[compat] Remove more functions

Removing any more will require changes to a large number of extractors

59 files changed, 390 insertions, 484 deletions

diff --git a/devscripts/check-porn.py b/devscripts/check-porn.py
index 08f663e4b..89644a43d 100644
--- a/devscripts/check-porn.py
+++ b/devscripts/check-porn.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import sys
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
-from test.helper import gettestcases
 
-from yt_dlp.utils import compat_urllib_parse_urlparse, compat_urllib_request
+import urllib.request
+
+from test.helper import gettestcases
+from yt_dlp.utils import compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
     METHOD = 'LIST'
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ else:
 for test in gettestcases():
     if METHOD == 'EURISTIC':
         try:
-            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(test['url'], timeout=10).read()
+            webpage = urllib.request.urlopen(test['url'], timeout=10).read()
         except Exception:
             print('\nFail: {}'.format(test['name']))
             continue
diff --git a/devscripts/update-formulae.py b/devscripts/update-formulae.py
index a89872c7b..02b869304 100644
--- a/devscripts/update-formulae.py
+++ b/devscripts/update-formulae.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import json
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import re
 import sys
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_urllib_request
+
+import json
+import re
+import urllib.request
 
 # usage: python3 ./devscripts/update-formulae.py <path-to-formulae-rb> <version>
 # version can be either 0-aligned (yt-dlp version) or normalized (PyPl version)
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ filename, version = sys.argv[1:]
 
 normalized_version = '.'.join(str(int(x)) for x in version.split('.'))
 
-pypi_release = json.loads(compat_urllib_request.urlopen(
+pypi_release = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(
     'https://pypi.org/pypi/yt-dlp/%s/json' % normalized_version
 ).read().decode())
 
diff --git a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
index 928246668..f0571c41a 100644
--- a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
+++ b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import unittest
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+
+import http.server
 import threading
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, expect_dict, expect_value, http_server_port
 
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_etree_fromstring, compat_http_server
+from test.helper import FakeYDL, expect_dict, expect_value, http_server_port
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_etree_fromstring
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE, get_info_extractor
 from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ TEAPOT_RESPONSE_STATUS = 418
 TEAPOT_RESPONSE_BODY = "<h1>418 I'm a teapot</h1>"
 
 
-class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def log_message(self, format, *args):
         pass
 
@@ -1655,7 +1657,7 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
         # or the underlying `_download_webpage_handle` returning no content
         # when a response matches `expected_status`.
 
-        httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler)
         port = http_server_port(httpd)
         server_thread = threading.Thread(target=httpd.serve_forever)
diff --git a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
index 15ad15115..1153881e9 100644
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -8,15 +8,11 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 import copy
 import json
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, assertRegexpMatches
+import urllib.error
 
+from test.helper import FakeYDL, assertRegexpMatches
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_os_name,
-    compat_setenv,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-)
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name, compat_str
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE
 from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
 from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor
@@ -841,14 +837,14 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
         # test('%(foo|)s', ('', '_'))  # fixme
 
         # Environment variable expansion for prepare_filename
-        compat_setenv('__yt_dlp_var', 'expanded')
+        os.environ['__yt_dlp_var'] = 'expanded'
         envvar = '%__yt_dlp_var%' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else '$__yt_dlp_var'
         test(envvar, (envvar, 'expanded'))
         if compat_os_name == 'nt':
             test('%s%', ('%s%', '%s%'))
-            compat_setenv('s', 'expanded')
+            os.environ['s'] = 'expanded'
             test('%s%', ('%s%', 'expanded'))  # %s% should be expanded before escaping %s
-            compat_setenv('(test)s', 'expanded')
+            os.environ['(test)s'] = 'expanded'
             test('%(test)s%', ('NA%', 'expanded'))  # Environment should take priority over template
 
         # Path expansion and escaping
@@ -1101,7 +1097,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_urlopen_no_file_protocol(self):
         # see https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8227
         ydl = YDL()
-        self.assertRaises(compat_urllib_error.URLError, ydl.urlopen, 'file:///etc/passwd')
+        self.assertRaises(urllib.error.URLError, ydl.urlopen, 'file:///etc/passwd')
 
     def test_do_not_override_ie_key_in_url_transparent(self):
         ydl = YDL()
diff --git a/test/test_compat.py b/test/test_compat.py
index ce95a6afa..62bf5a306 100644
--- a/test/test_compat.py
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ import unittest
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 
+import struct
+import urllib.parse
+
 from yt_dlp import compat
 from yt_dlp.compat import (
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
-    compat_getenv,
-    compat_setenv,
     compat_str,
-    compat_struct_unpack,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 
@@ -31,26 +30,14 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
 
         compat.asyncio.events  # Must not raise error
 
-    def test_compat_getenv(self):
-        test_str = 'тест'
-        compat_setenv('yt_dlp_COMPAT_GETENV', test_str)
-        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv('yt_dlp_COMPAT_GETENV'), test_str)
-
-    def test_compat_setenv(self):
-        test_var = 'yt_dlp_COMPAT_SETENV'
-        test_str = 'тест'
-        compat_setenv(test_var, test_str)
-        compat_getenv(test_var)
-        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv(test_var), test_str)
-
     def test_compat_expanduser(self):
         old_home = os.environ.get('HOME')
         test_str = R'C:\Documents and Settings\тест\Application Data'
         try:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', test_str)
+            os.environ['HOME'] = test_str
             self.assertEqual(compat_expanduser('~'), test_str)
         finally:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', old_home or '')
+            os.environ['HOME'] = old_home or ''
 
     def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self):
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
@@ -72,8 +59,8 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
             '''(^◣_◢^)っ︻デ═一    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ↶%I%Break%Things%''')
 
     def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc def')
+        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
+        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc def')
 
     def test_compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(self):
         self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'abc': 'def'}), 'abc=def')
@@ -107,7 +94,7 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
         compat_etree_fromstring(xml)
 
     def test_struct_unpack(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_struct_unpack('!B', b'\x00'), (0,))
+        self.assertEqual(struct.unpack('!B', b'\x00'), (0,))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/test/test_download.py b/test/test_download.py
index c9825c074..b82f174bb 100755
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Allow direct execution
-import hashlib
-import json
 import os
-import socket
 import sys
 import unittest
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import socket
+import urllib.error
+import http.client
+
 from test.helper import (
     assertGreaterEqual,
     expect_info_dict,
@@ -19,13 +23,8 @@ from test.helper import (
     report_warning,
     try_rm,
 )
-
-import yt_dlp.YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_http_client,
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-)
+import yt_dlp.YoutubeDL  # isort: split
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_HTTPError
 from yt_dlp.extractor import get_info_extractor
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
     DownloadError,
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):
                         force_generic_extractor=params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
                 except (DownloadError, ExtractorError) as err:
                     # Check if the exception is not a network related one
-                    if not err.exc_info[0] in (compat_urllib_error.URLError, socket.timeout, UnavailableVideoError, compat_http_client.BadStatusLine) or (err.exc_info[0] == compat_HTTPError and err.exc_info[1].code == 503):
+                    if not err.exc_info[0] in (urllib.error.URLError, socket.timeout, UnavailableVideoError, http.client.BadStatusLine) or (err.exc_info[0] == compat_HTTPError and err.exc_info[1].code == 503):
                         raise
 
                     if try_num == RETRIES:
diff --git a/test/test_downloader_http.py b/test/test_downloader_http.py
index c33308064..dac770758 100644
--- a/test/test_downloader_http.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader_http.py
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
-import re
 import sys
 import unittest
+import http.server
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+
+import re
 import threading
 from test.helper import http_server_port, try_rm
 
