diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/profiles.py b/src/calibre/customize/profiles.py
index 10057f1cc1..2c7fead69f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/profiles.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/profiles.py
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2009, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-from itertools import izip
-
 from calibre.customize import Plugin as _Plugin
+from polyglot.builtins import zip
 
 FONT_SIZES = [('xx-small', 1),
               ('x-small',  None),
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class Plugin(_Plugin):
         fsizes = list(self.fsizes)
         self.fkey = list(self.fsizes)
         self.fsizes = []
-        for (name, num), size in izip(FONT_SIZES, fsizes):
+        for (name, num), size in zip(FONT_SIZES, fsizes):
             self.fsizes.append((name, num, float(size)))
         self.fnames = dict((name, sz) for name, _, sz in self.fsizes if name)
         self.fnums = dict((num, sz) for _, num, sz in self.fsizes if num)
diff --git a/src/calibre/db/view.py b/src/calibre/db/view.py
index d4811434c0..fc773ac680 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/view.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import weakref, operator, numbers
 from functools import partial
-from itertools import izip, imap
-from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, range
+from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, range, zip
 
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import title_sort
 from calibre.utils.config_base import tweaks, prefs
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ class View(object):
             self.marked_ids = dict.fromkeys(id_dict, u'true')
         else:
             # Ensure that all the items in the dict are text
-            self.marked_ids = dict(izip(id_dict.iterkeys(), imap(unicode_type,
+            self.marked_ids = dict(zip(id_dict.iterkeys(), map(unicode_type,
                 id_dict.itervalues())))
         # This invalidates all searches in the cache even though the cache may
         # be shared by multiple views. This is not ideal, but...
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py
index 9f6383d546..725f497baa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import json, traceback, posixpath, importlib, os
 from io import BytesIO
-from itertools import izip
 
 from calibre import prints
 from calibre.constants import iswindows, numeric_version
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ from calibre.devices.mtp.base import debug
 from calibre.devices.mtp.defaults import DeviceDefaults
 from calibre.ptempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile, PersistentTemporaryDirectory
 from calibre.utils.filenames import shorten_components_to
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, zip
 
 BASE = importlib.import_module('calibre.devices.mtp.%s.driver'%(
     'windows' if iswindows else 'unix')).MTP_DEVICE
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ class MTP_DEVICE(BASE):
 
         routing = {fmt:dest for fmt,dest in self.get_pref('rules')}
 
-        for infile, fname, mi in izip(files, names, metadata):
+        for infile, fname, mi in zip(files, names, metadata):
             path = self.create_upload_path(prefix, mi, fname, routing)
             if path and self.is_folder_ignored(storage, path):
                 raise MTPInvalidSendPathError('/'.join(path))
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ class MTP_DEVICE(BASE):
 
         i, total = 0, len(mtp_files)
         self.report_progress(0, _('Adding books to device metadata listing...'))
-        for x, mi in izip(mtp_files, metadata):
+        for x, mi in zip(mtp_files, metadata):
             mtp_file, bl_idx = x
             bl = booklists[bl_idx]
             book = Book(mtp_file.storage_id, '/'.join(mtp_file.mtp_relpath),
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
index e04b82b221..9f257516d9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import re, tempfile, os
 from functools import partial
-from itertools import izip
 
 from calibre.constants import islinux, isbsd
 from calibre.customize.conversion import (InputFormatPlugin,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ from calibre.customize.conversion import (InputFormatPlugin,
 from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang
 from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import what
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, zip
 
 
 def sanitize_file_name(x):
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         use = titles
         if len(titles) > len(set(titles)):
             use = headers
-        for title, item in izip(use, self.oeb.spine):
+        for title, item in zip(use, self.oeb.spine):
             if not item.linear:
                 continue
             toc.add(title, item.href)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
index ecc69ab748..eeef5e675e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
 
 from struct import pack
-from itertools import izip, count, chain
+from itertools import count, chain
 import io
 import time
 import random
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import calibre
 from calibre import plugins
 msdes, msdeserror = plugins['msdes']
 import calibre.ebooks.lit.mssha1 as mssha1
-from polyglot.builtins import codepoint_to_chr, unicode_type, string_or_bytes, range
+from polyglot.builtins import codepoint_to_chr, unicode_type, string_or_bytes, range, zip
 from polyglot.urllib import urldefrag, unquote
 
