3 files changed, 8 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/docutils/docutils/_compat.py b/docutils/docutils/_compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bcfd75ca..000000000
--- a/docutils/docutils/_compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# $Id$
-# Author: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
-# Copyright: This module has been placed in the public domain.
-
-"""
-Python 2/3 compatibility definitions.
-
-This module currently provides the following helper symbols:
-
-* u_prefix (unicode repr prefix: 'u' in 2.x, '' in 3.x)
-  (Required in docutils/test/test_publisher.py)
-* BytesIO (a StringIO class that works with bytestrings)
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-    u_prefix = 'u'
-    from StringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
-else:
-    u_prefix = b''
-    # using this hack since 2to3 "fixes" the relative import
-    # when using ``from io import BytesIO``
-    BytesIO = __import__('io').BytesIO
diff --git a/docutils/test/test_publisher.py b/docutils/test/test_publisher.py
index 93079beb6..6edceac36 100755
--- a/docutils/test/test_publisher.py
+++ b/docutils/test/test_publisher.py
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ Test the `Publisher` facade and the ``publish_*`` convenience functions.
 """
 
 import pickle
+import sys
+
 import DocutilsTestSupport              # must be imported before docutils
 import docutils
 from docutils import core, nodes, io
-from docutils._compat import u_prefix
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+    u_prefix = 'u'
+else:
+    u_prefix = b''
 
 
 test_document = """\
diff --git a/docutils/test/test_writers/test_odt.py b/docutils/test/test_writers/test_odt.py
index 43708d1c1..fb8fdacdf 100755
--- a/docutils/test/test_writers/test_odt.py
+++ b/docutils/test/test_writers/test_odt.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
 import zipfile
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from . import DocutilsTestSupport
 import docutils
 import docutils.core
-from docutils._compat import BytesIO
 
 #
 # Globals