diff --git a/test/test_compat.py b/test/test_compat.py
index c9bc4d7fb..6cbffd6fe 100644
--- a/test/test_compat.py
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 from yt_dlp.compat import (
     compat_getenv,
     compat_setenv,
-    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
-    compat_shlex_split,
     compat_str,
     compat_struct_unpack,
-    compat_urllib_parse_quote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
@@ -55,27 +51,6 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
             dir(yt_dlp.compat))) - set(['unicode_literals'])
         self.assertEqual(all_names, sorted(present_names))
 
-    def test_compat_urllib_parse_quote(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('abc def'), 'abc%20def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('/user/abc+def'), '/user/abc%2Bdef')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('/user/abc+def', safe='+'), '%2Fuser%2Fabc+def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote(''), '')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('%'), '%25')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('%', safe='%'), '%')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote('津波'), '%E6%B4%A5%E6%B3%A2')
-        self.assertEqual(
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote('''<meta property="og:description" content="▁▂▃▄%▅▆▇█" />
-%<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/تسونامي">%a''', safe='<>=":%/ \r\n'),
-            '''<meta property="og:description" content="%E2%96%81%E2%96%82%E2%96%83%E2%96%84%%E2%96%85%E2%96%86%E2%96%87%E2%96%88" />
-%<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A">%a''')
-        self.assertEqual(
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote('''(^◣_◢^)っ︻デ═一    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ↶%I%Break%25Things%''', safe='% '),
-            '''%28%5E%E2%97%A3_%E2%97%A2%5E%29%E3%81%A3%EF%B8%BB%E3%83%87%E2%95%90%E4%B8%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%86%B6%I%Break%25Things%''')
-
-    def test_compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus('abc def'), 'abc+def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus('/abc def'), '%2Fabc+def')
-
     def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self):
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc+def')
@@ -109,17 +84,6 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([(b'abc', 'def')]), 'abc=def')
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([(b'abc', b'def')]), 'abc=def')
 
-    def test_compat_shlex_split(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-option "one two"'), ['-option', 'one two'])
-        self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-option "one\ntwo" \n -flag'), ['-option', 'one\ntwo', '-flag'])
-        self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-val 中文'), ['-val', '中文'])
-
-    def test_compat_etree_Element(self):
-        try:
-            compat_etree_Element.items
-        except AttributeError:
-            self.fail('compat_etree_Element is not a type')
-
     def test_compat_etree_fromstring(self):
         xml = '''
             <root foo="bar" spam="中文">
diff --git a/test/test_youtube_signature.py b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
index bbbba073f..6412acce0 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_signature.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 import io
 import re
 import string
+import urllib.request
 
 from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE
 from yt_dlp.jsinterp import JSInterpreter
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_str, compat_urlretrieve
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_str
 
 _SIG_TESTS = [
     (
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ def t_factory(name, sig_func, url_pattern):
             fn = os.path.join(self.TESTDATA_DIR, basename)
 
             if not os.path.exists(fn):
-                compat_urlretrieve(url, fn)
+                urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, fn)
             with io.open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as testf:
                 jscode = testf.read()
             self.assertEqual(sig_func(jscode, sig_input), expected_sig)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index c626ea3fd..4bf5a8942 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -26,24 +26,20 @@ import tokenize
 import traceback
 import random
 import unicodedata
+import urllib.request
 
 from enum import Enum
 from string import ascii_letters
 
 from .compat import (
-    compat_basestring,
     compat_brotli,
     compat_get_terminal_size,
-    compat_kwargs,
-    compat_numeric_types,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_pycrypto_AES,
     compat_shlex_quote,
     compat_str,
-    compat_tokenize_tokenize,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_request,
-    compat_urllib_request_DataHandler,
     windows_enable_vt_mode,
 )
 from .cookies import load_cookies
@@ -682,7 +678,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             pp_def = dict(pp_def_raw)
             when = pp_def.pop('when', 'post_process')
             self.add_post_processor(
-                get_postprocessor(pp_def.pop('key'))(self, **compat_kwargs(pp_def)),
+                get_postprocessor(pp_def.pop('key'))(self, **pp_def),
                 when=when)
 