 __all__ = ['LitWriter']
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class LitWriter(object):
             1, CCHUNK_SIZE, 0x20000, ULL_NEG1, 1))
         cchunk = io.BytesIO()
         last = 0
-        for i, dcount in izip(count(), dcounts):
+        for i, dcount in zip(count(), dcounts):
             cchunk.write(decint(last))
             cchunk.write(decint(dcount))
             cchunk.write(decint(i))
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ class LitWriter(object):
         ichunk = None
         if len(ddata) > 1:
             ichunk = io.BytesIO()
-        for cid, (content, quickref, dcount, name) in izip(count(), ddata):
+        for cid, (content, quickref, dcount, name) in zip(count(), ddata):
             dchunk = io.BytesIO()
             prev = cid - 1 if cid > 0 else ULL_NEG1
             next = cid + 1 if cid < cidmax else ULL_NEG1
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/debug/mobi8.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/debug/mobi8.py
index 5a736c7002..3855a27329 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/debug/mobi8.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/debug/mobi8.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import sys, os, struct, textwrap
-from itertools import izip
 
 from calibre import CurrentDir
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.debug.containers import ContainerHeader
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.mobi.utils import read_font_record, decode_tbs, RECORD_SIZE
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.debug import format_bytes
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.reader.headers import NULL_INDEX
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import what
+from polyglot.builtins import zip
 
 
 class FDST(object):
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class FDST(object):
         if rest:
             raise ValueError('FDST record has trailing data: '
                     '%s'%format_bytes(rest))
-        self.sections = tuple(izip(secs[::2], secs[1::2]))
+        self.sections = tuple(zip(secs[::2], secs[1::2]))
 
     def __str__(self):
         ans = ['FDST record']
@@ -340,5 +340,3 @@ def inspect_mobi(mobi_file, ddir):
         part.dump(os.path.join(ddir, 'files'))
 
     f.dump_flows(os.path.join(ddir, 'flows'))
-
-
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi8.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi8.py
index 23e7c6d46b..74b3447bd7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi8.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi8.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import struct, re, os
 from collections import namedtuple
-from itertools import repeat, izip
+from itertools import repeat
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from lxml import etree
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.metadata.toc import TOC
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.utils import read_font_record
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.parse_utils import parse_html
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import XPath, XHTML, xml2text
-from polyglot.builtins import range
+from polyglot.builtins import range, zip
 from polyglot.urllib import urldefrag
 
 Part = namedtuple('Part',
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Mobi8Reader(object):
             sec_start, num_sections = struct.unpack_from(b'>LL', header, 4)
             secs = struct.unpack_from(b'>%dL' % (num_sections*2),
                     header, sec_start)
-            self.flow_table = tuple(izip(secs[::2], secs[1::2]))
+            self.flow_table = tuple(zip(secs[::2], secs[1::2]))
 
         self.files = []
         if self.header.skelidx != NULL_INDEX:
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py
index 4ba114924a..4c2bc15fb8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
 
 import sys, os, uuid, copy, re, io
-from itertools import izip
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from lxml import etree
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang
 from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from calibre.constants import __appname__, __version__
 from calibre import guess_type, xml_replace_entities
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, zip
 from polyglot.urllib import unquote, urldefrag, urlparse
 
 __all__ = ['OEBReader']
@@ -541,7 +540,7 @@ class OEBReader(object):
         use = titles
         if len(titles) > len(set(titles)):
             use = headers
-        for title, item in izip(use, self.oeb.spine):
+        for title, item in zip(use, self.oeb.spine):
             if not item.linear:
                 continue
             toc.add(title, item.href)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/fonts.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/fonts.py
index c31996eefc..ef3d31e27e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/fonts.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/fonts.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import re
-from itertools import izip, groupby
+from itertools import groupby
 from operator import itemgetter
 from collections import Counter, OrderedDict
-from polyglot.builtins import map
+from polyglot.builtins import map, zip
 