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_http_server
 from yt_dlp.downloader.http import HttpFD
 from yt_dlp.utils import encodeFilename
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 TEST_SIZE = 10 * 1024
 
 
-class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def log_message(self, format, *args):
         pass
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class FakeLogger:
 
 class TestHttpFD(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
         self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
         self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
diff --git a/test/test_http.py b/test/test_http.py
index 146df7500..828797ec7 100644
--- a/test/test_http.py
+++ b/test/test_http.py
@@ -3,20 +3,22 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
+import http.server
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+
 import ssl
 import threading
+import urllib.request
 from test.helper import http_server_port
 
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_http_server, compat_urllib_request
 
 TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 
-class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def log_message(self, format, *args):
         pass
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ class FakeLogger:
 
 class TestHTTP(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
         self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
         self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ class TestHTTP(unittest.TestCase):
 class TestHTTPS(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
         sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
         sslctx.load_cert_chain(certfn, None)
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ class TestClientCert(unittest.TestCase):
         certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
         self.certdir = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testdata', 'certificate')
         cacertfn = os.path.join(self.certdir, 'ca.crt')
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
         sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
         sslctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
         sslctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=cacertfn)
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class TestClientCert(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 def _build_proxy_handler(name):
-    class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         proxy_name = name
 
         def log_message(self, format, *args):
@@ -146,14 +148,14 @@ def _build_proxy_handler(name):
 
 class TestProxy(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.proxy = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.proxy = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), _build_proxy_handler('normal'))
         self.port = http_server_port(self.proxy)
         self.proxy_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.proxy.serve_forever)
         self.proxy_thread.daemon = True
         self.proxy_thread.start()
 
-        self.geo_proxy = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.geo_proxy = http.server.HTTPServer(
             ('127.0.0.1', 0), _build_proxy_handler('geo'))
         self.geo_port = http_server_port(self.geo_proxy)
         self.geo_proxy_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.geo_proxy.serve_forever)
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ class TestProxy(unittest.TestCase):
         response = ydl.urlopen(url).read().decode()
         self.assertEqual(response, f'normal: {url}')
 
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url)
         req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', geo_proxy)
         response = ydl.urlopen(req).read().decode()
         self.assertEqual(response, f'geo: {url}')
diff --git a/test/test_socks.py b/test/test_socks.py
index a8b068cdd..0b8e03a9f 100644
--- a/test/test_socks.py
+++ b/test/test_socks.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 import random
 import subprocess
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, get_params, is_download_test
+import urllib.request
 
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_str, compat_urllib_request
+from test.helper import FakeYDL, get_params, is_download_test
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_str
 
 
 @is_download_test
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class TestMultipleSocks(unittest.TestCase):
         if params is None:
             return
         ydl = FakeYDL()
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://yt-dl.org/ip')
+        req = urllib.request.Request('http://yt-dl.org/ip')
         req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', params['secondary_proxy'])
         self.assertEqual(
             ydl.urlopen(req).read().decode(),
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class TestMultipleSocks(unittest.TestCase):
         if params is None:
             return
         ydl = FakeYDL()
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://yt-dl.org/ip')
+        req = urllib.request.Request('https://yt-dl.org/ip')
         req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', params['secondary_proxy'])
         self.assertEqual(
             ydl.urlopen(req).read().decode(),
diff --git a/test/test_subtitles.py b/test/test_subtitles.py
index 15cd6fc1e..5120f83e2 100644
--- a/test/test_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_subtitles.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import unittest
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test, md5
 
+from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test, md5
 from yt_dlp.extractor import (
     NPOIE,
     NRKTVIE,
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 184c39cff..38647adb4 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@ import json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_chr,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
-    compat_getenv,
     compat_HTMLParseError,
     compat_os_name,
-    compat_setenv,
 )
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
     Config,
@@ -266,20 +263,20 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         def env(var):
             return f'%{var}%' if sys.platform == 'win32' else f'${var}'
 
-        compat_setenv('yt_dlp_EXPATH_PATH', 'expanded')
+        os.environ['yt_dlp_EXPATH_PATH'] = 'expanded'
         self.assertEqual(expand_path(env('yt_dlp_EXPATH_PATH')), 'expanded')
 
         old_home = os.environ.get('HOME')
         test_str = R'C:\Documents and Settings\тест\Application Data'
         try:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', test_str)
-            self.assertEqual(expand_path(env('HOME')), compat_getenv('HOME'))
-            self.assertEqual(expand_path('~'), compat_getenv('HOME'))
+            os.environ['HOME'] = test_str
+            self.assertEqual(expand_path(env('HOME')), os.getenv('HOME'))
+            self.assertEqual(expand_path('~'), os.getenv('HOME'))
             self.assertEqual(
                 expand_path('~/%s' % env('yt_dlp_EXPATH_PATH')),
-                '%s/expanded' % compat_getenv('HOME'))
+                '%s/expanded' % os.getenv('HOME'))
         finally:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', old_home or '')
+            os.environ['HOME'] = old_home or ''
 
     def test_prepend_extension(self):
         self.assertEqual(prepend_extension('abc.ext', 'temp'), 'abc.temp.ext')
@@ -1128,7 +1125,7 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(extract_attributes('<e x="décompose&#769;">'), {'x': 'décompose\u0301'})
         # "Narrow" Python builds don't support unicode code points outside BMP.
         try:
-            compat_chr(0x10000)
+            chr(0x10000)
             supports_outside_bmp = True
         except ValueError:
             supports_outside_bmp = False
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index fc0689882..df4eef4e2 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -26,15 +26,8 @@ import urllib.request
 from string import ascii_letters
 
 from .cache import Cache
-from .compat import (
-    HAS_LEGACY as compat_has_legacy,
-    compat_get_terminal_size,
-    compat_os_name,
-    compat_shlex_quote,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-)
+from .compat import HAS_LEGACY as compat_has_legacy
+from .compat import compat_os_name, compat_shlex_quote, compat_str
 from .cookies import load_cookies
 from .downloader import FFmpegFD, get_suitable_downloader, shorten_protocol_name
 from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
@@ -644,7 +637,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
             try:
                 import pty
                 master, slave = pty.openpty()
-                width = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
+                width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
                 width_args = [] if width is None else ['-w', str(width)]
                 sp_kwargs = {'stdin': subprocess.PIPE, 'stdout': slave, 'stderr': self._out_files.error}
                 try:
@@ -3724,7 +3717,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
             else:
                 proxies = {'http': opts_proxy, 'https': opts_proxy}
         else:
-            proxies = compat_urllib_request.getproxies()
+            proxies = urllib.request.getproxies()
             # Set HTTPS proxy to HTTP one if given (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/805)
             if 'http' in proxies and 'https' not in proxies:
                 proxies['https'] = proxies['http']
@@ -3740,13 +3733,13 @@ class YoutubeDL:
         # default FileHandler and allows us to disable the file protocol, which
         # can be used for malicious purposes (see
         # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8227)
-        file_handler = compat_urllib_request.FileHandler()
+        file_handler = urllib.request.FileHandler()
 
         def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise compat_urllib_error.URLError('file:// scheme is explicitly disabled in yt-dlp for security reasons')
+            raise urllib.error.URLError('file:// scheme is explicitly disabled in yt-dlp for security reasons')
         file_handler.file_open = file_open
 
-        opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(
+        opener = urllib.request.build_opener(
             proxy_handler, https_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh, redirect_handler, data_handler, file_handler)
 
         # Delete the default user-agent header, which would otherwise apply in
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index ee873e00c..a5921c565 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.6 and a
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
 
+import getpass
 import itertools
 import optparse
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 
-from .compat import compat_getpass, compat_shlex_quote
+from .compat import compat_shlex_quote
 from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
 from .downloader import FileDownloader
 from .downloader.external import get_external_downloader
@@ -531,9 +532,9 @@ def validate_options(opts):
 
     # Ask for passwords
     if opts.username is not None and opts.password is None:
-        opts.password = compat_getpass('Type account password and press [Return]: ')
+        opts.password = getpass.getpass('Type account password and press [Return]: ')
     if opts.ap_username is not None and opts.ap_password is None:
-        opts.ap_password = compat_getpass('Type TV provider account password and press [Return]: ')
+        opts.ap_password = getpass.getpass('Type TV provider account password and press [Return]: ')
 
     return warnings, deprecation_warnings
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/cache.py b/yt_dlp/cache.py
index e3f8a7dab..83351b797 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/cache.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import traceback
 
-from .compat import compat_getenv
 from .utils import expand_path, write_json_file
 
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ class Cache:
     def _get_root_dir(self):
         res = self._ydl.params.get('cachedir')
         if res is None:
-            cache_root = compat_getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
+            cache_root = os.getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
             res = os.path.join(cache_root, 'yt-dlp')
         return expand_path(res)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py b/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
index 390f76577..342f1f80d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
@@ -1,52 +1,16 @@
 """Deprecated - New code should avoid these"""
 
 import base64
-import getpass
-import html
-import html.parser
-import http
-import http.client
-import http.cookiejar
-import http.cookies
-import http.server
-import itertools
-import os
-import shutil
-import struct
-import tokenize
-import urllib
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+
+compat_str = 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_urlparse = urllib.parse
 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
-
-
-def compat_setenv(key, value, env=os.environ):
-    env[key] = value
-
-
-__all__ = [x for x in globals() if x.startswith('compat_')]
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
index 79461617d..2b33638b6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@
 
 import collections
 import ctypes
-import http
+import getpass
+import html.entities
+import html.parser
 import http.client
 import http.cookiejar
 import http.cookies
 import http.server
+import itertools
+import os
 import shlex
+import shutil
 import socket
 import struct
-import urllib
+import tokenize
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
 from subprocess import DEVNULL
 
@@ -32,12 +40,17 @@ def compat_ctypes_WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs):
     return ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
+def compat_setenv(key, value, env=os.environ):
+    env[key] = value
+
+
 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_getenv = os.getenv
 compat_input = input
 compat_integer_types = (int, )
 compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
@@ -53,9 +66,28 @@ 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_request = urllib.request
 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_getpass = getpass.getpass
+compat_chr = chr
+compat_urllib_parse = urllib.parse
+compat_itertools_count = itertools.count
+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_html_entities = html.entities
+compat_html_entities_html5 = html.entities.html5
+compat_tokenize_tokenize = tokenize.tokenize
+compat_HTMLParser = html.parser.HTMLParser
+compat_http_client = http.client
+compat_http_server = http.server
+compat_struct_pack = struct.pack
+compat_struct_unpack = struct.unpack
+compat_urllib_error = urllib.error
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus = urllib.parse.unquote_plus
diff --git a/yt_dlp/cookies.py b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
index a74701750..6811a7288 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from hashlib import pbkdf2_hmac
+import http.cookiejar
 
 from .aes import (
     aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes,
     aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes,
     unpad_pkcs7,
 )
-from .compat import compat_b64decode, compat_cookiejar_Cookie
+from .compat import compat_b64decode
 from .dependencies import (
     _SECRETSTORAGE_UNAVAILABLE_REASON,
     secretstorage,
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, logger):
                 total_cookie_count = len(table)
                 for i, (host, name, value, path, expiry, is_secure) in enumerate(table):
                     progress_bar.print(f'Loading cookie {i: 6d}/{total_cookie_count: 6d}')
-                    cookie = compat_cookiejar_Cookie(
+                    cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie(
                         version=0, name=name, value=value, port=None, port_specified=False,
                         domain=host, domain_specified=bool(host), domain_initial_dot=host.startswith('.'),
                         path=path, path_specified=bool(path), secure=is_secure, expires=expiry, discard=False,
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ def _process_chrome_cookie(decryptor, host_key, name, value, encrypted_value, pa
         if value is None:
             return is_encrypted, None
 
-    return is_encrypted, compat_cookiejar_Cookie(
+    return is_encrypted, http.cookiejar.Cookie(
         version=0, name=name, value=value, port=None, port_specified=False,
         domain=host_key, domain_specified=bool(host_key), domain_initial_dot=host_key.startswith('.'),
         path=path, path_specified=bool(path), secure=is_secure, expires=expires_utc, discard=False,
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ def _parse_safari_cookies_record(data, jar, logger):
 
     p.skip_to(record_size, 'space at the end of the record')
 
