diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
index fd2c64f..57171a9 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ import random
 import sys
 
 import nose.tools as nt
-import path
+try:
+    from pathlib import Path
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2 backport
+    from pathlib2 import Path
 
 from IPython.utils import text
 
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ def test_LSString():
     nt.assert_equal(lss.l, ['abc', 'def'])
     nt.assert_equal(lss.s, 'abc def')
     lss = text.LSString(os.getcwd())
-    nt.assert_is_instance(lss.p[0], path.path)
+    nt.assert_is_instance(lss.p[0], Path)
 
 def test_SList():
     sl = text.SList(['a 11', 'b 1', 'a 2'])
diff --git a/IPython/utils/text.py b/IPython/utils/text.py
index 6766abb..5ed1a84 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/text.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/text.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
 from string import Formatter
+try:
+    from pathlib import Path
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2 backport
+    from pathlib2 import Path
 
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest_py3, skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
@@ -64,11 +69,10 @@ class LSString(str):
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
-        from path import path
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
-            self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self.split('\n') if os.path.exists(p)]
+            self.__paths = [Path(p) for p in self.split('\n') if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
@@ -123,11 +127,10 @@ class SList(list):
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
-        from path import path
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
-            self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self if os.path.exists(p)]
+            self.__paths = [Path(p) for p in self if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04e4149..7fae9ef 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ extras_require = dict(
     parallel = ['ipyparallel'],
     qtconsole = ['qtconsole'],
     doc = ['Sphinx>=1.3'],
-    test = ['nose>=0.10.1', 'requests', 'testpath', 'pygments', 'path.py'],
+    test = ['nose>=0.10.1', 'requests', 'testpath', 'pygments'],
     terminal = [],
     kernel = ['ipykernel'],
     nbformat = ['nbformat'],
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ install_requires = [
 # but requires pip >= 6. pip < 6 ignores these.
 
 extras_require.update({
+    ':python_version == "2.7" or python_version == "3.3"': ['pathlib2'],
     ':sys_platform != "win32"': ['pexpect'],
     ':sys_platform == "darwin"': ['appnope'],
     ':sys_platform == "win32"': ['colorama'],