diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_es_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_es_plugin.py
index e8726f7c9c..68cc556042 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_es_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_es_plugin.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from contextlib import closing
 try:
     from urllib.parse import urlencode
 except ImportError:
-    from urllib2 import urlencode
+    from urllib import urlencode
 
 from lxml import html
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/weightless_books_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/weightless_books_plugin.py
index 407dccc3fe..21a0b7cbf0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/weightless_books_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/weightless_books_plugin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from contextlib import closing
 try:
     from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 except ImportError:
-    from urllib2 import quote_plus
+    from urllib import quote_plus
 
 from lxml import html