diff --git a/pavelib/utils/envs.py b/pavelib/utils/envs.py
index 9ea545f6e0..8277b2f893 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/envs.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/envs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Helper functions for loading environment settings.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import io
 import json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sys
 from time import sleep
 
 import memcache
+import six
 from lazy import lazy
 from path import Path as path
 from paver.easy import BuildFailure, sh
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ class Env(object):
                 ),
                 capture=True
             )
-            return unicode(value).strip()
+            return six.text_type(value).strip()
         except BuildFailure:
             print(u"Unable to print the value of the {} setting:".format(django_setting))
             with io.open(cls.PRINT_SETTINGS_LOG_FILE, 'r') as f:
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/passthrough_opts.py b/pavelib/utils/passthrough_opts.py
index 311f0556b0..f5117e98e3 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/passthrough_opts.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/passthrough_opts.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Provides:
         as the `passthrough_options` argument to the decorated function
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from optparse import BadOptionError, OptionParser
 
 import paver.tasks
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/process.py b/pavelib/utils/process.py
index 24b49f525f..7c34db9c9d 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/process.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/process.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Helper functions for managing processes.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import atexit
 import os
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_options.py b/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_options.py
index e0a69977b4..d59fadada6 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_options.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_options.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Definitions of all options used by the various bok_choy tasks.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
 from optparse import make_option
 
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_utils.py b/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_utils.py
index f40d0aa580..b7f76f42ef 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_utils.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/bokchoy_utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 """
 Helper functions for bok_choy test tasks
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-import httplib
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 
+import six
+import six.moves.http_client  # pylint: disable=import-error
 from paver import tasks
 from paver.easy import cmdopts, needs, sh, task
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ def start_servers(options):
         print(cmd, logfile)
         run_background_process(cmd, out_log=logfile, err_log=logfile, cwd=cwd)
 
-    for service, info in Env.BOK_CHOY_SERVERS.iteritems():
+    for service, info in six.iteritems(Env.BOK_CHOY_SERVERS):
         address = "0.0.0.0:{}".format(info['port'])
         cmd = (u"DEFAULT_STORE={default_store} ").format(default_store=options.default_store)
         if coveragerc:
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ def start_servers(options):
         )
         start_server(cmd, info['log'])
 
-    for service, info in Env.BOK_CHOY_STUBS.iteritems():
+    for service, info in six.iteritems(Env.BOK_CHOY_STUBS):
         cmd = (
             u"python -m stubs.start {service} {port} "
             "{config}".format(
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ def wait_for_server(server, port):
 
     while attempts < 120:
         try:
-            connection = httplib.HTTPConnection(server, port, timeout=10)
+            connection = six.moves.http_client.HTTPConnection(server, port, timeout=10)
             connection.request('GET', '/')
             response = connection.getresponse()
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ def wait_for_test_servers():
     Wait until we get a successful response from the servers or time out
     """
 
-    for service, info in Env.BOK_CHOY_SERVERS.iteritems():
+    for service, info in six.iteritems(Env.BOK_CHOY_SERVERS):
         ready = wait_for_server(info['host'], info['port'])
         if not ready:
             msg = colorize(
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ def is_mysql_running():
     """
     # We need to check whether or not mysql is running as a process
     # even if it is not daemonized.
-    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as os_devnull:
+    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as os_devnull:  # pylint: disable=W6005
         #pgrep returns the PID, which we send to /dev/null
         returncode = subprocess.call("pgrep mysqld", stdout=os_devnull, shell=True)
     return returncode == 0
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/__init__.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/__init__.py
index adfb42aa20..9a709b46a9 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/__init__.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """
 TestSuite class and subclasses
 """
-from .suite import TestSuite
-from .pytest_suite import PytestSuite, SystemTestSuite, LibTestSuite
-from .python_suite import PythonTestSuite
-from .js_suite import JsTestSuite, JestSnapshotTestSuite
 from .bokchoy_suite import BokChoyTestSuite
+from .js_suite import JestSnapshotTestSuite, JsTestSuite
+from .pytest_suite import LibTestSuite, PytestSuite, SystemTestSuite
+from .python_suite import PythonTestSuite
+from .suite import TestSuite
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/python_suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/python_suite.py
index 2fde58019e..33093f2aef 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/python_suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/python_suite.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 """
 Classes used for defining and running python test suites
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
 
-from pavelib.utils.test import utils as test_utils
-from pavelib.utils.test.suites.suite import TestSuite
-from pavelib.utils.test.suites.pytest_suite import LibTestSuite, SystemTestSuite
 from pavelib.utils.envs import Env
+from pavelib.utils.test import utils as test_utils
+from pavelib.utils.test.suites.pytest_suite import LibTestSuite, SystemTestSuite
+from pavelib.utils.test.suites.suite import TestSuite
 
 __test__ = False  # do not collect
 
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
index bd6bcd9cee..f6c9bea561 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 """
 A class used for defining and running test suites
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-import sys
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
 from paver import tasks
 
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
index f9e8eda4e6..370dc59016 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """
 Helper functions for test tasks
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess