diff --git a/ceilometer/agent/base.py b/ceilometer/agent/base.py
index 631c82f1..7c59657b 100644
--- a/ceilometer/agent/base.py
+++ b/ceilometer/agent/base.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import random
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_context import context
 import six
+from six import moves
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 from stevedore import extension
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ class AgentManager(os_service.Service):
         extensions = (self._extensions('poll', namespace).extensions
                       for namespace in namespaces)
         if pollster_list:
-            extensions = (itertools.ifilter(_match, exts)
+            extensions = (moves.filter(_match, exts)
                           for exts in extensions)
 
         self.extensions = list(itertools.chain(*list(extensions)))
diff --git a/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/combination.py b/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/combination.py
index f2bceff8..a0934d34 100644
--- a/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/combination.py
+++ b/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/combination.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 
-import itertools
+from six import moves
 
 from ceilometer.alarm import evaluator
 from ceilometer.i18n import _
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ class CombinationEvaluator(evaluator.Evaluator):
             return
 
         states = zip(alarm.rule['alarm_ids'],
-                     itertools.imap(self._get_alarm_state,
-                                    alarm.rule['alarm_ids']))
+                     moves.map(self._get_alarm_state, alarm.rule['alarm_ids']))
 
         if self._sufficient_states(alarm, states):
             self._transition(alarm, states)
diff --git a/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/threshold.py b/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/threshold.py
index 614ba347..b37f4a52 100644
--- a/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/threshold.py
+++ b/ceilometer/alarm/evaluator/threshold.py
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ class ThresholdEvaluator(evaluator.Evaluator):
 
             self._transition(alarm,
                              statistics,
-                             map(_compare, statistics))
+                             [_compare(statistic) for statistic in statistics])
diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
index 0570d61f..1e750a64 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/vmware/inspector.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_utils import units
 from oslo_vmware import api
+import six
 
 from ceilometer.compute.virt import inspector as virt_inspector
 from ceilometer.compute.virt.vmware import vsphere_operations
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class VsphereInspector(virt_inspector.Inspector):
             vnic_id_to_stats_map = self._ops.query_vm_device_stats(
                 vm_moid, net_counter_id, duration)
             vnic_stats[net_counter] = vnic_id_to_stats_map
-            vnic_ids.update(vnic_id_to_stats_map.iterkeys())
+            vnic_ids.update(six.iterkeys(vnic_id_to_stats_map))
 
         # Stats provided from vSphere are in KB/s, converting it to B/s.
         for vnic_id in vnic_ids:
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ class VsphereInspector(virt_inspector.Inspector):
             disk_id_to_stat_map = self._ops.query_vm_device_stats(
                 vm_moid, disk_counter_id, duration)
             disk_stats[disk_counter] = disk_id_to_stat_map
-            disk_ids.update(disk_id_to_stat_map.iterkeys())
+            disk_ids.update(six.iterkeys(disk_id_to_stat_map))
 
         for disk_id in disk_ids:
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/hardware/inspector/snmp.py b/ceilometer/hardware/inspector/snmp.py
index 5986f497..a4d9a107 100644
--- a/ceilometer/hardware/inspector/snmp.py
+++ b/ceilometer/hardware/inspector/snmp.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 from pysnmp.entity.rfc3413.oneliner import cmdgen
 
+import six
+
 from ceilometer.hardware.inspector import base
 
 
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ class SNMPInspector(base.Inspector):
     @classmethod
     def construct_metadata(cls, oid_cache, meta_defs, suffix=''):
         metadata = {}
-        for key, oid_def in meta_defs.iteritems():
+        for key, oid_def in six.iteritems(meta_defs):
             metadata[key] = cls.get_oid_value(oid_cache, oid_def, suffix)
         return metadata
 
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ class SNMPInspector(base.Inspector):
             # populate the oid into cache
             self._query_oids(host, [self._interface_ip_oid], cache, True)
         ip_addr = ''
-        for k, v in oid_cache.iteritems():
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(oid_cache):
             if k.startswith(self._interface_ip_oid) and v == int(suffix[1:]):
                 ip_addr = k.replace(self._interface_ip_oid + ".", "")
         metadata.update(ip=ip_addr)
diff --git a/ceilometer/storage/mongo/utils.py b/ceilometer/storage/mongo/utils.py
index 795d1d6a..297d55b6 100644
--- a/ceilometer/storage/mongo/utils.py
+++ b/ceilometer/storage/mongo/utils.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def improve_keys(data, metaquery=False):
         return data
 
