diff --git a/test/test_compat.py b/test/test_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1a33ddc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf-8
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+
+from youtube_dl.utils import get_filesystem_encoding
+from youtube_dl.compat import (
+    compat_getenv,
+    compat_expanduser,
+)
+
+
+class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_compat_getenv(self):
+        test_str = 'тест'
+        os.environ['YOUTUBE-DL-TEST'] = (
+            test_str if sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
+            else test_str.encode(get_filesystem_encoding()))
+        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv('YOUTUBE-DL-TEST'), test_str)
+
+    def test_compat_expanduser(self):
+        test_str = 'C:\Documents and Settings\тест\Application Data'
+        os.environ['HOME'] = (
+            test_str if sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
+            else test_str.encode(get_filesystem_encoding()))
+        self.assertEqual(compat_expanduser('~'), test_str)
+
+    def test_all_present(self):
+        import youtube_dl.compat
+        all_names = youtube_dl.compat.__all__
+        present_names = set(filter(
+            lambda c: '_' in c and not c.startswith('_'),
+            dir(youtube_dl.compat)))
+        self.assertEqual(all_names, sorted(present_names))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 0b31d1a39..338701f4c 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     escape_url,
     js_to_json,
     get_filesystem_encoding,
-    compat_getenv,
-    compat_expanduser,
 )
 
 
@@ -359,17 +357,5 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         on = js_to_json('{"abc": true}')
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(on), {'abc': True})
 
-    def test_compat_getenv(self):
-        test_str = 'тест'
-        os.environ['YOUTUBE-DL-TEST'] = (test_str if sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
-            else test_str.encode(get_filesystem_encoding()))
-        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv('YOUTUBE-DL-TEST'), test_str)
-
-    def test_compat_expanduser(self):
-        test_str = 'C:\Documents and Settings\тест\Application Data'
-        os.environ['HOME'] = (test_str if sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
-            else test_str.encode(get_filesystem_encoding()))
-        self.assertEqual(compat_expanduser('~'), test_str)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index f7c996c84..8732f3db4 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ import traceback
 if os.name == 'nt':
     import ctypes
 
-from .utils import (
+from .compat import (
     compat_cookiejar,
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_http_client,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_request,
+)
+from .utils import (
     escape_url,
     ContentTooShortError,
     date_from_str,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 3c968082c..685dd8e5e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ import sys
 from .options import (
     parseOpts,
 )
-from .utils import (
+from .compat import (
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_getpass,
     compat_print,
+)
+from .utils import (
     DateRange,
     DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     decodeOption,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index ac5925d32..2d9b426cb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import traceback
 
-from .utils import (
-    compat_expanduser,
-    write_json_file,
-)
+from .compat import compat_expanduser
+from .utils import write_json_file
 