 from calibre import as_unicode
 from calibre.ebooks.pdf.render.common import (Array, String, Stream,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class Font(object):
 
     def write_widths(self, objects):
         glyphs = sorted(self.used_glyphs|{0})
-        widths = {g:self.metrics.pdf_scale(w) for g, w in izip(glyphs,
+        widths = {g:self.metrics.pdf_scale(w) for g, w in zip(glyphs,
                                         self.metrics.glyph_widths(glyphs))}
         counter = Counter()
         for g, w in widths.iteritems():
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
index b0aa64a641..5f438a3ba0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import os, re
 from functools import partial
-from itertools import izip
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import (
     QStyledItemDelegate, Qt, QTreeView, pyqtSignal, QSize, QIcon, QApplication,
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.tag_browser.model import (TagTreeItem, TAG_SEARCH_STATES,
 from calibre.gui2 import config, gprefs, choose_files, pixmap_to_data, rating_font, empty_index
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
 from calibre.utils.serialize import json_loads
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, range
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, range, zip
 
 
 class TagDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate):  # {{{
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ class TagsView(QTreeView):  # {{{
                     expanded_categories.append(category.category_key)
             states = [c.tag.state for c in category.child_tags()]
             names = [(c.tag.name, c.tag.category) for c in category.child_tags()]
-            state_map[category.category_key] = dict(izip(names, states))
+            state_map[category.category_key] = dict(zip(names, states))
         return expanded_categories, state_map
 
     def reread_collapse_parameters(self):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/widgets.py
index fe70f3033d..64b452f035 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/widgets.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ __license__ = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2014, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
 import os, textwrap, unicodedata
-from itertools import izip
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import (
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.widgets2 import Dialog as BaseDialog, HistoryComboBox
 from calibre.utils.icu import primary_sort_key, sort_key, primary_contains, numeric_sort_key
 from calibre.utils.matcher import get_char, Matcher
 from calibre.gui2.complete2 import EditWithComplete
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, zip
 
 ROOT = QModelIndex()
 PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = '\u2029'
@@ -348,7 +347,7 @@ class Results(QWidget):
             [(p.setTextFormat(Qt.RichText), p.setTextOption(self.text_option)) for p in prefixes]
             self.maxwidth = max([x.size().width() for x in prefixes])
             self.results = tuple((prefix, self.make_text(text, positions), text)
-                for prefix, (text, positions) in izip(prefixes, results.iteritems()))
+                for prefix, (text, positions) in zip(prefixes, results.iteritems()))
         else:
             self.results = ()
             self.current_result = -1
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/caches.py b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
index 05eba9972b..07aa609ae7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/caches.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import itertools, time, traceback, locale
-from itertools import repeat, izip, imap
+import time, traceback, locale
+from itertools import repeat
 from datetime import timedelta
 from threading import Thread
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from calibre.db.search import CONTAINS_MATCH, EQUALS_MATCH, REGEXP_MATCH, _match
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import title_sort, author_to_author_sort
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import metadata_to_opf
 from calibre import prints, force_unicode
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, string_or_bytes
+from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, string_or_bytes, zip
 
 
 class MetadataBackup(Thread):  # {{{
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser):  # {{{
                 self.search_restriction_book_count = len(self._map)
             return list(self._map)
         matches = self.parse(q)
-        tmap = list(itertools.repeat(False, len(self._data)))
+        tmap = list(repeat(False, len(self._data)))
         for x in matches:
             tmap[x] = True
         rv = [x for x in self._map if tmap[x]]
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser):  # {{{
             self.marked_ids_dict = dict.fromkeys(id_dict, u'true')
         else:
             # Ensure that all the items in the dict are text
-            self.marked_ids_dict = dict(izip(id_dict.iterkeys(), imap(unicode_type,
+            self.marked_ids_dict = dict(zip(id_dict.iterkeys(), map(unicode_type,
                 id_dict.itervalues())))
 