         self._setup_opener()
@@ -2244,7 +2240,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         stream = io.BytesIO(format_spec.encode('utf-8'))
         try:
-            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(compat_tokenize_tokenize(stream.readline)))
+            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(tokenize.tokenize(stream.readline)))
         except tokenize.TokenError:
             raise syntax_error('Missing closing/opening brackets or parenthesis', (0, len(format_spec)))
 
@@ -2406,7 +2402,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
             for numeric_field in self._NUMERIC_FIELDS:
                 field = info.get(numeric_field)
-                if field is None or isinstance(field, compat_numeric_types):
+                if field is None or isinstance(field, (int, float)):
                     continue
                 report_force_conversion(numeric_field, 'numeric', 'int')
                 info[numeric_field] = int_or_none(field)
@@ -3589,7 +3585,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
     def urlopen(self, req):
         """ Start an HTTP download """
-        if isinstance(req, compat_basestring):
+        if isinstance(req, str):
             req = sanitized_Request(req)
         return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
 
@@ -3739,7 +3735,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         redirect_handler = YoutubeDLRedirectHandler()
-        data_handler = compat_urllib_request_DataHandler()
+        data_handler = urllib.request.DataHandler()
 
         # When passing our own FileHandler instance, build_opener won't add the
         # default FileHandler and allows us to disable the file protocol, which
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat.py b/yt_dlp/compat.py
index 6128ff524..5bac87c10 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat.py
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ else:
     compat_realpath = os.path.realpath
 
 
-def compat_print(s):
-    assert isinstance(s, compat_str)
-    print(s)
-
 try:
     compat_Pattern = re.Pattern
 except AttributeError:
@@ -173,62 +169,65 @@ def windows_enable_vt_mode():  # TODO: Do this the proper way https://bugs.pytho
 
 #  Deprecated
 
-compat_basestring = str
+compat_b64decode = base64.b64decode
 compat_chr = chr
+compat_cookiejar = http.cookiejar
+compat_cookiejar_Cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie
+compat_cookies_SimpleCookie = http.cookies.SimpleCookie
+compat_get_terminal_size = shutil.get_terminal_size
+compat_getenv = os.getenv
+compat_getpass = getpass.getpass
+compat_html_entities = html.entities
+compat_html_entities_html5 = html.entities.html5
+compat_HTMLParser = html.parser.HTMLParser
+compat_http_client = http.client
+compat_http_server = http.server
+compat_HTTPError = urllib.error.HTTPError
+compat_itertools_count = itertools.count
+compat_parse_qs = urllib.parse.parse_qs
+compat_str = str
+compat_struct_pack = struct.pack
+compat_struct_unpack = struct.unpack
+compat_tokenize_tokenize = tokenize.tokenize
+compat_urllib_error = urllib.error
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote = urllib.parse.unquote
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus = urllib.parse.unquote_plus
+compat_urllib_parse_urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
+compat_urllib_parse_urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse
+compat_urllib_request = urllib.request
+compat_urlparse = compat_urllib_parse = urllib.parse
+
+
+# To be removed
+
+compat_basestring = str
+compat_collections_abc = collections.abc
+compat_cookies = http.cookies
+compat_etree_Element = etree.Element
+compat_etree_register_namespace = etree.register_namespace
 compat_filter = filter
 compat_input = input
 compat_integer_types = (int, )
 compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
 compat_map = map
 compat_numeric_types = (int, float, complex)
-compat_str = str
+compat_print = print
+compat_shlex_split = shlex.split
+compat_socket_create_connection = socket.create_connection
+compat_Struct = struct.Struct
+compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: DEVNULL
+compat_urllib_parse_quote = urllib.parse.quote
+compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus = urllib.parse.quote_plus
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote_to_bytes = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes
+compat_urllib_parse_urlunparse = urllib.parse.urlunparse
+compat_urllib_request_DataHandler = urllib.request.DataHandler
+compat_urllib_response = urllib.response
+compat_urlretrieve = urllib.request.urlretrieve
+compat_xml_parse_error = etree.ParseError
 compat_xpath = lambda xpath: xpath
 compat_zip = zip
 workaround_optparse_bug9161 = lambda: None
 