 
 class Cache(object):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08e8d64d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+import getpass
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+try:
+    import urllib.request as compat_urllib_request
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import urllib2 as compat_urllib_request
+
+try:
+    import urllib.error as compat_urllib_error
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import urllib2 as compat_urllib_error
+
+try:
+    import urllib.parse as compat_urllib_parse
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import urllib as compat_urllib_parse
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse as compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    from urlparse import urlparse as compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
+
+try:
+    import urllib.parse as compat_urlparse
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import urlparse as compat_urlparse
+
+try:
+    import http.cookiejar as compat_cookiejar
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import cookielib as compat_cookiejar
+
+try:
+    import html.entities as compat_html_entities
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import htmlentitydefs as compat_html_entities
+
+try:
+    import html.parser as compat_html_parser
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import HTMLParser as compat_html_parser
+
+try:
+    import http.client as compat_http_client
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    import httplib as compat_http_client
+
+try:
+    from urllib.error import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
+except ImportError:  # Python 2
+    from urllib2 import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
+
+try:
+    from urllib.request import urlretrieve as compat_urlretrieve
+except ImportError:  # Python 2
+    from urllib import urlretrieve as compat_urlretrieve
+
+
+try:
+    from subprocess import DEVNULL
+    compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: DEVNULL
+except ImportError:
+    compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: open(os.path.devnull, 'w')
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import unquote as compat_urllib_parse_unquote
+except ImportError:
+    def compat_urllib_parse_unquote(string, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+        if string == '':
+            return string
+        res = string.split('%')
+        if len(res) == 1:
+            return string
+        if encoding is None:
+            encoding = 'utf-8'
+        if errors is None:
+            errors = 'replace'
+        # pct_sequence: contiguous sequence of percent-encoded bytes, decoded
+        pct_sequence = b''
+        string = res[0]
+        for item in res[1:]:
+            try:
+                if not item:
+                    raise ValueError
+                pct_sequence += item[:2].decode('hex')
+                rest = item[2:]
+                if not rest:
+                    # This segment was just a single percent-encoded character.
+                    # May be part of a sequence of code units, so delay decoding.
+                    # (Stored in pct_sequence).
+                    continue
+            except ValueError:
+                rest = '%' + item
+            # Encountered non-percent-encoded characters. Flush the current
+            # pct_sequence.
+            string += pct_sequence.decode(encoding, errors) + rest
+            pct_sequence = b''
+        if pct_sequence:
+            # Flush the final pct_sequence
+            string += pct_sequence.decode(encoding, errors)
+        return string
+
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import parse_qs as compat_parse_qs
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+    # HACK: The following is the correct parse_qs implementation from cpython 3's stdlib.
+    # Python 2's version is apparently totally broken
+
+    def _parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
+                encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+        qs, _coerce_result = qs, unicode
+        pairs = [s2 for s1 in qs.split('&') for s2 in s1.split(';')]
+        r = []
+        for name_value in pairs:
+            if not name_value and not strict_parsing:
+                continue
+            nv = name_value.split('=', 1)
+            if len(nv) != 2:
+                if strict_parsing:
+                    raise ValueError("bad query field: %r" % (name_value,))
+                # Handle case of a control-name with no equal sign
+                if keep_blank_values:
+                    nv.append('')
+                else:
+                    continue
+            if len(nv[1]) or keep_blank_values:
+                name = nv[0].replace('+', ' ')
+                name = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(
+                    name, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
+                name = _coerce_result(name)
+                value = nv[1].replace('+', ' ')
+                value = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(
+                    value, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
+                value = _coerce_result(value)
+                r.append((name, value))
+        return r
+
+    def compat_parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
+                encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+        parsed_result = {}
+        pairs = _parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing,
+                        encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
+        for name, value in pairs:
+            if name in parsed_result:
+                parsed_result[name].append(value)
+            else:
+                parsed_result[name] = [value]
+        return parsed_result