         # Set the values in the cache
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser):  # {{{
         db.initialize_template_cache()
 
         temp = db.conn.get('SELECT * FROM meta2')
-        self._data = list(itertools.repeat(None, temp[-1][0]+2)) if temp else []
+        self._data = list(repeat(None, temp[-1][0]+2)) if temp else []
         for r in temp:
             self._data[r[0]] = CacheRow(db, self.composites, r,
                                         self.series_col, self.series_sort_col)
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser):  # {{{
         if only_ids is None:
             self._map.sort(key=keyg)
 
-            tmap = list(itertools.repeat(False, len(self._data)))
+            tmap = list(repeat(False, len(self._data)))
             for x in self._map_filtered:
                 tmap[x] = True
             self._map_filtered = [x for x in self._map if tmap[x]]
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/http_response.py b/src/calibre/srv/http_response.py
index 4d51ea1e21..4873182849 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/http_response.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/http_response.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2015, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 import os, httplib, hashlib, uuid, struct, repr as reprlib
 from collections import namedtuple
 from io import BytesIO, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
-from itertools import chain, repeat, izip_longest
+from itertools import chain, repeat
 from operator import itemgetter
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ MULTIPART_SEPARATOR = uuid.uuid4().hex.decode('ascii')
 COMPRESSIBLE_TYPES = {'application/json', 'application/javascript', 'application/xml', 'application/oebps-package+xml'}
 if is_py3:
     import zlib
+    from itertools import zip_longest
 else:
     zlib, zlib2_err = plugins['zlib2']
     if zlib2_err:
         raise RuntimeError('Failed to load the zlib2 module with error: ' + zlib2_err)
     del zlib2_err
+    from itertools import izip_longest as zip_longest
 
 
 def header_list_to_file(buf):  # {{{
@@ -709,7 +711,7 @@ class HTTPConnection(HTTPRequest):
                 size = sum(map(len, range_parts)) + sum(r.size + 4 for r in ranges)
                 outheaders.set('Content-Length', '%d' % size, replace_all=True)
                 outheaders.set('Content-Type', 'multipart/byteranges; boundary=' + MULTIPART_SEPARATOR, replace_all=True)
-                output.ranges = izip_longest(ranges, range_parts)
+                output.ranges = zip_longest(ranges, range_parts)
             request.status_code = httplib.PARTIAL_CONTENT
         return output
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/opts.py b/src/calibre/srv/opts.py
index 1216b06c6f..75d14ab56e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/opts.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/opts.py
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ __license__ = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2015, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
 import errno, os, numbers
-from itertools import izip_longest
 from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
 from operator import attrgetter
 from functools import partial
 
 from calibre.constants import config_dir
 from calibre.utils.lock import ExclusiveFile
+from polyglot.builtins import is_py3
+if is_py3:
+    from itertools import zip_longest
+else:
+    from itertools import izip_longest as zip_longest
 
 Option = namedtuple('Option', 'name default longdoc shortdoc choices')
 
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ options = []
 def grouper(n, iterable, fillvalue=None):
     "grouper(3, 'ABCDEFG', 'x') --> ABC DEF Gxx"
     args = [iter(iterable)] * n
-    return izip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)
+    return zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)
 
 
 for shortdoc, name, default, doc in grouper(4, raw_options):
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/routes.py b/src/calibre/srv/routes.py
index 23fadadd0f..aff8b42d10 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/routes.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/routes.py
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ __license__ = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2015, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 
 import httplib, sys, inspect, re, time, numbers, json as jsonlib, textwrap
-from itertools import izip
 from operator import attrgetter
 
 from calibre.srv.errors import HTTPSimpleResponse, HTTPNotFound, RouteError
 from calibre.srv.utils import http_date
 from calibre.utils.serialize import msgpack_dumps, json_dumps, MSGPACK_MIME
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, range
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, range, zip
 from polyglot.urllib import quote as urlquote
 
 default_methods = frozenset(('HEAD', 'GET'))
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ class Route(object):
     def matches(self, path):
         args_map = self.defaults.copy()
         num = 0
-        for component, (name, matched) in izip(path, self.matchers):
+        for component, (name, matched) in zip(path, self.matchers):
             num += 1
             if matched is True:
                 args_map[name] = component
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/head.py b/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/head.py
index f21bd0450e..82ace75472 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/head.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/head.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-from itertools import izip
 from struct import unpack_from, pack, calcsize
 
 from calibre.utils.fonts.sfnt import UnknownTable, DateTimeProperty, FixedProperty
 from calibre.utils.fonts.sfnt.errors import UnsupportedFont
+from polyglot.builtins import zip
 
 
 class HeadTable(UnknownTable):
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class HeadTable(UnknownTable):
         self._fmt = ('>%s'%(''.join(field_types[1::2]))).encode('ascii')
         self._fields = field_types[0::2]
 
