diff --git a/flask_admin/_compat.py b/flask_admin/_compat.py
index 610d29301..5b8fa27bf 100644
--- a/flask_admin/_compat.py
+++ b/flask_admin/_compat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # flake8: noqa
 """
     flask_admin._compat
@@ -11,58 +10,23 @@
     :copyright: (c) 2013 by Armin Ronacher.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
-import sys
 
-PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
-VER = sys.version_info
+text_type = str
+string_types = (str,)
 
-if not PY2:
-    text_type = str
-    string_types = (str,)
-    integer_types = (int, )
+itervalues = lambda d: iter(d.values())
+iteritems = lambda d: iter(d.items())
+filter_list = lambda f, l: list(filter(f, l))
 
-    iterkeys = lambda d: iter(d.keys())
-    itervalues = lambda d: iter(d.values())
-    iteritems = lambda d: iter(d.items())
-    filter_list = lambda f, l: list(filter(f, l))
+def as_unicode(s):
+    if isinstance(s, bytes):
+        return s.decode('utf-8')
 
-    def as_unicode(s):
-        if isinstance(s, bytes):
-            return s.decode('utf-8')
+    return str(s)
 
-        return str(s)
-
-    def csv_encode(s):
-        ''' Returns unicode string expected by Python 3's csv module '''
-        return as_unicode(s)
-
-    # Various tools
-    from functools import reduce
-    from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse, quote
-else:
-    text_type = unicode
-    string_types = (str, unicode)
-    integer_types = (int, long)
-
-    iterkeys = lambda d: d.iterkeys()
-    itervalues = lambda d: d.itervalues()
-    iteritems = lambda d: d.iteritems()
-    filter_list = filter
-
-    def as_unicode(s):
-        if isinstance(s, str):
-            return s.decode('utf-8')
-
-        return unicode(s)
-
-    def csv_encode(s):
-        ''' Returns byte string expected by Python 2's csv module '''
-        return as_unicode(s).encode('utf-8')
-
-    # Helpers
-    reduce = __builtins__['reduce'] if isinstance(__builtins__, dict) else __builtins__.reduce
-    from urlparse import urljoin, urlparse
-    from urllib import quote
+def csv_encode(s):
+    ''' Returns unicode string expected by Python 3's csv module '''
+    return as_unicode(s)
 
 
 def with_metaclass(meta, *bases):
@@ -87,11 +51,7 @@ def __new__(cls, name, this_bases, d):
 
 
 try:
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-except ImportError:
-    from ordereddict import OrderedDict
-
-try:
+    # jinja2 3.0.0
     from jinja2 import pass_context
 except ImportError:
     from jinja2 import contextfunction as pass_context
diff --git a/flask_admin/contrib/fileadmin/__init__.py b/flask_admin/contrib/fileadmin/__init__.py
index f5c786adb..95c42d95c 100644
--- a/flask_admin/contrib/fileadmin/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_admin/contrib/fileadmin/__init__.py
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 from operator import itemgetter
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, quote
 
 from flask import flash, redirect, abort, request, send_file
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from wtforms import fields, validators
 
 from flask_admin import form, helpers
-from flask_admin._compat import urljoin, as_unicode, quote
+from flask_admin._compat import as_unicode
 from flask_admin.base import BaseView, expose
 from flask_admin.actions import action, ActionsMixin
 from flask_admin.babel import gettext, lazy_gettext
diff --git a/flask_admin/form/upload.py b/flask_admin/form/upload.py
index 3dc7444c4..1afc42f4e 100644
--- a/flask_admin/form/upload.py
+++ b/flask_admin/form/upload.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import os.path as op
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from werkzeug.datastructures import FileStorage
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 from flask_admin.helpers import get_url
 
 from flask_admin._backwards import Markup
-from flask_admin._compat import string_types, urljoin
+from flask_admin._compat import string_types
 
 
 try:
diff --git a/flask_admin/helpers.py b/flask_admin/helpers.py
index da6033715..cb22e100c 100644
--- a/flask_admin/helpers.py
+++ b/flask_admin/helpers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from re import sub, compile
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
+
 from flask import g, request, url_for, flash
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, InputRequired
 
-from flask_admin._compat import iteritems, pass_context, urljoin, urlparse
+from flask_admin._compat import iteritems, pass_context
 
 from ._compat import string_types
 
diff --git a/flask_admin/model/base.py b/flask_admin/model/base.py
index 41cccf6f0..a9fe94694 100755
--- a/flask_admin/model/base.py
+++ b/flask_admin/model/base.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import time
 from math import ceil
 import inspect
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
                                  get_redirect_target, flash_errors)
 from flask_admin.tools import rec_getattr
 from flask_admin._backwards import ObsoleteAttr
-from flask_admin._compat import (iteritems, itervalues, OrderedDict,
+from flask_admin._compat import (iteritems, itervalues,
                                  as_unicode, csv_encode, text_type, pass_context)
 from .helpers import prettify_name, get_mdict_item_or_list
 from .ajax import AjaxModelLoader
diff --git a/flask_admin/model/template.py b/flask_admin/model/template.py
index 495e4199a..05132576f 100644
--- a/flask_admin/model/template.py
+++ b/flask_admin/model/template.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from flask_admin._compat import pass_context, string_types, reduce
+from functools import reduce
+
+from flask_admin._compat import pass_context, string_types
 from flask_admin.babel import gettext
 
 
diff --git a/flask_admin/tools.py b/flask_admin/tools.py
index b0533aae2..5723104f9 100644
--- a/flask_admin/tools.py
+++ b/flask_admin/tools.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+from functools import reduce
 import sys
 import traceback
 
 # Python 3 compatibility
-from ._compat import reduce, as_unicode
+from ._compat import as_unicode
 
 CHAR_ESCAPE = u'.'
 CHAR_SEPARATOR = u','