-    cookie = compat_cookiejar_Cookie(
+    cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie(
         version=0, name=name, value=value, port=None, port_specified=False,
         domain=domain, domain_specified=bool(domain), domain_initial_dot=domain.startswith('.'),
         path=path, path_specified=bool(path), secure=is_secure, expires=expiration_date, discard=False,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
index a1cb07e05..dee945aff 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import time
 
 from .fragment import FragmentFD
 from ..compat import functools  # isort: split
-from ..compat import compat_setenv
 from ..postprocessor.ffmpeg import EXT_TO_OUT_FORMATS, FFmpegPostProcessor
 from ..utils import (
     Popen,
@@ -403,8 +402,8 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD):
             # We could switch to the following code if we are able to detect version properly
             # args += ['-http_proxy', proxy]
             env = os.environ.copy()
-            compat_setenv('HTTP_PROXY', proxy, env=env)
-            compat_setenv('http_proxy', proxy, env=env)
+            env['HTTP_PROXY'] = proxy
+            env['http_proxy'] = proxy
 
         protocol = info_dict.get('protocol')
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/f4m.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/f4m.py
index 6609447c6..f26afb454 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/f4m.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/f4m.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import io
 import itertools
+import struct
 import time
+import urllib.error
 
 from .fragment import FragmentFD
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
-    compat_struct_pack,
-    compat_struct_unpack,
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -35,13 +34,13 @@ class FlvReader(io.BytesIO):
 
     # Utility functions for reading numbers and strings
     def read_unsigned_long_long(self):
-        return compat_struct_unpack('!Q', self.read_bytes(8))[0]
+        return struct.unpack('!Q', self.read_bytes(8))[0]
 
     def read_unsigned_int(self):
-        return compat_struct_unpack('!I', self.read_bytes(4))[0]
+        return struct.unpack('!I', self.read_bytes(4))[0]
 
     def read_unsigned_char(self):
-        return compat_struct_unpack('!B', self.read_bytes(1))[0]
+        return struct.unpack('!B', self.read_bytes(1))[0]
 
     def read_string(self):
         res = b''
@@ -203,11 +202,11 @@ def build_fragments_list(boot_info):
 
 
 def write_unsigned_int(stream, val):
-    stream.write(compat_struct_pack('!I', val))
+    stream.write(struct.pack('!I', val))
 
 
 def write_unsigned_int_24(stream, val):
-    stream.write(compat_struct_pack('!I', val)[1:])
+    stream.write(struct.pack('!I', val)[1:])
 
 
 def write_flv_header(stream):
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ class F4mFD(FragmentFD):
                     if box_type == b'mdat':
                         self._append_fragment(ctx, box_data)
                         break
-            except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+            except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
                 if live and (err.code == 404 or err.code == 410):
                     # We didn't keep up with the live window. Continue
                     # with the next available fragment.
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py
index 7c27f6cdf..3535e0e7d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import http.client
 import json
 import math
 import os
+import struct
 import time
+import urllib.error
 
 from .common import FileDownloader
 from .http import HttpFD
 from ..aes import aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes, unpad_pkcs7
-from ..compat import compat_os_name, compat_struct_pack, compat_urllib_error
+from ..compat import compat_os_name
 from ..utils import (
     DownloadError,
     encodeFilename,
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ class FragmentFD(FileDownloader):
             decrypt_info = fragment.get('decrypt_info')
             if not decrypt_info or decrypt_info['METHOD'] != 'AES-128':
                 return frag_content
-            iv = decrypt_info.get('IV') or compat_struct_pack('>8xq', fragment['media_sequence'])
+            iv = decrypt_info.get('IV') or struct.pack('>8xq', fragment['media_sequence'])
             decrypt_info['KEY'] = decrypt_info.get('KEY') or _get_key(info_dict.get('_decryption_key_url') or decrypt_info['URI'])
             # Don't decrypt the content in tests since the data is explicitly truncated and it's not to a valid block
             # size (see https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/27660). Tests only care that the correct data downloaded,
@@ -457,7 +459,7 @@ class FragmentFD(FileDownloader):
                     if self._download_fragment(ctx, fragment['url'], info_dict, headers):
                         break
                     return
-                except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, http.client.IncompleteRead) as err:
+                except (urllib.error.HTTPError, http.client.IncompleteRead) as err:
                     # Unavailable (possibly temporary) fragments may be served.
                     # First we try to retry then either skip or abort.
                     # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/10165,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py
index c6b6627a5..ca5b26498 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import random
 import socket
 import ssl
 import time
+import urllib.error
+import http.client
 
 from .common import FileDownloader
-from ..compat import compat_http_client, compat_urllib_error
 from ..utils import (
     ContentTooShortError,
     ThrottledDownload,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ RESPONSE_READ_EXCEPTIONS = (
     socket.timeout,  # compat: py < 3.10
     ConnectionError,
     ssl.SSLError,
-    compat_http_client.HTTPException
+    http.client.HTTPException
 )
 
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                     ctx.resume_len = 0
                     ctx.open_mode = 'wb'
                 ctx.data_len = ctx.content_len = int_or_none(ctx.data.info().get('Content-length', None))
-            except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+            except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
                 if err.code == 416:
                     # Unable to resume (requested range not satisfiable)
                     try:
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                         ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(
                             sanitized_Request(url, request_data, headers))
                         content_length = ctx.data.info()['Content-Length']
-                    except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+                    except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
                         if err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
                             raise
                     else:
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                     # Unexpected HTTP error
                     raise
                 raise RetryDownload(err)
-            except compat_urllib_error.URLError as err:
+            except urllib.error.URLError as err:
                 if isinstance(err.reason, ssl.CertificateError):
                     raise
                 raise RetryDownload(err)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
index 9efc5e4d9..8a0071ab3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/ism.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import binascii
 import io
 import struct
 import time
+import urllib.error
 
 from .fragment import FragmentFD
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_error
 
 u8 = struct.Struct('>B')
 u88 = struct.Struct('>Bx')
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class IsmFD(FragmentFD):
                         extra_state['ism_track_written'] = True
                     self._append_fragment(ctx, frag_content)
                     break
-                except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+                except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
                     count += 1
                     if count <= fragment_retries:
                         self.report_retry_fragment(err, frag_index, count, fragment_retries)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py
index cad682223..5334c6c95 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import json
 import time
+import urllib.error
 
 from .fragment import FragmentFD
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_error
 from ..utils import RegexNotFoundError, dict_get, int_or_none, try_get
 
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class YoutubeLiveChatFD(FragmentFD):
                     elif info_dict['protocol'] == 'youtube_live_chat':
                         continuation_id, offset, click_tracking_params = parse_actions_live(live_chat_continuation)
                     return True, continuation_id, offset, click_tracking_params
-                except compat_urllib_error.HTTPError as err:
+                except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
                     count += 1
                     if count <= fragment_retries:
                         self.report_retry_fragment(err, frag_index, count, fragment_retries)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
index 6b8e6e31b..0706f8559 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import json
 import re
 import struct
 import time
+import urllib.request
 import urllib.response
 import uuid
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..aes import aes_ecb_decrypt
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlparse, compat_urllib_request
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     bytes_to_intlist,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def add_opener(ydl, handler):
     ''' Add a handler for opening URLs, like _download_webpage '''
     # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/urllib/request.py#L426
     # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/urllib/request.py#L605
-    assert isinstance(ydl._opener, compat_urllib_request.OpenerDirector)
+    assert isinstance(ydl._opener, urllib.request.OpenerDirector)
     ydl._opener.add_handler(handler)
 
