diff --git a/IPython/core/builtin_trap.py b/IPython/core/builtin_trap.py
index b3c9fdf..b9d4e95 100644
--- a/IPython/core/builtin_trap.py
+++ b/IPython/core/builtin_trap.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Authors:
 
 from traitlets.config.configurable import Configurable
 
-from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod, iteritems
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod
 from traitlets import Instance
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ class BuiltinTrap(Configurable):
         """Store ipython references in the __builtin__ namespace."""
 
         add_builtin = self.add_builtin
-        for name, func in iteritems(self.auto_builtins):
+        for name, func in self.auto_builtins.items():
             add_builtin(name, func)
 
     def deactivate(self):
         """Remove any builtins which might have been added by add_builtins, or
         restore overwritten ones to their previous values."""
         remove_builtin = self.remove_builtin
-        for key, val in iteritems(self._orig_builtins):
+        for key, val in self._orig_builtins.items():
             remove_builtin(key, val)
         self._orig_builtins.clear()
         self._builtins_added = False
diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index cce24de..9d2c325 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from IPython.paths import get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.utils.path import get_home_dir, get_py_filename, ensure_dir_exists
 from IPython.utils.process import system, getoutput
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import (builtin_mod, unicode_type, string_types,
-                                     with_metaclass, iteritems)
+                                     with_metaclass)
 from IPython.utils.strdispatch import StrDispatch
 from IPython.utils.syspathcontext import prepended_to_syspath
 from IPython.utils.text import format_screen, LSString, SList, DollarFormatter
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
     def restore_sys_module_state(self):
         """Restore the state of the sys module."""
         try:
-            for k, v in iteritems(self._orig_sys_module_state):
+            for k, v in self._orig_sys_module_state.items():
                 setattr(sys, k, v)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
             # Also check in output history
             ns_refs.append(self.history_manager.output_hist)
             for ns in ns_refs:
-                to_delete = [n for n, o in iteritems(ns) if o is obj]
+                to_delete = [n for n, o in ns.items() if o is obj]
                 for name in to_delete:
                     del ns[name]
 
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         variables : dict
           A dictionary mapping object names (as strings) to the objects.
         """
-        for name, obj in iteritems(variables):
+        for name, obj in variables.items():
             if name in self.user_ns and self.user_ns[name] is obj:
                 del self.user_ns[name]
                 self.user_ns_hidden.pop(name, None)
@@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         user_ns = self.user_ns
         global_ns = self.user_global_ns
         
-        for key, expr in iteritems(expressions):
+        for key, expr in expressions.items():
             try:
                 value = self._format_user_obj(eval(expr, global_ns, user_ns))
             except:
diff --git a/IPython/core/magic.py b/IPython/core/magic.py
index e139bed..7c1e90c 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magic.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magic.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from IPython.core.inputsplitter import ESC_MAGIC, ESC_MAGIC2
 from decorator import decorator
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split
-from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types, iteritems
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
 from IPython.utils.text import dedent
 from traitlets import Bool, Dict, Instance, observe
 from logging import error
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class MagicsManager(Configurable):
         docs = {}
         for m_type in self.magics:
             m_docs = {}
-            for m_name, m_func in iteritems(self.magics[m_type]):
+            for m_name, m_func in self.magics[m_type].items():
                 if m_func.__doc__:
                     if brief:
                         m_docs[m_name] = m_func.__doc__.split('\n', 1)[0]
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class Magics(Configurable):
         for mtype in magic_kinds:
             tab = self.magics[mtype] = {}
             cls_tab = class_magics[mtype]
-            for magic_name, meth_name in iteritems(cls_tab):
+            for magic_name, meth_name in cls_tab.items():
                 if isinstance(meth_name, string_types):
                     # it's a method name, grab it
                     tab[magic_name] = getattr(self, meth_name)
diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/execution.py b/IPython/core/magics/execution.py
index 78a0372..eedab6d 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/execution.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/execution.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from IPython.core.magic import (Magics, magics_class, line_magic, cell_magic,
                                 line_cell_magic, on_off, needs_local_scope)
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
-from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod, iteritems, PY3
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import builtin_mod, PY3
 from IPython.utils.contexts import preserve_keys
 from IPython.utils.capture import capture_output
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
@@ -1271,8 +1271,7 @@ python-profiler package from non-free.""")
         """
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'rq',mode='list')
         if not args:   # List existing macros
-            return sorted(k for k,v in iteritems(self.shell.user_ns) if\
-                                                        isinstance(v, Macro))
+            return sorted(k for k,v in self.shell.user_ns.items() if isinstance(v, Macro))
         if len(args) == 1:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%macro insufficient args; usage '%macro name n1-n2 n3-4...")
diff --git a/IPython/lib/pretty.py b/IPython/lib/pretty.py
index 3eaa0b3..6e31daa 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/pretty.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/pretty.py
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ except AttributeError: # Python 3
     _type_pprinters[slice] = _repr_pprint
     
