diff --git a/contrib/inventory/apache-libcloud.py b/contrib/inventory/apache-libcloud.py
index f417e3a5e91..21436a02add 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/apache-libcloud.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/apache-libcloud.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import re
 from time import time
 import ConfigParser
 
+from six import iteritems
 from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
 from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
 import libcloud.security as sec
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ class LibcloudInventory(object):
             elif key == 'ec2_region':
                 instance_vars[key] = value.name
             elif key == 'ec2_tags':
-                for k, v in value.iteritems():
+                for k, v in iteritems(value):
                     key = self.to_safe('ec2_tag_' + k)
                     instance_vars[key] = v
             elif key == 'ec2_groups':
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/cobbler.py b/contrib/inventory/cobbler.py
index aca045eaf78..b5fcdeacbbe 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/cobbler.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/cobbler.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 # NOTE -- this file assumes Ansible is being accessed FROM the cobbler
 # server, so it does not attempt to login with a username and password.
 # this will be addressed in a future version of this script.
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class CobblerInventory(object):
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
             # hostname is often empty for non-static IP hosts
             if dns_name == '':
-                for (iname, ivalue) in interfaces.iteritems():
+                for (iname, ivalue) in iteritems(interfaces):
                     if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                         this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                         if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name is not "":
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ class CobblerInventory(object):
 
             self.cache[dns_name] = host
             if "ks_meta" in host:
-                for key, value in host["ks_meta"].iteritems():
+                for key, value in iteritems(host["ks_meta"]):
                     self.cache[dns_name][key] = value
 
         self.write_to_cache(self.cache, self.cache_path_cache)
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/collins.py b/contrib/inventory/collins.py
index 72c5b88ea96..a33d27ec6d6 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/collins.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/collins.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 
 class CollinsDefaults(object):
     ASSETS_API_ENDPOINT = '%s/api/assets'
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ class CollinsInventory(object):
         # the CQL search feature as described here:
         # http://tumblr.github.io/collins/recipes.html
         attributes_query = [ '='.join(attr_pair)
-            for attr_pair in attributes.iteritems() ]
+            for attr_pair in iteritems(attributes) ]
         query_parameters = {
             'details': ['True'],
             'operation': [operation],
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/consul_io.py b/contrib/inventory/consul_io.py
index 65d48721dcb..1bcf22d3730 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/consul_io.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/consul_io.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ except ImportError as e:
   http://python-consul.readthedocs.org/en/latest/#installation'""")
   sys.exit(1)
 
+from six import iteritems
 
 
 class ConsulInventory(object):
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ class ConsulInventory(object):
     an 'available' or 'unavailable' grouping. The suffix for each group can be
     controlled from the config'''
     if self.config.has_config('availability'):
-      for service_name, service in node['Services'].iteritems():
+      for service_name, service in iteritems(node['Services']):
         for node in self.consul_api.health.service(service_name)[1]:
             for check in node['Checks']:
                 if check['ServiceName'] == service_name:
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/nova.py b/contrib/inventory/nova.py
index 9561f4406ab..e8f3b9a6260 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/nova.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/nova.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import re
 import os
 import ConfigParser
 from novaclient import client as nova_client
+from six import iteritems
 
 try:
     import json
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ if (len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == '--list') or len(sys.argv) == 1:
         push(groups, server.name, access_ip)
 
         # Run through each metadata item and add instance to it
-        for key, value in server.metadata.iteritems():
+        for key, value in iteritems(server.metadata):
             composed_key = to_safe('tag_{0}_{1}'.format(key, value))
             push(groups, composed_key, access_ip)
 
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/proxmox.py b/contrib/inventory/proxmox.py
index 381b3ae7fb7..bc636d0ac36 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import os
 import sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
+from six import iteritems
+
+
 class ProxmoxNodeList(list):
     def get_names(self):
         return [node['node'] for node in self]
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ class ProxmoxNodeList(list):
 class ProxmoxQemu(dict):
     def get_variables(self):
         variables = {}
-        for key, value in self.iteritems():
+        for key, value in iteritems(self):
             variables['proxmox_' + key] = value
         return variables
 
