diff --git a/tablib/compat.py b/tablib/compat.py
index 48e0081..de03cd7 100644
--- a/tablib/compat.py
+++ b/tablib/compat.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ if is_py3:
     from tablib.packages import openpyxl3 as openpyxl
 
     # py3 mappings
-    ifilter = filter
-    xrange = range
+
     unicode = str
     bytes = bytes
     basestring = str
@@ -40,10 +39,4 @@ else:
     from itertools import ifilter
     from tablib.packages import openpyxl
 
-    # py2 mappings
-    xrange = xrange
-    unicode = unicode
-    bytes = str
-    basestring = basestring
-