diff --git a/moto/compat.py b/moto/compat.py
index 2dd2d879e..a92a5f67b 100644
--- a/moto/compat.py
+++ b/moto/compat.py
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     # python 2.6 or earlier, use backport
     from ordereddict import OrderedDict  # flake8: noqa
-
-try:
-    from urlparse import urlparse  # flake8: noqa
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/moto/emr/responses.py b/moto/emr/responses.py
index 91dc8cc11..3919d8b3e 100644
--- a/moto/emr/responses.py
+++ b/moto/emr/responses.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 
 import pytz
 
-from moto.compat import urlparse
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 from moto.core.responses import AWSServiceSpec
 from moto.core.responses import BaseResponse
 from moto.core.responses import xml_to_json_response
diff --git a/moto/instance_metadata/responses.py b/moto/instance_metadata/responses.py
index 2ea9aa9a8..460e65aca 100644
--- a/moto/instance_metadata/responses.py
+++ b/moto/instance_metadata/responses.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import datetime
 import json
-from urlparse import urlparse
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from moto.core.responses import BaseResponse