diff --git a/cms/envs/bok_choy.py b/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
index 7ac1e0a859..7ed18f4fca 100644
--- a/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
+++ b/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ support both generating static assets to a directory and also serving static
 from the same directory.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+# Silence noisy logs
+import logging
 import os
-from path import Path as path
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
+from path import Path as path
+
 from openedx.core.release import RELEASE_LINE
 
 ########################## Prod-like settings ###################################
@@ -82,8 +87,6 @@ MEDIA_ROOT = TEST_ROOT / "uploads"
 
 WEBPACK_LOADER['DEFAULT']['STATS_FILE'] = TEST_ROOT / "staticfiles" / "cms" / "webpack-stats.json"
 
-# Silence noisy logs
-import logging
 LOG_OVERRIDES = [
     ('track.middleware', logging.CRITICAL),
     ('edx.discussion', logging.CRITICAL),
diff --git a/cms/envs/devstack_optimized.py b/cms/envs/devstack_optimized.py
index 8763669f3f..132357358b 100644
--- a/cms/envs/devstack_optimized.py
+++ b/cms/envs/devstack_optimized.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ as they are for non-optimized devstack. Instead, update_assets must be
 invoked each time that changes have been made.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
 
 ########################## Devstack settings ###################################
diff --git a/cms/lib/xblock/authoring_mixin.py b/cms/lib/xblock/authoring_mixin.py
index f4d03a40b8..44b6f31158 100644
--- a/cms/lib/xblock/authoring_mixin.py
+++ b/cms/lib/xblock/authoring_mixin.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Mixin class that provides authoring capabilities for XBlocks.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import logging
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/cms/lib/xblock/field_data.py b/cms/lib/xblock/field_data.py
index 67c5023ee8..53015d188b 100644
--- a/cms/lib/xblock/field_data.py
+++ b/cms/lib/xblock/field_data.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 :class:`~xblock.field_data.FieldData` subclasses used by the CMS
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from xblock.field_data import SplitFieldData
 from xblock.fields import Scope
 
diff --git a/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py b/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
index 53d2c08bb8..9b7f300632 100644
--- a/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
+++ b/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 XBlock runtime implementations for edX Studio
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import six
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ def handler_url(block, handler_name, suffix='', query='', thirdparty=False):
         raise NotImplementedError("edX Studio doesn't support third-party xblock handler urls")
 
     url = reverse('component_handler', kwargs={
-        'usage_key_string': unicode(block.scope_ids.usage_id).encode('utf-8'),
+        'usage_key_string': six.text_type(block.scope_ids.usage_id).encode('utf-8'),
         'handler': handler_name,
         'suffix': suffix,
     }).rstrip('/')
diff --git a/cms/lib/xblock/test/test_runtime.py b/cms/lib/xblock/test/test_runtime.py
index c126399e20..27aaa49228 100644
--- a/cms/lib/xblock/test/test_runtime.py
+++ b/cms/lib/xblock/test/test_runtime.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 """
 Tests of edX Studio runtime functionality
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from unittest import TestCase
-from urlparse import urlparse
 
 from mock import Mock
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 from cms.lib.xblock.runtime import handler_url