-compat_collections_abc = collections.abc
-compat_HTMLParser = html.parser.HTMLParser
-compat_HTTPError = urllib.error.HTTPError
-compat_Struct = struct.Struct
-compat_b64decode = base64.b64decode
-compat_cookiejar = http.cookiejar
-compat_cookiejar_Cookie = compat_cookiejar.Cookie
-compat_cookies = http.cookies
-compat_cookies_SimpleCookie = compat_cookies.SimpleCookie
-compat_etree_Element = etree.Element
-compat_etree_register_namespace = etree.register_namespace
-compat_get_terminal_size = shutil.get_terminal_size
-compat_getenv = os.getenv
-compat_getpass = getpass.getpass
-compat_html_entities = html.entities
-compat_html_entities_html5 = compat_html_entities.html5
-compat_http_client = http.client
-compat_http_server = http.server
-compat_itertools_count = itertools.count
-compat_parse_qs = urllib.parse.parse_qs
-compat_shlex_split = shlex.split
-compat_socket_create_connection = socket.create_connection
-compat_struct_pack = struct.pack
-compat_struct_unpack = struct.unpack
-compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: DEVNULL
-compat_tokenize_tokenize = tokenize.tokenize
-compat_urllib_error = urllib.error
-compat_urllib_parse = urllib.parse
-compat_urllib_parse_quote = urllib.parse.quote
-compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus = urllib.parse.quote_plus
-compat_urllib_parse_unquote = urllib.parse.unquote
-compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus = urllib.parse.unquote_plus
-compat_urllib_parse_unquote_to_bytes = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes
-compat_urllib_parse_urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
-compat_urllib_parse_urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse
-compat_urllib_parse_urlunparse = urllib.parse.urlunparse
-compat_urllib_request = urllib.request
-compat_urllib_request_DataHandler = urllib.request.DataHandler
-compat_urllib_response = urllib.response
-compat_urlparse = urllib.parse
-compat_urlretrieve = urllib.request.urlretrieve
-compat_xml_parse_error = etree.ParseError
-
 
 # Set public objects
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
index 4d5618c83..2ba36085e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import time
 import binascii
 import io
+import struct
 
 from .fragment import FragmentFD
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_Struct,
     compat_urllib_error,
 )
 
 
-u8 = compat_Struct('>B')
-u88 = compat_Struct('>Bx')
-u16 = compat_Struct('>H')
-u1616 = compat_Struct('>Hxx')
-u32 = compat_Struct('>I')
-u64 = compat_Struct('>Q')
+u8 = struct.Struct('>B')
+u88 = struct.Struct('>Bx')
+u16 = struct.Struct('>H')
+u1616 = struct.Struct('>Hxx')
+u32 = struct.Struct('>I')
+u64 = struct.Struct('>Q')
 
-s88 = compat_Struct('>bx')
-s16 = compat_Struct('>h')
-s1616 = compat_Struct('>hxx')
-s32 = compat_Struct('>i')
+s88 = struct.Struct('>bx')
+s16 = struct.Struct('>h')
+s1616 = struct.Struct('>hxx')
+s32 = struct.Struct('>i')
 
