diff --git a/gsutil.py b/gsutil.py
index d383fa7e0..cd1607824 100755
--- a/gsutil.py
+++ b/gsutil.py
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 
 
 import argparse
-import shutil
-import zipfile
-import hashlib
 import base64
-import os
-import sys
+import hashlib
 import json
-import urllib
+import os
+import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
+import urllib2
+import zipfile
 
 
 GSUTIL_URL = 'https://storage.googleapis.com/pub/'
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def download_gsutil(version, target_dir):
     local_md5 = md5_calc.hexdigest()
 
     metadata_url = '%s%s' % (API_URL, filename)
-    metadata = json.load(urllib.urlopen(metadata_url))
+    metadata = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(metadata_url))
     remote_md5 = base64.b64decode(metadata['md5Hash'])
 
     if local_md5 == remote_md5:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def download_gsutil(version, target_dir):
 
   # Do the download.
   url = '%s%s' % (GSUTIL_URL, filename)
-  u = urllib.urlopen(url)
+  u = urllib2.urlopen(url)
   with open(target_filename, 'wb') as f:
     while True:
       buf = u.read(4096)
diff --git a/tests/gsutil_test.py b/tests/gsutil_test.py
index f81524320..30648279d 100755
--- a/tests/gsutil_test.py
+++ b/tests/gsutil_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import base64
 import tempfile
 import json
 import os
-import urllib
+import urllib2
 
 
 # Add depot_tools to path
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ class GsutilUnitTests(unittest.TestCase):
   def setUp(self):
     self.fake = FakeCall()
     self.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    self.old_urlopen = getattr(urllib, 'urlopen')
+    self.old_urlopen = getattr(urllib2, 'urlopen')
     self.old_call = getattr(gsutil, 'call')
-    setattr(urllib, 'urlopen', self.fake)
+    setattr(urllib2, 'urlopen', self.fake)
     setattr(gsutil, 'call', self.fake)
 
   def tearDown(self):
     self.assertEqual(self.fake.expectations, [])
     shutil.rmtree(self.tempdir)
-    setattr(urllib, 'urlopen', self.old_urlopen)
+    setattr(urllib2, 'urlopen', self.old_urlopen)
     setattr(gsutil, 'call', self.old_call)
 
   def test_download_gsutil(self):