diff --git a/darts/lib/utils/lru.py b/darts/lib/utils/lru.py
index 2ad0c35..7c8a6f7 100644
--- a/darts/lib/utils/lru.py
+++ b/darts/lib/utils/lru.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 """Trivial LRU-Dictionary implementation
 """
 
-from __future__ import with_statement
+
 
 import sys
 from threading import RLock, Lock, Condition, Thread
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         See `iterkeys`.
         """
 
-        return self.__index.iterkeys()
+        return iter(self.__index.keys())
 
     def iterkeys(self):
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def iterkeys(self):
         priority in any way.
         """
 
-        return self.__index.iterkeys()
+        return iter(self.__index.keys())
 
     def itervalues(self):
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def itervalues(self):
         priority in any way.
         """
 
-        for item in self.__index.itervalues():
+        for item in self.__index.values():
             yield item._value
 
     def iteritems(self):
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def iteritems(self):
         *not* reflect the LRU priority in any way.
         """
 
-        for key, item in self.__index.iteritems():
+        for key, item in self.__index.items():
             yield key, item._value
 
     def __delitem__(self, key):
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         See `iterkeys`.
         """
 
-        return self.iterkeys()
+        return iter(self.keys())
 
     def iterkeys(self):
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def iterkeys(self):
         """
 
         with self.__lock:
-            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.iterkeys()))
+            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.keys()))
 
     def itervalues(self):
         """Iterator for all values of this dictionary
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ def itervalues(self):
         """
 
         with self.__lock:
-            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.itervalues()))
+            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.values()))
 
     def iteritems(self):
 
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ def iteritems(self):
         """
 
         with self.__lock:
-            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.iteritems()))
+            return iter(tuple(self.__dict.items()))
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
 
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ def clear(self, discard_loads=False):
             self.__cache.clear()
             if discard_loads:
                 conditions = list()
-                keys = tuple(self.__loading.iterkeys())
+                keys = tuple(self.__loading.keys())
                 for k in keys:
                     placeholder = self.__loading.pop(k)
                     if placeholder._state is loading:
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ def clear(self, discard_loads=False):
             self.__cache.clear()
             if discard_loads:
                 conditions = list()
-                keys = tuple(self.__loading.iterkeys())
+                keys = tuple(self.__loading.keys())
                 for k in keys:
                     placeholder = self.__loading.pop(k)
                     if placeholder._state is loading:
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index a526c1b..fe792fa 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'dart.utils.lru'
-copyright = u'2010, Deterministic Arts'
+project = 'dart.utils.lru'
+copyright = '2010, Deterministic Arts'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'dartutilslru.tex', u'dart.utils.lru Documentation',
-   u'Deterministic Arts', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'dartutilslru.tex', 'dart.utils.lru Documentation',
+   'Deterministic Arts', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -211,6 +211,6 @@
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'dartutilslru', u'dart.utils.lru Documentation',
-     [u'Deterministic Arts'], 1)
+    ('index', 'dartutilslru', 'dart.utils.lru Documentation',
+     ['Deterministic Arts'], 1)
 ]
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 6bd254a..4a1b531 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_concurrent_access(self):
 
         iterations_per_thread = 1000
         number_of_threads = 100
-        key_range = range(4)
+        key_range = list(range(4))
 
         loads_lock = RLock()
         loads = dict()
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def reader():
             with start_lock:
                 while not start_now:
                     start_condition.wait()
-            for k in xrange(iterations_per_thread):
+            for k in range(iterations_per_thread):
                 for i in shuffled(key_range):
                     answer = cache.load(i)
                     self.assertEqual("R(%r)" % (i,), answer)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def reader():
 
         with start_lock:
         
-            for k in xrange(number_of_threads):
+            for k in range(number_of_threads):
                 thr = Thread(target=reader)
                 thr.start()
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def reader():
         # Make sure, that all keys have actually been requested
         # at least once.
 
-        self.assertEqual(set(key_range), set(loads.iterkeys()))
+        self.assertEqual(set(key_range), set(loads.keys()))
 
         # The cache has a capacity such, that it can hold all
         # elements nominally ever requested by the readers. So,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def reader():
         # once (due to the cache keeping track of what it is 
         # currently loading).
 
-        for key,count in loads.iteritems():
+        for key,count in loads.items():
             self.assertEqual(1, count)
             self.assertTrue(key in key_range)