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/rax.py b/contrib/inventory/rax.py
index 5892f2cbb94..0028f54d201 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/rax.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/rax.py
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ import warnings
 import collections
 import ConfigParser
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible.constants import get_config, mk_boolean
 
 try:
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ def _list_into_cache(regions):
 
             hostvars[server.name]['rax_region'] = region
 
-            for key, value in server.metadata.iteritems():
+            for key, value in iteritems(server.metadata):
                 groups['%s_%s_%s' % (prefix, key, value)].append(server.name)
 
             groups['instance-%s' % server.id].append(server.name)
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/spacewalk.py b/contrib/inventory/spacewalk.py
index ecf19484328..fb0a152ecab 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/spacewalk.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/spacewalk.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
 import subprocess
 import ConfigParser
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 try:
     import json
 except:
@@ -193,10 +195,10 @@ if options.list:
         sys.exit(2)
 
     if options.human:
-        for group, systems in groups.iteritems():
+        for group, systems in iteritems(groups):
             print('[%s]\n%s\n' % (group, '\n'.join(systems)))
     else:
-        final = dict( [ (k, list(s)) for k, s in groups.iteritems() ] )
+        final = dict( [ (k, list(s)) for k, s in iteritems(groups) ] )
         final["_meta"] = meta
         print(json.dumps( final ))
         #print(json.dumps(groups))
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ elif options.host:
     
     if options.human:
         print('Host: %s' % options.host)
-        for k, v in host_details.iteritems():
+        for k, v in iteritems(host_details):
             print('  %s: %s' % (k, '\n    '.join(v.split(';'))))
     else:
         print( json.dumps( dict( ( key, ( value.split(';') if ';' in value else value) ) for key, value in host_details.items() ) ) )
diff --git a/examples/scripts/yaml_to_ini.py b/examples/scripts/yaml_to_ini.py
index 09b9b5ec820..981176b2f2d 100755
--- a/examples/scripts/yaml_to_ini.py
+++ b/examples/scripts/yaml_to_ini.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from ansible import utils
 import os
 import yaml
 import sys
+from six import iteritems
 
 class InventoryParserYaml(object):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible '''
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         groupfh.write(yaml.dump(record.get_variables()))
         groupfh.close()
 
-    for (host_name, host_record) in yamlp._hosts.iteritems():
+    for (host_name, host_record) in iteritems(yamlp._hosts):
         hostfiledir = os.path.join(dirname, "host_vars")
         if not os.path.exists(hostfiledir):
             print "* creating: %s" % hostfiledir
diff --git a/hacking/module_formatter.py b/hacking/module_formatter.py
index 755fc9e0d6b..00c9f577902 100755
--- a/hacking/module_formatter.py
+++ b/hacking/module_formatter.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import subprocess
 import cgi
 import warnings
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+from six import iteritems
 
 from ansible.utils import module_docs
 from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ def process_module(module, options, env, template, outputname, module_map, alias
         del doc['version_added']
 
     if 'options' in doc and doc['options']:
-        for (k,v) in doc['options'].iteritems():
+        for (k,v) in iteritems(doc['options']):
             # don't show version added information if it's too old to be called out
             if 'version_added' in doc['options'][k] and too_old(doc['options'][k]['version_added']):
                 del doc['options'][k]['version_added']
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py b/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
index e27d85d7990..e82b3ab642b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import termios
 import traceback
 import textwrap
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError
 from ansible.plugins import module_loader
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ class DocCLI(CLI):
                 if doc is not None:
 
                     all_keys = []
-                    for (k,v) in doc['options'].iteritems():
+                    for (k,v) in iteritems(doc['options']):
                         all_keys.append(k)
                     all_keys = sorted(all_keys)
                     doc['option_keys'] = all_keys
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py b/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
index 340f8efd548..d64318fa1b1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import fnmatch
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 
 from ansible.errors import *
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ class PlayIterator:
         self._host_states[host.name] = s
 
     def get_failed_hosts(self):
-        return dict((host, True) for (host, state) in self._host_states.iteritems() if state.run_state == self.ITERATING_COMPLETE and state.fail_state != self.FAILED_NONE)
+        return dict((host, True) for (host, state) in iteritems(self._host_states) if state.run_state == self.ITERATING_COMPLETE and state.fail_state != self.FAILED_NONE)
 
     def get_original_task(self, host, task):
         '''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/process/result.py b/lib/ansible/executor/process/result.py
index 3ed2a28e805..446fd3dba96 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/process/result.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/process/result.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from six.moves import queue
+from six import iteritems
+
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import signal
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ class ResultProcess(multiprocessing.Process):
                             # if this task is registering facts, do that now
                             item = result_item.get('item', None)
                             if result._task.action in ('set_fact', 'include_vars'):
-                                for (key, value) in result_item['ansible_facts'].iteritems():
+                                for (key, value) in iteritems(result_item['ansible_facts']):
                                     self._send_result(('set_host_var', result._host, result._task, item, key, value))
                             else:
                                 self._send_result(('set_host_facts', result._host, result._task, item, result_item['ansible_facts']))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index fdc57b82a91..ca5712757a8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError, AnsibleUndefinedVariable
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         # And filter out any fields which were set to default(omit), and got the omit token value
         omit_token = variables.get('omit')
         if omit_token is not None:
-            self._task.args = dict(filter(lambda x: x[1] != omit_token, self._task.args.iteritems()))
+            self._task.args = dict(filter(lambda x: x[1] != omit_token, iteritems(self._task.args)))
 