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ def remove_opener(ydl, handler):
     # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/urllib/request.py#L426
     # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/urllib/request.py#L605
     opener = ydl._opener
-    assert isinstance(ydl._opener, compat_urllib_request.OpenerDirector)
+    assert isinstance(ydl._opener, urllib.request.OpenerDirector)
     if isinstance(handler, (type, tuple)):
         find_cp = lambda x: isinstance(x, handler)
     else:
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def remove_opener(ydl, handler):
         opener.handlers[:] = [x for x in opener.handlers if not find_cp(x)]
 
 
-class AbemaLicenseHandler(compat_urllib_request.BaseHandler):
+class AbemaLicenseHandler(urllib.request.BaseHandler):
     handler_order = 499
     STRTABLE = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
     HKEY = b'3AF0298C219469522A313570E8583005A642E73EDD58E3EA2FB7339D3DF1597E'
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
index 66e46832d..a2666c2b8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import getpass
 import json
 import re
 import time
@@ -5,19 +6,15 @@ import urllib.error
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urlparse,
-    compat_getpass
-)
+from ..compat import compat_urlparse
 from ..utils import (
+    NO_DEFAULT,
+    ExtractorError,
     unescapeHTML,
-    urlencode_postdata,
     unified_timestamp,
-    ExtractorError,
-    NO_DEFAULT,
+    urlencode_postdata,
 )
 
-
 MSO_INFO = {
     'DTV': {
         'name': 'DIRECTV',
@@ -1506,7 +1503,7 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
                             'send_confirm_link': False,
                             'send_token': True
                         }))
-                    philo_code = compat_getpass('Type auth code you have received [Return]: ')
+                    philo_code = getpass.getpass('Type auth code you have received [Return]: ')
                     self._download_webpage(
                         'https://idp.philo.com/auth/update/login_code', video_id, 'Submitting token', data=urlencode_postdata({
                             'token': philo_code
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
index 179602d46..1ca6ddc4d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
-import re
 import json
+import re
+import urllib.parse
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .youtube import YoutubeIE, YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
-    compat_HTTPError
-)
+from .youtube import YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, YoutubeIE
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError, compat_urllib_parse_unquote
 from ..utils import (
+    KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
+    ExtractorError,
+    HEADRequest,
     bug_reports_message,
     clean_html,
     dict_get,
     extract_attributes,
-    ExtractorError,
     get_element_by_id,
-    HEADRequest,
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
-    KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
     merge_dicts,
     mimetype2ext,
     orderedSet,
     parse_duration,
     parse_qs,
-    str_to_int,
     str_or_none,
+    str_to_int,
     traverse_obj,
     try_get,
     unified_strdate,
     unified_timestamp,
+    url_or_none,
     urlhandle_detect_ext,
-    url_or_none
 )
 
 
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
         return json.loads(extract_attributes(element)['value'])
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(self._match_id(url))
+        video_id = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(self._match_id(url))
         identifier, entry_id = (video_id.split('/', 1) + [None])[:2]
 
         # Archive.org metadata API doesn't clearly demarcate playlist entries
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
index 9cb019a49..5ddeef7b5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import functools
 import itertools
 import json
 import re
+import urllib.error
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urlparse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError, compat_str, compat_urlparse
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     OnDemandPagedList,
@@ -391,7 +387,7 @@ class BBCCoUkIE(InfoExtractor):
                                 href, programme_id, ext='mp4', entry_protocol='m3u8_native',
                                 m3u8_id=format_id, fatal=False)
                         except ExtractorError as e:
-                            if not (isinstance(e.exc_info[1], compat_urllib_error.HTTPError)
+                            if not (isinstance(e.exc_info[1], urllib.error.HTTPError)
                                     and e.exc_info[1].code in (403, 404)):
                                 raise
                             fmts = []
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/cda.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/cda.py
index 9b257bee9..6d01c60d5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/cda.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/cda.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 import codecs
-import re
 import json
+import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_chr,
-    compat_ord,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_ord, compat_urllib_parse_unquote
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
@@ -16,8 +12,8 @@ from ..utils import (
     multipart_encode,
     parse_duration,
     random_birthday,
-    urljoin,
     try_get,
+    urljoin,
 )
 
 
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ class CDAIE(InfoExtractor):
             b = []
             for c in a:
                 f = compat_ord(c)
-                b.append(compat_chr(33 + (f + 14) % 94) if 33 <= f <= 126 else compat_chr(f))
+                b.append(chr(33 + (f + 14) % 94) if 33 <= f <= 126 else chr(f))
             a = ''.join(b)
             a = a.replace('.cda.mp4', '')
             for p in ('.2cda.pl', '.3cda.pl'):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/chingari.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/chingari.py
index 7e8c0bfc9..e54d92a86 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/chingari.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/chingari.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import itertools
 import json
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus
 from ..utils import (
-    clean_html,
     ExtractorError,
+    clean_html,
     int_or_none,
     str_to_int,
     url_or_none,
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class ChingariBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             'id': id,
             'extractor_key': ChingariIE.ie_key(),
             'extractor': 'Chingari',
-            'title': compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(clean_html(post_data.get('caption'))),
-            'description': compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(clean_html(post_data.get('caption'))),
+            'title': urllib.parse.unquote_plus(clean_html(post_data.get('caption'))),
+            'description': urllib.parse.unquote_plus(clean_html(post_data.get('caption'))),
             'duration': media_data.get('duration'),
             'thumbnail': url_or_none(thumbnail),
             'like_count': post_data.get('likeCount'),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index fe43ff519..1c3d4af2c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import collections
+import getpass
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import json
@@ -9,22 +10,20 @@ import os
 import random
 import sys
 import time
+import urllib.request
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
+import http.client
+import http.cookiejar
+import http.cookies
 
 from ..compat import functools, re  # isort: split
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_cookiejar_Cookie,
-    compat_cookies_SimpleCookie,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
-    compat_getpass,
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..downloader import FileDownloader
@@ -671,7 +670,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
             if hasattr(e, 'countries'):
                 kwargs['countries'] = e.countries
             raise type(e)(e.orig_msg, **kwargs)
-        except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+        except http.client.IncompleteRead as e:
             raise ExtractorError('A network error has occurred.', cause=e, expected=True, video_id=self.get_temp_id(url))
         except (KeyError, StopIteration) as e:
             raise ExtractorError('An extractor error has occurred.', cause=e, video_id=self.get_temp_id(url))
@@ -730,7 +729,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
 