-        for f, val in izip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
+        for f, val in zip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
             setattr(self, f, val)
 
     def update(self):
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class HorizontalHeader(UnknownTable):
         self._fmt = ('>%s'%(''.join(field_types[1::2]))).encode('ascii')
         self._fields = field_types[0::2]
 
-        for f, val in izip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
+        for f, val in zip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
             setattr(self, f, val)
 
         raw = hmtx.raw
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class OS2Table(UnknownTable):
         self._fmt = ('>%s'%(''.join(field_types[1::2]))).encode('ascii')
         self._fields = field_types[0::2]
 
-        for f, val in izip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
+        for f, val in zip(self._fields, unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)):
             setattr(self, f, val)
 
     def zero_fstype(self):
@@ -168,4 +168,3 @@ class PostTable(UnknownTable):
             return
         (self._version, self._italic_angle, self.underline_position,
          self.underline_thickness) = unpack_from(b'>llhh', self.raw)
-
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/maxp.py b/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/maxp.py
index 03c8b1793a..a52a7324cb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/maxp.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/fonts/sfnt/maxp.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-from itertools import izip
 from struct import unpack_from, pack
 
 from calibre.utils.fonts.sfnt import UnknownTable, FixedProperty
 from calibre.utils.fonts.sfnt.errors import UnsupportedFont
+from polyglot.builtins import zip
 
 
 class MaxpTable(UnknownTable):
@@ -39,12 +39,9 @@ class MaxpTable(UnknownTable):
             self._fmt = b'>lH' + b'H'*(len(self.fields)-2)
 
             vals = unpack_from(self._fmt, self.raw)
-            for f, val in izip(self.fields, vals):
+            for f, val in zip(self.fields, vals):
                 setattr(self, f, val)
 
     def update(self):
         vals = [getattr(self, f) for f in self._fields]
         self.raw = pack(self._fmt, *vals)
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/matcher.py b/src/calibre/utils/matcher.py
index 091f736c51..4044fc3a13 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/matcher.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/matcher.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ from operator import itemgetter
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from itertools import islice
 
-from itertools import izip
-from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, range
+from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, range, zip
 
 from calibre import detect_ncpus as cpu_count, as_unicode
 from calibre.constants import plugins, filesystem_encoding
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ class CScorer(object):
 
     def __call__(self, query):
         scores, positions = self.m.calculate_scores(query)
-        for score, pos in izip(scores, positions):
+        for score, pos in zip(scores, positions):
             yield score, pos
 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/terminal.py b/src/calibre/utils/terminal.py
index b4a28420d2..3bf421dfdc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/terminal.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/terminal.py
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import os, sys, re
-from itertools import izip
 
 from calibre.constants import iswindows
-from polyglot.builtins import range
+from polyglot.builtins import range, zip
 
 if iswindows:
     import ctypes.wintypes
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ def fmt(code):
 
 
 RATTRIBUTES = dict(
-        izip(range(1, 9), (
+        zip(range(1, 9), (
             'bold',
             'dark',
             '',
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ ATTRIBUTES = {v:fmt(k) for k, v in RATTRIBUTES.iteritems()}
 del ATTRIBUTES['']
 
 RBACKGROUNDS = dict(
-        izip(range(41, 48), (
+        zip(range(41, 48), (
             'red',
             'green',
             'yellow',
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ RBACKGROUNDS = dict(
 BACKGROUNDS = {v:fmt(k) for k, v in RBACKGROUNDS.iteritems()}
 
 RCOLORS = dict(
-        izip(range(31, 38), (
+        zip(range(31, 38), (
             'red',
             'green',
             'yellow',