         # Read some values from the task, so that we can modify them if need be
         retries = self._task.retries
diff --git a/lib/ansible/inventory/script.py b/lib/ansible/inventory/script.py
index 6e64b0e8948..b8082e2d8f5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/script.py
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-
 from collections import Mapping
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import *
 from ansible.inventory.host import Host
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class InventoryScript:
                     raise AnsibleError("You defined a group \"%s\" with bad "
                         "data for variables:\n %s" % (group_name, data))
 
-                for k, v in data['vars'].iteritems():
+                for k, v in iteritems(data['vars']):
                     if group.name == all.name:
                         all.set_variable(k, v)
                     else:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
index e2d5feec760..d90220e2271 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import pipes
 import random
 import re
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ class PlayContext(Base):
 
         # finally, use the MAGIC_VARIABLE_MAPPING dictionary to update this
         # connection info object with 'magic' variables from the variable list
-        for (attr, variable_names) in MAGIC_VARIABLE_MAPPING.iteritems():
+        for (attr, variable_names) in iteritems(MAGIC_VARIABLE_MAPPING):
             for variable_name in variable_names:
                 if variable_name in variables:
                     setattr(new_info, attr, variables[variable_name])
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/playbook_include.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/playbook_include.py
index 777f81c5158..247cd3f5171 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/playbook_include.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/playbook_include.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import os
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.parsing.splitter import split_args, parse_kv
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleBaseYAMLObject, AnsibleMapping
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ class PlaybookInclude(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
         if isinstance(ds, AnsibleBaseYAMLObject):
             new_ds.ansible_pos = ds.ansible_pos
 
-        for (k,v) in ds.iteritems():
+        for (k,v) in iteritems(ds):
             if k == 'include':
                 self._preprocess_include(ds, new_ds, k, v)
             else:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
index c406bd94046..96a3f735c76 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def hash_params(params):
         return params
     else:
         s = set()
-        for k,v in params.iteritems():
+        for k,v in iteritems(params):
             if isinstance(v, dict):
                 s.update((k, hash_params(v)))
             elif isinstance(v, list):
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Role(Base, Become, Conditional, Taggable):
                 params['tags'] = role_include.tags
             hashed_params = hash_params(params)
             if role_include.role in play.ROLE_CACHE:
-                for (entry, role_obj) in play.ROLE_CACHE[role_include.role].iteritems():
+                for (entry, role_obj) in iteritems(play.ROLE_CACHE[role_include.role]):
                     if hashed_params == entry:
                         if parent_role:
                             role_obj.add_parent(parent_role)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py
index 2e02a723811..4f23766cd14 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class RoleDefinition(Base, Become, Conditional, Taggable):
         for (key, value) in iteritems(ds):
             # use the list of FieldAttribute values to determine what is and is not
             # an extra parameter for this role (or sub-class of this role)
-            if key not in [attr_name for (attr_name, attr_value) in self._get_base_attributes().iteritems()]:
+            if key not in [attr_name for (attr_name, attr_value) in iteritems(self._get_base_attributes())]:
                 # this key does not match a field attribute, so it must be a role param
                 role_params[key] = value
             else:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
index a7c6b001314..fff801d3b9c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-from six import string_types
+from six import iteritems, string_types
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable, Become):
             return ds
         elif isinstance(ds, dict):
             buf = ""
-            for (k,v) in ds.iteritems():
+            for (k,v) in iteritems(ds):
                 if k.startswith('_'):
                     continue
                 buf = buf + "%s=%s " % (k,v)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable, Become):
         else:
             new_ds['vars'] = dict()
 