+
+try:
+    compat_str = unicode # Python 2
+except NameError:
+    compat_str = str
+
+try:
+    compat_chr = unichr # Python 2
+except NameError:
+    compat_chr = chr
+
+try:
+    from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError as compat_xml_parse_error
+except ImportError:  # Python 2.6
+    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as compat_xml_parse_error
+
+try:
+    from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.3
+    def shlex_quote(s):
+        return "'" + s.replace("'", "'\"'\"'") + "'"
+
+
+def compat_ord(c):
+    if type(c) is int: return c
+    else: return ord(c)
+
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+    compat_getenv = os.getenv
+    compat_expanduser = os.path.expanduser
+else:
+    # Environment variables should be decoded with filesystem encoding.
+    # Otherwise it will fail if any non-ASCII characters present (see #3854 #3217 #2918)
+
+    def compat_getenv(key, default=None):
+        from .utils import get_filesystem_encoding
+        env = os.getenv(key, default)
+        if env:
+            env = env.decode(get_filesystem_encoding())
+        return env
+
+    # HACK: The default implementations of os.path.expanduser from cpython do not decode
+    # environment variables with filesystem encoding. We will work around this by
+    # providing adjusted implementations.
+    # The following are os.path.expanduser implementations from cpython 2.7.8 stdlib
+    # for different platforms with correct environment variables decoding.
+
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        def compat_expanduser(path):
+            """Expand ~ and ~user constructions.  If user or $HOME is unknown,
+            do nothing."""
+            if not path.startswith('~'):
+                return path
+            i = path.find('/', 1)
+            if i < 0:
+                i = len(path)
+            if i == 1:
+                if 'HOME' not in os.environ:
+                    import pwd
+                    userhome = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
+                else:
+                    userhome = compat_getenv('HOME')
+            else:
+                import pwd
+                try:
+                    pwent = pwd.getpwnam(path[1:i])
+                except KeyError:
+                    return path
+                userhome = pwent.pw_dir
+            userhome = userhome.rstrip('/')
+            return (userhome + path[i:]) or '/'
+    elif os.name == 'nt' or os.name == 'ce':
+        def compat_expanduser(path):
+            """Expand ~ and ~user constructs.
+
+            If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing."""
+            if path[:1] != '~':
+                return path
+            i, n = 1, len(path)
+            while i < n and path[i] not in '/\\':
+                i = i + 1
+
+            if 'HOME' in os.environ:
+                userhome = compat_getenv('HOME')
+            elif 'USERPROFILE' in os.environ:
+                userhome = compat_getenv('USERPROFILE')
+            elif not 'HOMEPATH' in os.environ:
+                return path
+            else:
+                try:
+                    drive = compat_getenv('HOMEDRIVE')
+                except KeyError:
+                    drive = ''
+                userhome = os.path.join(drive, compat_getenv('HOMEPATH'))
+
+            if i != 1: #~user
+                userhome = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(userhome), path[1:i])
+
+            return userhome + path[i:]
+    else:
+        compat_expanduser = os.path.expanduser
+
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+    def compat_print(s):
+        from .utils import preferredencoding
+        print(s.encode(preferredencoding(), 'xmlcharrefreplace'))
+else:
+    def compat_print(s):
+        assert type(s) == type(u'')
+        print(s)
+
+
+try:
+    subprocess_check_output = subprocess.check_output
+except AttributeError:
+    def subprocess_check_output(*args, **kwargs):
+        assert 'input' not in kwargs
+        p = subprocess.Popen(*args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, **kwargs)
+        output, _ = p.communicate()
+        ret = p.poll()
+        if ret:
+            raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(ret, p.args, output=output)
+        return output
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform == 'win32':
+    def compat_getpass(prompt, *args, **kwargs):
+        if isinstance(prompt, compat_str):
+            prompt = prompt.encode(preferredencoding())
+        return getpass.getpass(prompt, *args, **kwargs)
+else:
+    compat_getpass = getpass.getpass
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    'compat_HTTPError',
+    'compat_chr',
+    'compat_cookiejar',
+    'compat_expanduser',
+    'compat_getenv',
+    'compat_getpass',
+    'compat_html_entities',
+    'compat_html_parser',
+    'compat_http_client',
+    'compat_ord',
+    'compat_parse_qs',
+    'compat_print',
+    'compat_str',
+    'compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL',
+    'compat_urllib_error',
+    'compat_urllib_parse',
+    'compat_urllib_parse_unquote',
+    'compat_urllib_parse_urlparse',
+    'compat_urllib_request',
+    'compat_urlparse',
+    'compat_urlretrieve',
+    'compat_xml_parse_error',
+    'shlex_quote',
+    'subprocess_check_output',
+]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
index fcf296057..11f149f9e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
 )
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
index 386f080d2..abf8cc280 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
+from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_urllib_parse,
-    remove_end,
-    HEADRequest,
     compat_HTTPError,
 )
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    HEADRequest,
+    remove_end,
+)
 