 unity_matrix = (s32.pack(0x10000) + s32.pack(0) * 3) * 2 + s32.pack(0x40000000)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
index a839f0c1f..c7db05475 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import hashlib
 import hmac
 import re
 import struct
+import urllib.response
+import uuid
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 from binascii import unhexlify
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..aes import aes_ecb_decrypt
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_response,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urllib_request,
 )
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     decode_base,
     int_or_none,
-    random_uuidv4,
     request_to_url,
     time_seconds,
     update_url_query,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class AbemaLicenseHandler(compat_urllib_request.BaseHandler):
         url = request_to_url(url)
         ticket = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url).netloc
         response_data = self._get_videokey_from_ticket(ticket)
-        return compat_urllib_response.addinfourl(io.BytesIO(response_data), headers={
+        return urllib.response.addinfourl(io.BytesIO(response_data), headers={
             'Content-Length': len(response_data),
         }, url=url, code=200)
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class AbemaTVIE(AbemaTVBaseIE):
         if self._USERTOKEN:
             return self._USERTOKEN
 
-        self._DEVICE_ID = random_uuidv4()
+        self._DEVICE_ID = str(uuid.uuid4())
         aks = self._generate_aks(self._DEVICE_ID)
         user_data = self._download_json(
             'https://api.abema.io/v1/users', None, note='Authorizing',
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
index 5d98301b8..1292484c6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_kwargs,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_getpass
 )
@@ -1365,7 +1364,7 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
         headers.update(kwargs.get('headers', {}))
         kwargs['headers'] = headers
         return super(AdobePassIE, self)._download_webpage_handle(
-            *args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+            *args, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_mvpd_resource(provider_id, title, guid, rating):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py
index 28946e9dd..44bfb8bc2 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import functools
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_xpath
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     OnDemandPagedList,
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         else:
             raise ExtractorError('Unable to download video info')
 
-        video_element = video_xml.findall(compat_xpath('./track/video'))[-1]
+        video_element = video_xml.findall('./track/video')[-1]
         if video_element is None or video_element.text is None:
             raise ExtractorError(
                 'Video %s does not exist' % video_id, expected=True)
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         if not video_url:
             entries = []
-            file_elements = video_element.findall(compat_xpath('./file'))
+            file_elements = video_element.findall('./file')
             one = len(file_elements) == 1
             for file_num, file_element in enumerate(file_elements, start=1):
                 file_url = url_or_none(file_element.text)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
index 29ad7ded7..5bc8d3110 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import functools
 import itertools
 import json
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class BBCCoUkIE(InfoExtractor):
                 continue
             captions = self._download_xml(
                 cc_url, programme_id, 'Downloading captions', fatal=False)
-            if not isinstance(captions, compat_etree_Element):
+            if not isinstance(captions, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
                 continue
             subtitles['en'] = [
                 {
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
index dcd332b43..60c853898 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 import re
 import struct
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from .adobepass import AdobePassIE
 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_xml_parse_error,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         try:
             object_doc = compat_etree_fromstring(object_str.encode('utf-8'))
-        except compat_xml_parse_error:
+        except xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError:
             return
 
         fv_el = find_xpath_attr(object_doc, './param', 'name', 'flashVars')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 48f302f86..8da21a3dc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import base64
 import collections
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import json
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import math
 from ..compat import (
     compat_cookiejar_Cookie,
     compat_cookies_SimpleCookie,
-    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_getpass,
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_xml_parse_error,
 )
 from ..downloader import FileDownloader
 from ..downloader.f4m import (
@@ -951,7 +950,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
             expected_status=None):
         """
-        Return a tuple (xml as an compat_etree_Element, URL handle).
+        Return a tuple (xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element, URL handle).
 
         See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
         """
@@ -972,7 +971,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             transform_source=None, fatal=True, encoding=None,
             data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
         """
-        Return the xml as an compat_etree_Element.
+        Return the xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.
 