 try:
-    _type_pprinters[xrange] = _repr_pprint
     _type_pprinters[long] = _repr_pprint
     _type_pprinters[unicode] = _repr_pprint
 except NameError:
diff --git a/IPython/utils/data.py b/IPython/utils/data.py
index 308a692..bf70cf8 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/data.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/data.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from .py3compat import xrange
 
 def uniq_stable(elems):
     """uniq_stable(elems) -> list
@@ -32,6 +31,6 @@ def flatten(seq):
 
 def chop(seq, size):
     """Chop a sequence into chunks of the given size."""
-    return [seq[i:i+size] for i in xrange(0,len(seq),size)]
+    return [seq[i:i+size] for i in range(0,len(seq),size)]
 
 
diff --git a/IPython/utils/text.py b/IPython/utils/text.py
index 0ad1c8d..2c39dee 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/text.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/text.py
@@ -619,10 +619,10 @@ def _col_chunks(l, max_rows, row_first=False):
     """Yield successive max_rows-sized column chunks from l."""
     if row_first:
         ncols = (len(l) // max_rows) + (len(l) % max_rows > 0)
-        for i in py3compat.xrange(ncols):
-            yield [l[j] for j in py3compat.xrange(i, len(l), ncols)]
+        for i in range(ncols):
+            yield [l[j] for j in range(i, len(l), ncols)]
     else:
-        for i in py3compat.xrange(0, len(l), max_rows):
+        for i in range(0, len(l), max_rows):
             yield l[i:(i + max_rows)]
 
 
diff --git a/IPython/utils/timing.py b/IPython/utils/timing.py
index 99b7bbc..3d4d9f8 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/timing.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/timing.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ Utilities for timing code execution.
 
 import time
 
-from .py3compat import xrange
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ def timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw):
         out = func(*args,**kw)
         tot_time = clock()-start
     else:
-        rng = xrange(reps-1) # the last time is executed separately to store output
+        rng = range(reps-1) # the last time is executed separately to store output
         start = clock()
         for dummy in rng: func(*args,**kw)
         out = func(*args,**kw)  # one last time
diff --git a/IPython/utils/wildcard.py b/IPython/utils/wildcard.py
index d22491b..cbef8c5 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/wildcard.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/wildcard.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import re
 import types
 
 from IPython.utils.dir2 import dir2
-from .py3compat import iteritems
 
 def create_typestr2type_dicts(dont_include_in_type2typestr=["lambda"]):
     """Return dictionaries mapping lower case typename (e.g. 'tuple') to type
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ def filter_ns(ns, name_pattern="*", type_pattern="all", ignore_case=True,
         reg = re.compile(pattern+"$")
 
     # Check each one matches regex; shouldn't be hidden; of correct type.
-    return dict((key,obj) for key, obj in iteritems(ns) if reg.match(key) \
+    return dict((key,obj) for key, obj in ns.items() if reg.match(key) \
                                             and show_hidden(key, show_all) \
                                             and is_type(obj, type_pattern) )
 
@@ -103,10 +102,10 @@ def list_namespace(namespace, type_pattern, filter, ignore_case=False, show_all=
                             type_pattern="all",
                             ignore_case=ignore_case, show_all=show_all)
         results = {}
-        for name, obj in iteritems(filtered):
+        for name, obj in filtered.items():
             ns = list_namespace(dict_dir(obj), type_pattern,
                                 ".".join(pattern_list[1:]),
                                 ignore_case=ignore_case, show_all=show_all)
-            for inner_name, inner_obj in iteritems(ns):
+            for inner_name, inner_obj in ns.items():
                 results["%s.%s"%(name,inner_name)] = inner_obj
         return results