 
 class CloudyIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7e4113213..9e1d62c2b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ import sys
 import time
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_http_client,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_str,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
     compiled_regex_type,
     ExtractorError,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index cc612d08e..0bd0eccba 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     bytes_to_intlist,
     intlist_to_bytes,
     unified_strdate,
-    clean_html,
     urlencode_postdata,
 )
 from ..aes import (
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dropbox.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dropbox.py
index 5f24ac721..aefca848a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dropbox.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dropbox.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import os.path
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import compat_urllib_parse_unquote, url_basename
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote
+from ..utils import url_basename
 
 
 class DropboxIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 3ad993751..104803563 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import re
 import socket
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_http_client,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
+)
+from ..utils import (
     urlencode_postdata,
     ExtractorError,
     limit_length,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 3882e859c..babd581ea 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .youtube import YoutubeIE
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_xml_parse_error,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/globo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/globo.py
index 77c3ad4fc..66ca37918 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/globo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/globo.py
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ import random
 import math
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
-    float_or_none,
+from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
     compat_chr,
     compat_ord,
 )
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    float_or_none,
+)
 
 
 class GloboIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
index 263f68773..102e29f7a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import random
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
 
 
 class Laola1TvIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
index ccb5959c4..a89153985 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import re
 import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_ord,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
 )
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ro220.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ro220.py
index 0a3a71448..962b524e9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ro220.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ro220.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import compat_urllib_parse_unquote
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote
 
 
 class Ro220IE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index d9cad0ea5..c744d4f04 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import itertools
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
+)
+from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     InAdvancePagedList,
     int_or_none,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 98e20d549..997e92ad7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import optparse
 import shlex
 import sys
 
-from .utils import (
+from .compat import (
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_getenv,
+)
+from .utils import (
     get_term_width,
     write_string,
 )
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/atomicparsley.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/atomicparsley.py
index 765b2d9ee..448ccc5f3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/atomicparsley.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/atomicparsley.py
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
-
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_urlretrieve,
+)
 from ..utils import (
     check_executable,
-    compat_urlretrieve,
     encodeFilename,
     PostProcessingError,
     prepend_extension,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
index 08419a3d4..baf1b1945 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import subprocess
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
-from ..utils import (
-    shlex_quote,
-    PostProcessingError,
-)
+from ..compat import shlex_quote
+from ..utils import PostProcessingError
 
 
 class ExecAfterDownloadPP(PostProcessor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index 338c145fa..f3f2743c0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
@@ -7,8 +6,10 @@ import time
 
 from .common import AudioConversionError, PostProcessor
 
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL,
+)
+from ..utils import (
     encodeArgument,
     encodeFilename,
     get_exe_version,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
index f6940940b..b5cae41c8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
+from ..compat import (
+    subprocess_check_output
+)
 from ..utils import (
     check_executable,
     hyphenate_date,
-    subprocess_check_output
 )
 
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index fcfdadeb6..b0255c943 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -29,254 +29,19 @@ import traceback
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
 