         See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
         """
@@ -988,7 +987,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             xml_string = transform_source(xml_string)
         try:
             return compat_etree_fromstring(xml_string.encode('utf-8'))
-        except compat_xml_parse_error as ve:
+        except xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError as ve:
             errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse XML ' % video_id
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
@@ -2008,7 +2007,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     def _parse_f4m_formats(self, manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, quality=None, f4m_id=None,
                            transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
                            fatal=True, m3u8_id=None):
-        if not isinstance(manifest, compat_etree_Element) and not fatal:
+        if not isinstance(manifest, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element) and not fatal:
             return []
 
         # currently yt-dlp cannot decode the playerVerificationChallenge as Akamai uses Adobe Alchemy
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index 7edb645f8..d7696bbd9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import re
 import json
 import zlib
 
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 from hashlib import sha1
 from math import pow, sqrt, floor
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .vrv import VRVBaseIE
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
-    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
                 'Downloading subtitles for ' + sub_name, data={
                     'subtitle_script_id': sub_id,
                 })
-            if not isinstance(sub_doc, compat_etree_Element):
+            if not isinstance(sub_doc, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
                 continue
             sid = sub_doc.get('id')
             iv = xpath_text(sub_doc, 'iv', 'subtitle iv')
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
                         'video_quality': stream_quality,
                         'current_page': url,
                     })
-                if isinstance(streamdata, compat_etree_Element):
+                if isinstance(streamdata, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
                     stream_info = streamdata.find('./{default}preload/stream_info')
                     if stream_info is not None:
                         stream_infos.append(stream_info)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
                         'video_format': stream_format,
                         'video_encode_quality': stream_quality,
                     })
-                if isinstance(stream_info, compat_etree_Element):
+                if isinstance(stream_info, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
                     stream_infos.append(stream_info)
                 for stream_info in stream_infos:
                     video_encode_id = xpath_text(stream_info, './video_encode_id')
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
 
         season = episode = episode_number = duration = None
 
-        if isinstance(metadata, compat_etree_Element):
+        if isinstance(metadata, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
             season = xpath_text(metadata, 'series_title')
             episode = xpath_text(metadata, 'episode_title')
             episode_number = int_or_none(xpath_text(metadata, 'episode_number'))
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
index f11fc844d..fd620217e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import re
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .youtube import YoutubeIE
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_xml_parse_error,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         try:
             try:
                 doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage)
-            except compat_xml_parse_error:
+            except xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError:
                 doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
             if doc.tag == 'rss':
                 self.report_detected('RSS feed')
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                 self.report_detected('F4M manifest')
                 self._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
                 return info_dict
-        except compat_xml_parse_error:
+        except xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError:
             pass
 
         # Is it a Camtasia project?
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/microsoftvirtualacademy.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/microsoftvirtualacademy.py
index 46abd2a6d..9255a7964 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/microsoftvirtualacademy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/microsoftvirtualacademy.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_xpath,
-)
 from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
     parse_duration,
@@ -70,9 +67,9 @@ class MicrosoftVirtualAcademyIE(MicrosoftVirtualAcademyBaseIE):
 
         formats = []
 
-        for sources in settings.findall(compat_xpath('.//MediaSources')):
+        for sources in settings.findall('.//MediaSources'):
             sources_type = sources.get('videoType')
-            for source in sources.findall(compat_xpath('./MediaSource')):
+            for source in sources.findall('./MediaSource'):
                 video_url = source.text
                 if not video_url or not video_url.startswith('http'):
                     continue
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ class MicrosoftVirtualAcademyIE(MicrosoftVirtualAcademyBaseIE):
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
         subtitles = {}
-        for source in settings.findall(compat_xpath('.//MarkerResourceSource')):
+        for source in settings.findall('.//MarkerResourceSource'):
             subtitle_url = source.text
             if not subtitle_url:
                 continue
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
index 5f2df29c6..4de8e9ef4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import functools
 import json
+import uuid
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     OnDemandPagedList,
-    random_uuidv4,
     traverse_obj,
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class MildomBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _call_api(self, url, video_id, query=None, note='Downloading JSON metadata', body=None):
         if not self._GUEST_ID:
-            self._GUEST_ID = f'pc-gp-{random_uuidv4()}'
+            self._GUEST_ID = f'pc-gp-{str(uuid.uuid4())}'
 
