diff --git a/recipes/hackernews.recipe b/recipes/hackernews.recipe
index 132876ac4e..36c8dcd287 100644
--- a/recipes/hackernews.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hackernews.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Hacker News
 '''
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
-from urlparse import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 import re
 
 
diff --git a/recipes/irish_times.recipe b/recipes/irish_times.recipe
index 246473fc3d..519c676a85 100644
--- a/recipes/irish_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/irish_times.recipe
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ __copyright__ = "2008, Derry FitzGerald. 2009 Modified by Ray Kinsella and David
 '''
 irishtimes.com
 '''
-import urlparse, re
+import re
 import json
 from uuid import uuid4
 from mechanize import Request
 try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
 except ImportError:
     from urllib import urlencode
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class IrishTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             pic = div.img
             if pic:
                 try:
-                    pic['src'] = urlparse.urljoin(url, pic['src'])
+                    pic['src'] = urljoin(url, pic['src'])
                     pic.extract()
                 except:
                     pic = None
diff --git a/recipes/la_jornada.recipe b/recipes/la_jornada.recipe
index ccdf9c347d..99147871ea 100644
--- a/recipes/la_jornada.recipe
+++ b/recipes/la_jornada.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ try:
     from urllib.parse import urlencode
 except ImportError:
     from urllib import urlencode
-from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, parse_qs
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, parse_qs
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, parse_qs
 from calibre import strftime
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
diff --git a/recipes/real_clear.recipe b/recipes/real_clear.recipe
index 9cc3e10cbc..750ab92073 100644
--- a/recipes/real_clear.recipe
+++ b/recipes/real_clear.recipe
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # .epub --test -vv --debug-pipeline debug
 import re
 import time
-from urlparse import urlparse
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import NavigableString
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 
 
 class RealClear(BasicNewsRecipe):
diff --git a/recipes/todays_zaman.recipe b/recipes/todays_zaman.recipe
index a75c418407..87b36762b0 100644
--- a/recipes/todays_zaman.recipe
+++ b/recipes/todays_zaman.recipe
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ __copyright__ = '2014, spswerling'
 www.todayszaman.com
 '''
 import re
-from urlparse import urljoin
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
 
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urljoin
+
 
 class TodaysZaman(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
diff --git a/recipes/zeitde_sub.recipe b/recipes/zeitde_sub.recipe
index 03905cbbb3..072c515aa1 100644
--- a/recipes/zeitde_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/zeitde_sub.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import io
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre import walk
-from urlparse import urlparse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse
 from contextlib import closing
 from calibre.utils.magick.draw import save_cover_data_to