-try:
-    import urllib.request as compat_urllib_request
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import urllib2 as compat_urllib_request
-
-try:
-    import urllib.error as compat_urllib_error
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import urllib2 as compat_urllib_error
-
-try:
-    import urllib.parse as compat_urllib_parse
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import urllib as compat_urllib_parse
-
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse as compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    from urlparse import urlparse as compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
-
-try:
-    import urllib.parse as compat_urlparse
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import urlparse as compat_urlparse
-
-try:
-    import http.cookiejar as compat_cookiejar
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import cookielib as compat_cookiejar
-
-try:
-    import html.entities as compat_html_entities
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import htmlentitydefs as compat_html_entities
-
-try:
-    import html.parser as compat_html_parser
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import HTMLParser as compat_html_parser
-
-try:
-    import http.client as compat_http_client
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import httplib as compat_http_client
-
-try:
-    from urllib.error import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
-except ImportError:  # Python 2
-    from urllib2 import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
-
-try:
-    from urllib.request import urlretrieve as compat_urlretrieve
-except ImportError:  # Python 2
-    from urllib import urlretrieve as compat_urlretrieve
-
-
-try:
-    from subprocess import DEVNULL
-    compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: DEVNULL
-except ImportError:
-    compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: open(os.path.devnull, 'w')
-
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import unquote as compat_urllib_parse_unquote
-except ImportError:
-    def compat_urllib_parse_unquote(string, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
-        if string == '':
-            return string
-        res = string.split('%')
-        if len(res) == 1:
-            return string
-        if encoding is None:
-            encoding = 'utf-8'
-        if errors is None:
-            errors = 'replace'
-        # pct_sequence: contiguous sequence of percent-encoded bytes, decoded
-        pct_sequence = b''
-        string = res[0]
-        for item in res[1:]:
-            try:
-                if not item:
-                    raise ValueError
-                pct_sequence += item[:2].decode('hex')
-                rest = item[2:]
-                if not rest:
-                    # This segment was just a single percent-encoded character.
-                    # May be part of a sequence of code units, so delay decoding.
-                    # (Stored in pct_sequence).
-                    continue
-            except ValueError:
-                rest = '%' + item
-            # Encountered non-percent-encoded characters. Flush the current
-            # pct_sequence.
-            string += pct_sequence.decode(encoding, errors) + rest
-            pct_sequence = b''
-        if pct_sequence:
-            # Flush the final pct_sequence
-            string += pct_sequence.decode(encoding, errors)
-        return string
-
-
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import parse_qs as compat_parse_qs
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    # HACK: The following is the correct parse_qs implementation from cpython 3's stdlib.
-    # Python 2's version is apparently totally broken
-
-    def _parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
-                encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
-        qs, _coerce_result = qs, unicode
-        pairs = [s2 for s1 in qs.split('&') for s2 in s1.split(';')]
-        r = []
-        for name_value in pairs:
-            if not name_value and not strict_parsing:
-                continue
-            nv = name_value.split('=', 1)
-            if len(nv) != 2:
-                if strict_parsing:
-                    raise ValueError("bad query field: %r" % (name_value,))
-                # Handle case of a control-name with no equal sign
-                if keep_blank_values:
-                    nv.append('')
-                else:
-                    continue
-            if len(nv[1]) or keep_blank_values:
-                name = nv[0].replace('+', ' ')
-                name = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(
-                    name, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
-                name = _coerce_result(name)
-                value = nv[1].replace('+', ' ')
-                value = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(
-                    value, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
-                value = _coerce_result(value)
-                r.append((name, value))
-        return r
-
-    def compat_parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
-                encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
-        parsed_result = {}
-        pairs = _parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing,
-                        encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
-        for name, value in pairs:
-            if name in parsed_result:
-                parsed_result[name].append(value)
-            else:
-                parsed_result[name] = [value]
-        return parsed_result
-
-try:
-    compat_str = unicode # Python 2
-except NameError:
-    compat_str = str
-
-try:
-    compat_chr = unichr # Python 2
-except NameError:
-    compat_chr = chr
-
-try:
-    from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError as compat_xml_parse_error
-except ImportError:  # Python 2.6
-    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as compat_xml_parse_error
-
-try:
-    from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
-except ImportError:  # Python < 3.3
-    def shlex_quote(s):
-        return "'" + s.replace("'", "'\"'\"'") + "'"
-
-
-def compat_ord(c):
-    if type(c) is int: return c
-    else: return ord(c)
-
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
-    compat_getenv = os.getenv
-    compat_expanduser = os.path.expanduser
-else:
-    # Environment variables should be decoded with filesystem encoding.
-    # Otherwise it will fail if any non-ASCII characters present (see #3854 #3217 #2918)
-
-    def compat_getenv(key, default=None):
-        env = os.getenv(key, default)
-        if env:
-            env = env.decode(get_filesystem_encoding())
-        return env
-
-    # HACK: The default implementations of os.path.expanduser from cpython do not decode
-    # environment variables with filesystem encoding. We will work around this by
-    # providing adjusted implementations.
-    # The following are os.path.expanduser implementations from cpython 2.7.8 stdlib
-    # for different platforms with correct environment variables decoding.
-
-    if os.name == 'posix':
-        def compat_expanduser(path):
-            """Expand ~ and ~user constructions.  If user or $HOME is unknown,
-            do nothing."""
-            if not path.startswith('~'):
-                return path
-            i = path.find('/', 1)
-            if i < 0:
-                i = len(path)
-            if i == 1:
-                if 'HOME' not in os.environ:
-                    import pwd
-                    userhome = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
-                else:
-                    userhome = compat_getenv('HOME')
-            else:
-                import pwd
-                try:
-                    pwent = pwd.getpwnam(path[1:i])
-                except KeyError:
-                    return path
-                userhome = pwent.pw_dir
-            userhome = userhome.rstrip('/')
-            return (userhome + path[i:]) or '/'
-    elif os.name == 'nt' or os.name == 'ce':
-        def compat_expanduser(path):
-            """Expand ~ and ~user constructs.
-
-            If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing."""
-            if path[:1] != '~':
-                return path
-            i, n = 1, len(path)
-            while i < n and path[i] not in '/\\':
-                i = i + 1
-
-            if 'HOME' in os.environ:
-                userhome = compat_getenv('HOME')
-            elif 'USERPROFILE' in os.environ:
-                userhome = compat_getenv('USERPROFILE')
-            elif not 'HOMEPATH' in os.environ:
-                return path
-            else:
-                try:
-                    drive = compat_getenv('HOMEDRIVE')
-                except KeyError:
-                    drive = ''
-                userhome = os.path.join(drive, compat_getenv('HOMEPATH'))
-
-            if i != 1: #~user
-                userhome = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(userhome), path[1:i])
-
-            return userhome + path[i:]
-    else:
-        compat_expanduser = os.path.expanduser
+from .compat import (
+    compat_chr,
+    compat_getenv,
+    compat_html_entities,
+    compat_html_parser,
+    compat_parse_qs,
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_error,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
+    compat_urllib_request,
+    compat_urlparse,
+)
 
