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diff --git a/novaclient/openstack/common/py3kcompat/urlutils.py b/novaclient/openstack/common/py3kcompat/urlutils.py
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-#
-# Copyright 2013 Canonical Ltd.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-#
-
-"""
-Python2/Python3 compatibility layer for OpenStack
-"""
-
-import six
-
-if six.PY3:
-    # python3
-    import urllib.error
-    import urllib.parse
-    import urllib.request
-
-    urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
-    urljoin = urllib.parse.urljoin
-    quote = urllib.parse.quote
-    quote_plus = urllib.parse.quote_plus
-    parse_qsl = urllib.parse.parse_qsl
-    unquote = urllib.parse.unquote
-    unquote_plus = urllib.parse.unquote_plus
-    urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse
-    urlsplit = urllib.parse.urlsplit
-    urlunsplit = urllib.parse.urlunsplit
-    SplitResult = urllib.parse.SplitResult
-
-    urlopen = urllib.request.urlopen
-    URLError = urllib.error.URLError
-    pathname2url = urllib.request.pathname2url
-else:
-    # python2
-    import urllib
-    import urllib2
-    import urlparse
-
-    urlencode = urllib.urlencode
-    quote = urllib.quote
-    quote_plus = urllib.quote_plus
-    unquote = urllib.unquote
-    unquote_plus = urllib.unquote_plus
-
-    parse = urlparse
-    parse_qsl = parse.parse_qsl
-    urljoin = parse.urljoin
-    urlparse = parse.urlparse
-    urlsplit = parse.urlsplit
-    urlunsplit = parse.urlunsplit
-    SplitResult = parse.SplitResult
-
-    urlopen = urllib2.urlopen
-    URLError = urllib2.URLError
-    pathname2url = urllib.pathname2url