diff --git a/octodns/compat.py b/octodns/compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6586cff..0000000
--- a/octodns/compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Python 2/3 compat bits
-#
-
-try:  # pragma: no cover
-    from StringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    from io import StringIO
-
-StringIO
diff --git a/octodns/provider/plan.py b/octodns/provider/plan.py
index 5b8be68..af6863a 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/plan.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/plan.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
 from logging import DEBUG, ERROR, INFO, WARN, getLogger
 from sys import stdout
 
-from six import text_type
-from ..compat import StringIO
+from six import StringIO, text_type
 
 
 class UnsafePlan(Exception):
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_plan.py b/tests/test_octodns_plan.py
index a017431..9cf812d 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_plan.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_plan.py
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
     unicode_literals
 
 from logging import getLogger
-from six import text_type
+from six import StringIO, text_type
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from octodns.compat import StringIO
 from octodns.provider.plan import Plan, PlanHtml, PlanLogger, PlanMarkdown
 from octodns.record import Create, Delete, Record, Update
 from octodns.zone import Zone
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_yaml.py b/tests/test_octodns_yaml.py
index ddcd818..f211854 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_yaml.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
     unicode_literals
 
+from six import StringIO
 from unittest import TestCase
 from yaml.constructor import ConstructorError
 
-from octodns.compat import StringIO
 from octodns.yaml import safe_dump, safe_load