 
         # Load the stored values
-        parser = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+        parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
         try:
             with open(self.settings_file, 'r') as settings_fp:
                 parser.readfp(settings_fp)
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ class Settings(dict):
     def save_settings(self):
         """ Write the settings data to disk """
         if not os.path.exists(self.settings_directory):
-            os.makedirs(self.settings_directory, 0755)
-        parser = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+            os.makedirs(self.settings_directory, 0o755)
+        parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
         parser.add_section('settings')
-        for key, value in self.items():
+        for key, value in list(self.items()):
             parser.set('settings', key, value)
         with open(self.settings_file, 'wb') as settings_fp:
             parser.write(settings_fp)