diff --git a/doc/source/ring_background.rst b/doc/source/ring_background.rst
index fe7e703b83..d95364bceb 100644
--- a/doc/source/ring_background.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ring_background.rst
@@ -738,27 +738,27 @@ the ring and its testing.
       desired_count = \
           DATA_ID_COUNT / len(ring.nodes) * REPLICAS
       print '%d: Desired data ids per node' % desired_count
-      max_count = max(node_counts.itervalues())
+      max_count = max(node_counts.values())
       over = \
           100.0 * (max_count - desired_count) / desired_count
       print '%d: Most data ids on one node, %.02f%% over' % \
           (max_count, over)
-      min_count = min(node_counts.itervalues())
+      min_count = min(node_counts.values())
       under = \
           100.0 * (desired_count - min_count) / desired_count
       print '%d: Least data ids on one node, %.02f%% under' % \
           (min_count, under)
       zone_count = \
-          len(set(n['zone'] for n in ring.nodes.itervalues()))
+          len(set(n['zone'] for n in ring.nodes.values()))
       desired_count = \
           DATA_ID_COUNT / zone_count * ring.replicas
       print '%d: Desired data ids per zone' % desired_count
-      max_count = max(zone_counts.itervalues())
+      max_count = max(zone_counts.values())
       over = \
           100.0 * (max_count - desired_count) / desired_count
       print '%d: Most data ids in one zone, %.02f%% over' % \
           (max_count, over)
-      min_count = min(zone_counts.itervalues())
+      min_count = min(zone_counts.values())
       under = \
           100.0 * (desired_count - min_count) / desired_count
       print '%d: Least data ids in one zone, %.02f%% under' % \
@@ -846,19 +846,19 @@ we've changed so much I'll just post the entire module again:
       begin = time()
       parts = 2 ** partition_power
       total_weight = \
-          float(sum(n['weight'] for n in nodes.itervalues()))
-      for node in nodes.itervalues():
+          float(sum(n['weight'] for n in nodes.values()))
+      for node in nodes.values():
           node['desired_parts'] = \
               parts / total_weight * node['weight']
       part2node = array('H')
       for part in xrange(2 ** partition_power):
-          for node in nodes.itervalues():
+          for node in nodes.values():
               if node['desired_parts'] >= 1:
                   node['desired_parts'] -= 1
                   part2node.append(node['id'])
                   break
           else:
-              for node in nodes.itervalues():
+              for node in nodes.values():
                   if node['desired_parts'] >= 0:
                       node['desired_parts'] -= 1
                       part2node.append(node['id'])
@@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ we've changed so much I'll just post the entire module again:
                   zone_counts.get(node['zone'], 0) + 1
       print '%ds to test ring' % (time() - begin)
       total_weight = float(sum(n['weight'] for n in
-                               ring.nodes.itervalues()))
+                               ring.nodes.values()))
       max_over = 0
       max_under = 0
-      for node in ring.nodes.itervalues():
+      for node in ring.nodes.values():
           desired = DATA_ID_COUNT * REPLICAS * \
               node['weight'] / total_weight
           diff = node_counts[node['id']] - desired
@@ -901,9 +901,9 @@ we've changed so much I'll just post the entire module again:
       max_over = 0
       max_under = 0
       for zone in set(n['zone'] for n in
-                      ring.nodes.itervalues()):
+                      ring.nodes.values()):
           zone_weight = sum(n['weight'] for n in
-              ring.nodes.itervalues() if n['zone'] == zone)
+              ring.nodes.values() if n['zone'] == zone)
           desired = DATA_ID_COUNT * REPLICAS * \
               zone_weight / total_weight
           diff = zone_counts[zone] - desired
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
index a0cdb1549d..48e96d7293 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def headers_to_object_info(headers, status_int=HTTP_OK):
     """
     headers, meta, sysmeta = _prep_headers_to_info(headers, 'object')
     transient_sysmeta = {}
-    for key, val in six.iteritems(headers):
+    for key, val in headers.items():
         if is_object_transient_sysmeta(key):
             key = strip_object_transient_sysmeta_prefix(key.lower())
             transient_sysmeta[key] = val
diff --git a/test/functional/test_access_control.py b/test/functional/test_access_control.py
index c10d268014..0aa746f518 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_access_control.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_access_control.py
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ class BaseClient(object):
 class KeystoneClient(BaseClient):
     def get_id_info(self):
         id_info = {}
-        for user_name, user_info in self.users.iteritems():
+        for user_name, user_info in self.users.items():
             if user_name != '':
                 user_id, project_id = self._get_id(user_name)
                 id_info[user_name + '_id'] = user_id
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@ class TestContainerACL(BaseTestAC):
         test_case = super(TestContainerACL, self)._convert_data(data)
         prep_container_header = test_case['prep_container_header']
         if prep_container_header is not None:
-            for header, header_val in prep_container_header.iteritems():
+            for header, header_val in prep_container_header.items():
                 prep_container_header[header] = header_val % self.id_info
         return test_case