1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/backward.py b/coverage/backward.py
index 637a5976..6347501a 100644
--- a/coverage/backward.py
+++ b/coverage/backward.py
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ try:
 except NameError:
     range = range
 
+# A function to iterate listlessly over a dict's items.
+if "iteritems" in dir({}):
+    def iitems(d):
+        """Produce the items from dict `d`."""
+        return d.iteritems()
+else:
+    def iitems(d):
+        """Produce the items from dict `d`."""
+        return d.items()
+
 # Exec is a statement in Py2, a function in Py3
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
     def exec_code_object(code, global_map):
@@ -66,12 +76,6 @@ else:
             )
         )
 
-# ConfigParser was renamed to the more-standard configparser
-try:
-    import configparser
-except ImportError:
-    import ConfigParser as configparser
-
 # Reading Python source and interpreting the coding comment is a big deal.
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
     # Python 3.2 provides `tokenize.open`, the best way to open source files.