         content = self._download_json(
             url, video_id, note=note, data=json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
index c2dd078ac..b19e59b1a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_ord,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_zip
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class MixcloudIE(MixcloudBaseIE):
         """Encrypt/Decrypt XOR cipher. Both ways are possible because it's XOR."""
         return ''.join([
             compat_chr(compat_ord(ch) ^ compat_ord(k))
-            for ch, k in compat_zip(ciphertext, itertools.cycle(key))])
+            for ch, k in zip(ciphertext, itertools.cycle(key))])
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         username, slug = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/mtv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/mtv.py
index be5de0a70..cff314e27 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_xpath,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -167,9 +166,9 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 itemdoc, './/{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}category',
                 'scheme', 'urn:mtvn:video_title')
         if title_el is None:
-            title_el = itemdoc.find(compat_xpath('.//{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}title'))
+            title_el = itemdoc.find('.//{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}title')
         if title_el is None:
-            title_el = itemdoc.find(compat_xpath('.//title'))
+            title_el = itemdoc.find('.//title')
             if title_el.text is None:
                 title_el = None
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/noz.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/noz.py
index ccafd7723..bdc2efcd7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/noz.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/noz.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_xpath,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class NozIE(InfoExtractor):
         duration = int_or_none(xpath_text(
             doc, './/article/movie/file/duration'))
         formats = []
-        for qnode in doc.findall(compat_xpath('.//article/movie/file/qualities/qual')):
+        for qnode in doc.findall('.//article/movie/file/qualities/qual'):
             http_url_ele = find_xpath_attr(
                 qnode, './html_urls/video_url', 'format', 'video/mp4')
             http_url = http_url_ele.text if http_url_ele is not None else None
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
index fe4740aae..c19d04900 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import tempfile
 
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_kwargs,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     check_executable,
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ class PhantomJSwrapper(object):
                 cookie['rest'] = {'httpOnly': None}
             if 'expiry' in cookie:
                 cookie['expire_time'] = cookie['expiry']
-            self.extractor._set_cookie(**compat_kwargs(cookie))
+            self.extractor._set_cookie(**cookie)
 
     def get(self, url, html=None, video_id=None, note=None, note2='Executing JS on webpage', headers={}, jscode='saveAndExit();'):
         """
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
index bbc79c2be..749e6dda3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from .common import (
 )
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_kwargs,
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             query['client_id'] = self._CLIENT_ID
             kwargs['query'] = query
             try:
-                return super()._download_json(*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+                return super()._download_json(*args, **kwargs)
             except ExtractorError as e:
                 if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code in (401, 403):
                     self._store_client_id(None)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
index 235f89713..77485247f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_kwargs,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ class UdemyIE(InfoExtractor):
         headers['User-Agent'] = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.109 Safari/537.36'
         kwargs['headers'] = headers
         ret = super(UdemyIE, self)._download_webpage_handle(
-            *args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+            *args, **kwargs)
         if not ret:
             return ret
         webpage, _ = ret
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
index 972fb480b..a00b387f3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import itertools
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_kwargs,
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_str,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ class VimeoBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     def _extract_vimeo_config(self, webpage, video_id, *args, **kwargs):
         vimeo_config = self._search_regex(
             r'vimeo\.config\s*=\s*(?:({.+?})|_extend\([^,]+,\s+({.+?})\));',
-            webpage, 'vimeo config', *args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+            webpage, 'vimeo config', *args, **kwargs)
         if vimeo_config:
             return self._parse_json(vimeo_config, video_id)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 67db6d067..8839b44d4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os.path
 import optparse
 import re
+import shlex
 import sys
 
 from .compat import (
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_get_terminal_size,
     compat_getenv,
-    compat_kwargs,
-    compat_shlex_split,
 )
 from .utils import (
     Config,
@@ -223,14 +222,12 @@ def create_parser():
     fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
     fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
 