     @staticmethod
     def __can_accept_status_code(err, expected_status):
-        assert isinstance(err, compat_urllib_error.HTTPError)
+        assert isinstance(err, urllib.error.HTTPError)
         if expected_status is None:
             return False
         elif callable(expected_status):
@@ -739,7 +738,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
             return err.code in variadic(expected_status)
 
     def _create_request(self, url_or_request, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
-        if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, urllib.request.Request):
             return update_Request(url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
         if query:
             url_or_request = update_url_query(url_or_request, query)
@@ -779,7 +778,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         try:
             return self._downloader.urlopen(self._create_request(url_or_request, data, headers, query))
         except network_exceptions as err:
-            if isinstance(err, compat_urllib_error.HTTPError):
+            if isinstance(err, urllib.error.HTTPError):
                 if self.__can_accept_status_code(err, expected_status):
                     # Retain reference to error to prevent file object from
                     # being closed before it can be read. Works around the
@@ -807,7 +806,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
 
         Arguments:
         url_or_request -- plain text URL as a string or
-            a compat_urllib_request.Requestobject
+            a urllib.request.Request object
         video_id -- Video/playlist/item identifier (string)
 
         Keyword arguments:
@@ -1056,7 +1055,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         while True:
             try:
                 return self.__download_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, None, fatal, *args, **kwargs)
-            except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+            except http.client.IncompleteRead as e:
                 try_count += 1
                 if try_count >= tries:
                     raise e
@@ -1292,7 +1291,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         if tfa is not None:
             return tfa
 
-        return compat_getpass('Type %s and press [Return]: ' % note)
+        return getpass.getpass('Type %s and press [Return]: ' % note)
 
     # Helper functions for extracting OpenGraph info
     @staticmethod
@@ -3597,15 +3596,15 @@ class InfoExtractor:
 
     def _set_cookie(self, domain, name, value, expire_time=None, port=None,
                     path='/', secure=False, discard=False, rest={}, **kwargs):
-        cookie = compat_cookiejar_Cookie(
+        cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie(
             0, name, value, port, port is not None, domain, True,
             domain.startswith('.'), path, True, secure, expire_time,
             discard, None, None, rest)
         self.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
     def _get_cookies(self, url):
-        """ Return a compat_cookies_SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
-        return compat_cookies_SimpleCookie(self._downloader._calc_cookies(url))
+        """ Return a http.cookies.SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
+        return http.cookies.SimpleCookie(self._downloader._calc_cookies(url))
 
     def _apply_first_set_cookie_header(self, url_handle, cookie):
         """
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index 1d186bd38..6877e1a3f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 import base64
-import re
 import json
-import zlib
-
+import re
+import urllib.request
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
+import zlib
 from hashlib import sha1
-from math import pow, sqrt, floor
+from math import floor, pow, sqrt
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .vrv import VRVBaseIE
+from ..aes import aes_cbc_decrypt
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ from ..utils import (
     extract_attributes,
     float_or_none,
     format_field,
-    intlist_to_bytes,
     int_or_none,
+    intlist_to_bytes,
     join_nonempty,
     lowercase_escape,
     merge_dicts,
@@ -34,9 +35,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     try_get,
     xpath_text,
 )
-from ..aes import (
-    aes_cbc_decrypt,
-)
 
 
 class CrunchyrollBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ class CrunchyrollIE(CrunchyrollBaseIE, VRVBaseIE):
     }
 
     def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, *args, **kwargs):
-        request = (url_or_request if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request)
+        request = (url_or_request if isinstance(url_or_request, urllib.request.Request)
                    else sanitized_Request(url_or_request))
         # Accept-Language must be set explicitly to accept any language to avoid issues
         # similar to https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/6797.
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/espn.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/espn.py
index 7aa454063..44e0c0989 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/espn.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/espn.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import base64
 import json
 import re
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .adobepass import AdobePassIE
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/facebook.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/facebook.py
index de45f9298..5b34f3bff 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import json
 import re
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
 )
 from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
     clean_html,
     determine_ext,
     error_to_compat_str,
-    ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     get_element_by_id,
     get_first,
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
             dash_manifest = video.get('dash_manifest')
             if dash_manifest:
                 formats.extend(self._parse_mpd_formats(
-                    compat_etree_fromstring(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(dash_manifest))))
+                    compat_etree_fromstring(urllib.parse.unquote_plus(dash_manifest))))
 
         def process_formats(formats):
             # Downloads with browser's User-Agent are rate limited. Working around
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/iwara.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/iwara.py
index f99e22fab..32ebd2ba6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/iwara.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/iwara.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import itertools
 import re
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/kusi.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/kusi.py
index f1221ef1b..4fec2c2b2 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/kusi.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/kusi.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import random
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus
 from ..utils import (
-    int_or_none,
     float_or_none,
+    int_or_none,
     timeconvert,
     update_url_query,
     xpath_text,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class KUSIIE(InfoExtractor):
         formats = []
         for quality in quality_options:
             formats.append({
-                'url': compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(quality.attrib['url']),
+                'url': urllib.parse.unquote_plus(quality.attrib['url']),
                 'height': int_or_none(quality.attrib.get('height')),
                 'width': int_or_none(quality.attrib.get('width')),
                 'vbr': float_or_none(quality.attrib.get('bitratebits'), scale=1000),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/metacafe.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/metacafe.py
index 31fec86d2..048c74e68 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/metacafe.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/metacafe.py
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 import json
 import re
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_parse_qs, compat_urllib_parse_unquote
 from ..utils import (
-    determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
-    int_or_none,
+    determine_ext,
     get_element_by_attribute,
+    int_or_none,
     mimetype2ext,
 )
 
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         headers = {
             # Disable family filter
-            'Cookie': 'user=%s; ' % compat_urllib_parse.quote(json.dumps({'ffilter': False}))
+            'Cookie': 'user=%s; ' % urllib.parse.quote(json.dumps({'ffilter': False}))
         }
 