-        for (k,v) in ds.iteritems():
+        for (k,v) in iteritems(ds):
             if k in ('action', 'local_action', 'args', 'connection') or k == action or k == 'shell':
                 # we don't want to re-assign these values, which were
                 # determined by the ModuleArgsParser() above
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/set_fact.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/set_fact.py
index 34f4078ac14..2e2c7bd74a8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/set_fact.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/set_fact.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+from six import iteritems
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=dict()):
         facts = dict()
         if self._task.args:
-            for (k, v) in self._task.args.iteritems():
+            for (k, v) in iteritems(self._task.args):
                 k = self._templar.template(k)
 
                 if not isidentifier(k):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/__init__.py
index 323d8c5ca35..f0fbcd0a3e5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class FactCache(MutableMapping):
 
     def copy(self):
         """ Return a primitive copy of the keys and values from the cache. """
-        return dict([(k, v) for (k, v) in self.iteritems()])
+        return dict([(k, v) for (k, v) in iteritems(self)])
 
     def keys(self):
         return self._plugin.keys()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
index 214e6b5a03e..a3491be938e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import sys
 from termios import tcflush, TCIFLUSH
 from binascii import hexlify
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
 from ansible.plugins.connections import ConnectionBase
@@ -306,8 +308,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def _any_keys_added(self):
 
         added_any = False
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
+        for hostname, keys in iteritems(self.ssh._host_keys):
+            for keytype, key in iteritems(keys):
                 added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
                 if added_this_time:
                     return True
@@ -327,18 +329,18 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         f = open(filename, 'w')
 
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
+        for hostname, keys in iteritems(self.ssh._host_keys):
 
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
+            for keytype, key in iteritems(keys):
 
                 # was f.write
                 added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
                 if not added_this_time:
                     f.write("%s %s %s\n" % (hostname, keytype, key.get_base64()))
 
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
+        for hostname, keys in iteritems(self.ssh._host_keys):
 
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
+            for keytype, key in iteritems(keys):
                 added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
                 if added_this_time:
                     f.write("%s %s %s\n" % (hostname, keytype, key.get_base64()))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
index 39303af4b6e..f6860d9f45a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import uuid
 import yaml
 from jinja2.filters import environmentfilter
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion
+from six import iteritems
 
 from ansible import errors
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.dumper import AnsibleDumper
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ def combine(*terms, **kwargs):
     if recursive:
         return reduce(merge_hash, terms)
     else:
-        return dict(itertools.chain(*map(dict.iteritems, terms)))
+        return dict(itertools.chain(*map(iteritems, terms)))
 
 class FilterModule(object):
     ''' Ansible core jinja2 filters '''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
index aabccd7eaed..ba8573801fc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from six.moves import queue as Queue
+from six import iteritems
+
 import time
 
 from ansible import constants as C
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ class StrategyBase:
                     if task_result._task._role is not None and result[0] in ('host_task_ok', 'host_task_failed'):
                         # lookup the role in the ROLE_CACHE to make sure we're dealing
                         # with the correct object and mark it as executed
-                        for (entry, role_obj) in iterator._play.ROLE_CACHE[task_result._task._role._role_name].iteritems():
+                        for (entry, role_obj) in iteritems(iterator._play.ROLE_CACHE[task_result._task._role._role_name]):
                             if role_obj._uuid == task_result._task._role._uuid:
                                 role_obj._had_task_run[host.name] = True
 
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ class StrategyBase:
                     groups[group_name] = []
                 groups[group_name].append(host)
 
-        for group_name, hosts in groups.iteritems():
+        for group_name, hosts in iteritems(groups):
             new_group = self._inventory.get_group(group_name)
             if not new_group:
                 # create the new group and add it to inventory
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/linear.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/linear.py
index 35c2cb50671..ad82a2b8aa2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/linear.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategies/linear.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.executor.play_iterator import PlayIterator
 from ansible.playbook.block import Block
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class StrategyModule(StrategyBase):
         lowest_cur_block = len(iterator._blocks)
 
         display.debug("counting tasks in each state of execution")
-        for (k, v) in host_tasks.iteritems():
+        for (k, v) in iteritems(host_tasks):
             if v is None:
                 continue
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/template/vars.py b/lib/ansible/template/vars.py
index 8f9af9506b0..08a5ce1a8e7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/template/vars.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/template/vars.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+from six import iteritems
 from jinja2.utils import missing
 
 __all__ = ['AnsibleJ2Vars']
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class AnsibleJ2Vars:
         self._extras  = extras
         self._locals  = dict()
         if isinstance(locals, dict):
-            for key, val in locals.iteritems():
+            for key, val in iteritems(locals):
                 if key[:2] == 'l_' and val is not missing:
                     self._locals[key[2:]] = val
 
diff --git a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
index 0d8e0770e98..18454bf4447 100644
--- a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
+++ b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+from six import iteritems
+
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ class TestVariableManager(unittest.TestCase):
 
         vars = v.get_vars(loader=fake_loader, use_cache=False)
 
-        for (key, val) in extra_vars.iteritems():
+        for (key, val) in iteritems(extra_vars):
             self.assertEqual(vars.get(key), val)
 
         self.assertIsNot(v.extra_vars, extra_vars)