     if metaquery:
-        for key in data.iterkeys():
+        for key in six.iterkeys(data):
             if '.$' in key:
                 key_list = []
                 for k in quote_key(key):
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/alarm/evaluator/test_threshold.py b/ceilometer/tests/alarm/evaluator/test_threshold.py
index 5bd37923..7e33b074 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/alarm/evaluator/test_threshold.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/alarm/evaluator/test_threshold.py
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ class TestEvaluate(base.TestEvaluatorBase):
             avgs = [self._get_stat('avg',
                                    threshold + (v if v < 10 else -v),
                                    count=20 if v < 10 else 1)
-                    for v in xrange(1, 11)]
+                    for v in moves.xrange(1, 11)]
             threshold = self.alarms[1].rule['threshold']
             maxs = [self._get_stat('max',
                                    threshold - (v if v < 7 else -v),
                                    count=20 if v < 7 else 1)
-                    for v in xrange(8)]
+                    for v in moves.xrange(8)]
             self.api_client.statistics.list.side_effect = [avgs, maxs]
             self._evaluate_all_alarms()
             self._assert_all_alarms('alarm' if exclude_outliers else 'ok')
@@ -445,12 +445,12 @@ class TestEvaluate(base.TestEvaluatorBase):
             avgs = [self._get_stat('avg',
                                    threshold - (v if v < 9 else -v),
                                    count=20 if v < 9 else 1)
-                    for v in xrange(10)]
+                    for v in moves.xrange(10)]
             threshold = self.alarms[1].rule['threshold']
             maxs = [self._get_stat('max',
                                    threshold + (v if v < 8 else -v),
                                    count=20 if v < 8 else 1)
-                    for v in xrange(1, 9)]
+                    for v in moves.xrange(1, 9)]
             self.api_client.statistics.list.side_effect = [avgs, maxs]
             self._evaluate_all_alarms()
             self._assert_all_alarms('ok' if exclude_outliers else 'alarm')
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_statistics_scenarios.py b/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_statistics_scenarios.py
index 03743882..ca1db287 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_statistics_scenarios.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_statistics_scenarios.py
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ class TestSelectableAggregates(v2.FunctionalTest,
         # add a large number of datapoints that won't impact on cardinality
         # if the computation logic is tolerant of different DB behavior on
         # larger numbers of samples per-period
-        for i in xrange(200):
+        for i in range(200):
             s = sample.Sample(
                 'instance',
                 sample.TYPE_GAUGE,
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py b/ceilometer/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
index 436c6115..2d41f860 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class FakeRequest(object):
         if 'wsgi.input' not in environ:
             environ['wsgi.input'] = six.moves.cStringIO('')
 
-        for header, value in headers.iteritems():
+        for header, value in six.iteritems(headers):
             environ['HTTP_%s' % header.upper()] = value
         self.environ = environ
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_sqlalchemy.py b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_sqlalchemy.py
index 9507dbec..a9a54bf8 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_sqlalchemy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 """
 
 import datetime
-import repr
+from six.moves import reprlib
 
 import mock
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class EventTypeTest(tests_db.TestBase):
         self.assertNotEqual(et1.id, et2.id)
         self.assertNotEqual(et1.desc, et2.desc)
         # Test the method __repr__ returns a string
-        self.assertTrue(repr.repr(et2))
+        self.assertTrue(reprlib.repr(et2))
 
 
 @tests_db.run_with('sqlite', 'mysql', 'pgsql')
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class EventTest(tests_db.TestBase):
     def test_event_repr(self):
         ev = sql_models.Event('msg_id', None, False, {})
         ev.id = 100
-        self.assertTrue(repr.repr(ev))
+        self.assertTrue(reprlib.repr(ev))
 
 
 @tests_db.run_with('sqlite', 'mysql', 'pgsql')
diff --git a/tools/send_test_data.py b/tools/send_test_data.py
index 09356b63..62484dec 100644
--- a/tools/send_test_data.py
+++ b/tools/send_test_data.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import uuid
 
 import make_test_data
 from oslo_context import context
+from six import moves
 
 from ceilometer import messaging
 from ceilometer import service
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def generate_data(rpc_client, make_data_args, samples_count,
 
     make_data_args.resource_id = None
     resources_list = [str(uuid.uuid4())
-                      for _ in xrange(resources_count)]
+                      for _ in moves.xrange(resources_count)]
     resource_samples = {resource: 0 for resource in resources_list}
     batch = []
     count = 0