         # AnyClip videos require the flashversion cookie so that we get the link
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
index 796f268f4..a77d7e682 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mixcloud.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import itertools
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
-    compat_chr,
     compat_ord,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class MixcloudIE(MixcloudBaseIE):
     def _decrypt_xor_cipher(key, ciphertext):
         """Encrypt/Decrypt XOR cipher. Both ways are possible because it's XOR."""
         return ''.join([
-            compat_chr(compat_ord(ch) ^ compat_ord(k))
+            chr(compat_ord(ch) ^ compat_ord(k))
             for ch, k in zip(ciphertext, itertools.cycle(key))])
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/ndtv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/ndtv.py
index fbb033169..bfe52f77d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/ndtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/ndtv.py
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
+import urllib.parse
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus
-)
-from ..utils import (
-    parse_duration,
-    remove_end,
-    unified_strdate,
-    urljoin
-)
+from ..utils import parse_duration, remove_end, unified_strdate, urljoin
 
 
 class NDTVIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ class NDTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         # '__title' does not contain extra words such as sub-site name, "Video" etc.
-        title = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(
+        title = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(
             self._search_regex(r"__title\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", webpage, 'title', default=None)
             or self._og_search_title(webpage))
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/nebula.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/nebula.py
index ff9a2adf0..9478f3aa3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/nebula.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/nebula.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import itertools
 import json
 import time
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.error
 
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
-    parse_iso8601,
-    try_get,
-)
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import ExtractorError, parse_iso8601, try_get
 
 
 class NebulaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
index 4def7e76b..f9a67876a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
-from hashlib import md5
+import itertools
+import re
 from base64 import b64encode
 from datetime import datetime
-import re
+from hashlib import md5
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_itertools_count,
-)
-from ..utils import (
-    sanitized_Request,
-    float_or_none,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_str, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
+from ..utils import float_or_none, sanitized_Request
 
 
 class NetEaseMusicBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -449,7 +443,7 @@ class NetEaseMusicDjRadioIE(NetEaseMusicBaseIE):
         name = None
         desc = None
         entries = []
-        for offset in compat_itertools_count(start=0, step=self._PAGE_SIZE):
+        for offset in itertools.count(start=0, step=self._PAGE_SIZE):
             info = self.query_api(
                 'dj/program/byradio?asc=false&limit=%d&radioId=%s&offset=%d'
                 % (self._PAGE_SIZE, dj_id, offset),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/peloton.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/peloton.py
index 8e50ffc7f..3fc05d1f2 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/peloton.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/peloton.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import re
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ class PelotonIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         is_live = False
         if ride_data.get('content_format') == 'audio':
-            url = self._MANIFEST_URL_TEMPLATE % (ride_data.get('vod_stream_url'), compat_urllib_parse.quote(token))
+            url = self._MANIFEST_URL_TEMPLATE % (ride_data.get('vod_stream_url'), urllib.parse.quote(token))
             formats = [{
                 'url': url,
                 'ext': 'm4a',
@@ -138,9 +136,9 @@ class PelotonIE(InfoExtractor):
                 url = 'https://members.onepeloton.com/.netlify/functions/m3u8-proxy?displayLanguage=en&acceptedSubtitles=%s&url=%s?hdnea=%s' % (
                     ','.join([re.sub('^([a-z]+)-([A-Z]+)$', r'\1', caption) for caption in ride_data['captions']]),
                     ride_data['vod_stream_url'],
-                    compat_urllib_parse.quote(compat_urllib_parse.quote(token)))
+                    urllib.parse.quote(urllib.parse.quote(token)))
             elif ride_data.get('live_stream_url'):
-                url = self._MANIFEST_URL_TEMPLATE % (ride_data.get('live_stream_url'), compat_urllib_parse.quote(token))
+                url = self._MANIFEST_URL_TEMPLATE % (ride_data.get('live_stream_url'), urllib.parse.quote(token))
                 is_live = True
             else:
                 raise ExtractorError('Missing video URL')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/playvid.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/playvid.py
index 5ffefc934..18aeda7de 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/playvid.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/playvid.py
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import re
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
-)
-from ..utils import (
-    clean_html,
-    ExtractorError,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote
+from ..utils import ExtractorError, clean_html
 
 
 class PlayvidIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ class PlayvidIE(InfoExtractor):
                 val = videovars_match.group(2)
 
                 if key == 'title':
-                    video_title = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(val)
+                    video_title = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(val)
                 if key == 'duration':
                     try:
                         duration = int(val)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/popcorntimes.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/popcorntimes.py
index ed741a07b..ddc5ec8c8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/popcorntimes.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/popcorntimes.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_b64decode,
-    compat_chr,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_b64decode
 from ..utils import int_or_none
 
 
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ class PopcorntimesIE(InfoExtractor):
                 c_ord += 13
                 if upper < c_ord:
                     c_ord -= 26
-            loc_b64 += compat_chr(c_ord)
+            loc_b64 += chr(c_ord)
 
         video_url = compat_b64decode(loc_b64).decode('utf-8')
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/pornhub.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/pornhub.py
index 023b5f3b9..35468b4fc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/pornhub.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/pornhub.py
@@ -3,29 +3,26 @@ import itertools
 import math
 import operator
 import re
+import urllib.request
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-)
 from .openload import PhantomJSwrapper
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError, compat_str
 from ..utils import (
+    NO_DEFAULT,
+    ExtractorError,
     clean_html,
     determine_ext,
-    ExtractorError,
     format_field,
     int_or_none,
     merge_dicts,
-    NO_DEFAULT,
     orderedSet,
     remove_quotes,
     remove_start,
     str_to_int,
     update_url_query,
-    urlencode_postdata,
     url_or_none,
+    urlencode_postdata,
 )
 
 
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ class PornHubBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                 r'document\.location\.reload\(true\)')):
             url_or_request = args[0]
             url = (url_or_request.get_full_url()
-                   if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request)
+                   if isinstance(url_or_request, urllib.request.Request)
                    else url_or_request)
             phantom = PhantomJSwrapper(self, required_version='2.0')
             phantom.get(url, html=webpage)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
index 42a602968..798dde7fa 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import base64
 import io
+import struct
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_b64decode,
-    compat_struct_unpack,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_b64decode
 from ..utils import (
-    determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
+    determine_ext,
     float_or_none,
     qualities,
     remove_end,
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ class RTVEALaCartaIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _decrypt_url(png):
         encrypted_data = io.BytesIO(compat_b64decode(png)[8:])
         while True:
-            length = compat_struct_unpack('!I', encrypted_data.read(4))[0]
+            length = struct.unpack('!I', encrypted_data.read(4))[0]
             chunk_type = encrypted_data.read(4)
             if chunk_type == b'IEND':
                 break
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/screencast.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/screencast.py
index e3dbaab69..df5e79bef 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/screencast.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/screencast.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
+import urllib.request
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-)
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_parse_qs
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
 
 
 class ScreencastIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ class ScreencastIE(InfoExtractor):
                     flash_vars_s = flash_vars_s.replace(',', '&')
             if flash_vars_s:
                 flash_vars = compat_parse_qs(flash_vars_s)
-                video_url_raw = compat_urllib_request.quote(
+                video_url_raw = urllib.request.quote(
                     flash_vars['content'][0])
                 video_url = video_url_raw.replace('http%3A', 'http:')
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/shared.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/shared.py
index 5bc097b0d..31c0080ba 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/shared.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/shared.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
+
+
+import urllib.parse
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_b64decode,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_b64decode
 from ..utils import (
-    determine_ext,
+    KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
     ExtractorError,
+    determine_ext,
     int_or_none,
     js_to_json,
-    KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
     parse_filesize,
     rot47,
     url_or_none,
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class VivoIE(SharedBaseIE):
             return stream_url
 