-    kw = {
-        'version': __version__,
-        'formatter': fmt,
-        'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
-        'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
-    }
-
-    parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
+    parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser(
+        version=__version__,
+        formatter=fmt,
+        usage='%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
+        conflict_handler='resolve'
+    )
 
     general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
     general.add_option(
@@ -833,7 +830,7 @@ def create_parser():
         callback_kwargs={
             'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, list_external_downloaders())),
             'default_key': 'default',
-            'process': compat_shlex_split
+            'process': shlex.split
         }, help=(
             'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
             'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
@@ -1339,7 +1336,7 @@ def create_parser():
         callback_kwargs={
             'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?',
             'default_key': 'default-compat',
-            'process': compat_shlex_split,
+            'process': shlex.split,
             'multiple_keys': False
         }, help=(
             'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/sponskrub.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/sponskrub.py
index 86149aeef..59cf0e0c3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/sponskrub.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/sponskrub.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
+import shlex
 import subprocess
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
-from ..compat import compat_shlex_split
 from ..utils import (
     check_executable,
     cli_option,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class SponSkrubPP(PostProcessor):
         if not self.cutout:
             cmd += ['-chapter']
         cmd += cli_option(self._downloader.params, '-proxy', 'proxy')
-        cmd += compat_shlex_split(self.args)  # For backward compatibility
+        cmd += shlex.split(self.args)  # For backward compatibility
         cmd += self._configuration_args(self._exe_name, use_compat=False)
         cmd += ['--', information['id'], filename, temp_filename]
         cmd = [encodeArgument(i) for i in cmd]
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 324b54e78..3f70b1f60 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ import traceback
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
 import mimetypes
+import urllib.parse
+import shlex
 
 from .compat import (
     compat_HTMLParseError,
     compat_HTMLParser,
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_basestring,
     compat_brotli,
     compat_chr,
     compat_cookiejar,
@@ -55,28 +56,19 @@ from .compat import (
     compat_html_entities,
     compat_html_entities_html5,
     compat_http_client,
-    compat_integer_types,
-    compat_numeric_types,
-    compat_kwargs,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_shlex_split,
     compat_shlex_quote,
     compat_str,
     compat_struct_pack,
     compat_struct_unpack,
     compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlunparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse_quote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_websockets,
-    compat_xpath,
 )
 
 from .socks import (
@@ -340,7 +332,7 @@ def xpath_with_ns(path, ns_map):
 
 def xpath_element(node, xpath, name=None, fatal=False, default=NO_DEFAULT):
     def _find_xpath(xpath):
-        return node.find(compat_xpath(xpath))
+        return node.find(xpath)
 
     if isinstance(xpath, (str, compat_str)):
         n = _find_xpath(xpath)
@@ -1193,7 +1185,7 @@ class XAttrUnavailableError(YoutubeDLError):
 
 
 def _create_http_connection(ydl_handler, http_class, is_https, *args, **kwargs):
-    hc = http_class(*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+    hc = http_class(*args, **kwargs)
     source_address = ydl_handler._params.get('source_address')
 
     if source_address is not None:
@@ -2401,7 +2393,7 @@ def str_or_none(v, default=None):
 
 def str_to_int(int_str):
     """ A more relaxed version of int_or_none """
-    if isinstance(int_str, compat_integer_types):
+    if isinstance(int_str, int):
         return int_str
     elif isinstance(int_str, compat_str):
         int_str = re.sub(r'[,\.\+]', '', int_str)
@@ -2442,7 +2434,7 @@ def request_to_url(req):
 def strftime_or_none(timestamp, date_format, default=None):
     datetime_object = None
     try:
-        if isinstance(timestamp, compat_numeric_types):  # unix timestamp
+        if isinstance(timestamp, (int, float)):  # unix timestamp
             datetime_object = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
         elif isinstance(timestamp, compat_str):  # assume YYYYMMDD
             datetime_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(timestamp, '%Y%m%d')
@@ -2452,7 +2444,7 @@ def strftime_or_none(timestamp, date_format, default=None):
 