 
 # This is not clearly defined otherwise
@@ -304,14 +69,6 @@ def preferredencoding():
 
     return pref
 
-if sys.version_info < (3,0):
-    def compat_print(s):
-        print(s.encode(preferredencoding(), 'xmlcharrefreplace'))
-else:
-    def compat_print(s):
-        assert type(s) == type(u'')
-        print(s)
-
 
 def write_json_file(obj, fn):
     """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically """
@@ -1655,15 +1412,6 @@ def parse_xml(s):
     return tree
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform == 'win32':
-    def compat_getpass(prompt, *args, **kwargs):
-        if isinstance(prompt, compat_str):
-            prompt = prompt.encode(preferredencoding())
-        return getpass.getpass(prompt, *args, **kwargs)
-else:
-    compat_getpass = getpass.getpass
-
-
 US_RATINGS = {
     'G': 0,
     'PG': 10,
@@ -1721,18 +1469,6 @@ def qualities(quality_ids):
 
 DEFAULT_OUTTMPL = '%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s'
 
-try:
-    subprocess_check_output = subprocess.check_output
-except AttributeError:
-    def subprocess_check_output(*args, **kwargs):
-        assert 'input' not in kwargs
-        p = subprocess.Popen(*args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, **kwargs)
-        output, _ = p.communicate()
-        ret = p.poll()
-        if ret:
-            raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(ret, p.args, output=output)
-        return output
-
 
 def limit_length(s, length):
     """ Add ellipses to overly long strings """