 
 def parse_duration(s):
-    if not isinstance(s, compat_basestring):
+    if not isinstance(s, str):
         return None
     s = s.strip()
     if not s:
@@ -2789,7 +2781,7 @@ def lowercase_escape(s):
 
 def escape_rfc3986(s):
     """Escape non-ASCII characters as suggested by RFC 3986"""
-    return compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")
+    return urllib.parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")
 
 
 def escape_url(url):
@@ -2975,7 +2967,7 @@ TV_PARENTAL_GUIDELINES = {
 def parse_age_limit(s):
     if type(s) == int:
         return s if 0 <= s <= 21 else None
-    if not isinstance(s, compat_basestring):
+    if not isinstance(s, str):
         return None
     m = re.match(r'^(?P<age>\d{1,2})\+?$', s)
     if m:
@@ -3405,7 +3397,7 @@ def _match_one(filter_part, dct, incomplete):
             comparison_value = comparison_value.replace(r'\%s' % m['quote'], m['quote'])
         actual_value = dct.get(m['key'])
         numeric_comparison = None
-        if isinstance(actual_value, compat_numeric_types):
+        if isinstance(actual_value, (int, float)):
             # If the original field is a string and matching comparisonvalue is
             # a number we should respect the origin of the original field
             # and process comparison value as a string (see
@@ -4859,9 +4851,9 @@ def iri_to_uri(iri):
 
     net_location = ''
     if iri_parts.username:
-        net_location += compat_urllib_parse_quote(iri_parts.username, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,~")
+        net_location += urllib.parse.quote(iri_parts.username, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,~")
         if iri_parts.password is not None:
-            net_location += ':' + compat_urllib_parse_quote(iri_parts.password, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,~")
+            net_location += ':' + urllib.parse.quote(iri_parts.password, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,~")
         net_location += '@'
 
     net_location += iri_parts.hostname.encode('idna').decode('utf-8')  # Punycode for Unicode hostnames.
@@ -4869,19 +4861,19 @@ def iri_to_uri(iri):
     if iri_parts.port is not None and iri_parts.port != 80:
         net_location += ':' + str(iri_parts.port)
 
-    return compat_urllib_parse_urlunparse(
+    return urllib.parse.urlunparse(
         (iri_parts.scheme,
             net_location,
 
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus(iri_parts.path, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=@|~"),
+            urllib.parse.quote_plus(iri_parts.path, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=@|~"),
 
             # Unsure about the `safe` argument, since this is a legacy way of handling parameters.
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus(iri_parts.params, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=@|~"),
+            urllib.parse.quote_plus(iri_parts.params, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=@|~"),
 
             # Not totally sure about the `safe` argument, since the source does not explicitly mention the query URI component.
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus(iri_parts.query, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=?@{|}~"),
+            urllib.parse.quote_plus(iri_parts.query, safe=r"!$%&'()*+,/:;=?@{|}~"),
 
-            compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus(iri_parts.fragment, safe=r"!#$%&'()*+,/:;=?@{|}~")))
+            urllib.parse.quote_plus(iri_parts.fragment, safe=r"!#$%&'()*+,/:;=?@{|}~")))
 
     # Source for `safe` arguments: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#percent-encoded-bytes.
 
@@ -5233,7 +5225,7 @@ class Config:
         try:
             # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
             contents = optionf.read()
-            res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
+            res = shlex.split(contents, comments=True)
         finally:
             optionf.close()
         return res
diff --git a/yt_dlp/webvtt.py b/yt_dlp/webvtt.py
index 962aa57ad..c78078f17 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/webvtt.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/webvtt.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import re
 import io
 from .utils import int_or_none, timetuple_from_msec
 from .compat import (
-    compat_str as str,
     compat_Pattern,
     compat_Match,
 )