         def decode_url(encoded_url):
-            return rot47(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(encoded_url))
+            return rot47(urllib.parse.unquote_plus(encoded_url))
 
         return decode_url(self._parse_json(
             self._search_regex(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
index 94ea2fe59..1dc2dbdc4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import re
+import urllib.request
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-    compat_urlparse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError, compat_str, compat_urlparse
 from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
     determine_ext,
     extract_attributes,
-    ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
     js_to_json,
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ class UdemyIE(InfoExtractor):
                 headers['X-Udemy-Bearer-Token'] = cookie.value
                 headers['X-Udemy-Authorization'] = 'Bearer %s' % cookie.value
 
-        if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, urllib.request.Request):
             for header, value in headers.items():
                 url_or_request.add_header(header, value)
         else:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/urort.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/urort.py
index 296799d38..be508f434 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/urort.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/urort.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+
+
+import urllib.parse
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
-from ..utils import (
-    unified_strdate,
-)
+from ..utils import unified_strdate
 
 
 class UrortIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class UrortIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
 
-        fstr = compat_urllib_parse.quote("InternalBandUrl eq '%s'" % playlist_id)
+        fstr = urllib.parse.quote("InternalBandUrl eq '%s'" % playlist_id)
         json_url = 'http://urort.p3.no/breeze/urort/TrackDTOViews?$filter=%s&$orderby=Released%%20desc&$expand=Tags%%2CFiles' % fstr
         songs = self._download_json(json_url, playlist_id)
         entries = []
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/videa.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/videa.py
index 251eb78fe..9b05c86a5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/videa.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/videa.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import random
 import re
 import string
+import struct
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_b64decode, compat_ord
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -14,11 +16,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     xpath_element,
     xpath_text,
 )
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_b64decode,
-    compat_ord,
-    compat_struct_pack,
-)
 
 
 class VideaIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ class VideaIE(InfoExtractor):
             j = (j + S[i]) % 256
             S[i], S[j] = S[j], S[i]
             k = S[(S[i] + S[j]) % 256]
-            res += compat_struct_pack('B', k ^ compat_ord(cipher_text[m]))
+            res += struct.pack('B', k ^ compat_ord(cipher_text[m]))
 
         return res.decode()
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vrv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vrv.py
index 35662753e..0b9bf2903 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vrv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vrv.py
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 import base64
-import json
 import hashlib
 import hmac
+import json
 import random
 import string
 import time
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
@@ -46,12 +43,12 @@ class VRVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
         base_string = '&'.join([
             'POST' if data else 'GET',
-            compat_urllib_parse.quote(base_url, ''),
-            compat_urllib_parse.quote(encoded_query, '')])
+            urllib.parse.quote(base_url, ''),
+            urllib.parse.quote(encoded_query, '')])
         oauth_signature = base64.b64encode(hmac.new(
             (self._API_PARAMS['oAuthSecret'] + '&' + self._TOKEN_SECRET).encode('ascii'),
             base_string.encode(), hashlib.sha1).digest()).decode()
-        encoded_query += '&oauth_signature=' + compat_urllib_parse.quote(oauth_signature, '')
+        encoded_query += '&oauth_signature=' + urllib.parse.quote(oauth_signature, '')
         try:
             return self._download_json(
                 '?'.join([base_url, encoded_query]), video_id,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vshare.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vshare.py
index 8ef75d30e..fd5226bbc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vshare.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vshare.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_chr
-from ..utils import (
-    decode_packed_codes,
-    ExtractorError,
-)
+from ..utils import ExtractorError, decode_packed_codes
 
 
 class VShareIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ class VShareIE(InfoExtractor):
         digits = [int(digit) for digit in digits.split(',')]
         key_digit = self._search_regex(
             r'fromCharCode\(.+?(\d+)\)}', unpacked, 'key digit')
-        chars = [compat_chr(d - int(key_digit)) for d in digits]
+        chars = [chr(d - int(key_digit)) for d in digits]
         return ''.join(chars)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/xfileshare.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/xfileshare.py
index 28b6ecb6e..63abe4a1f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/xfileshare.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/xfileshare.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_chr
 from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
     decode_packed_codes,
     determine_ext,
-    ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     js_to_json,
     urlencode_postdata,
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ def aa_decode(aa_code):
         aa_char = aa_char.replace('+ ', '')
         m = re.match(r'^\d+', aa_char)
         if m:
-            ret += compat_chr(int(m.group(0), 8))
+            ret += chr(int(m.group(0), 8))
         else:
             m = re.match(r'^u([\da-f]+)', aa_char)
             if m:
-                ret += compat_chr(int(m.group(1), 16))
+                ret += chr(int(m.group(1), 16))
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/yahoo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/yahoo.py
index 171fbf585..8811df6d8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/yahoo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/yahoo.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import re
+import urllib.parse
 
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveNewIE
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
+from .youtube import YoutubeIE
+from ..compat import compat_str
 from ..utils import (
-    clean_html,
     ExtractorError,
+    clean_html,
     int_or_none,
     mimetype2ext,
     parse_iso8601,
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     url_or_none,
 )
 
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveNewIE
-from .youtube import YoutubeIE
-
 
 class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'Yahoo screen and movies'
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ class YahooSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
 
     def _search_results(self, query):
         for pagenum in itertools.count(0):
-            result_url = 'http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/?p=%s&fr=screen&o=js&gs=0&b=%d' % (compat_urllib_parse.quote_plus(query), pagenum * 30)
+            result_url = 'http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/?p=%s&fr=screen&o=js&gs=0&b=%d' % (urllib.parse.quote_plus(query), pagenum * 30)
             info = self._download_json(result_url, query,
                                        note='Downloading results page ' + str(pagenum + 1))
             yield from (self.url_result(result['rurl']) for result in info['results'])
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/ynet.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/ynet.py
index 444785947..27eda9721 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/ynet.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/ynet.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import re
 import json
+import re
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus
 
 
 class YnetIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class YnetIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        content = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(self._og_search_video_url(webpage))
+        content = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(self._og_search_video_url(webpage))
         config = json.loads(self._search_regex(r'config=({.+?})$', content, 'video config'))
         f4m_url = config['clip']['url']
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index d168bfff5..37a6d4c75 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ import sys
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from ..compat import functools  # isort: split
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_chr,
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -2483,7 +2482,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         if code:
             res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
 
-            test_string = ''.join(map(compat_chr, range(len(example_sig))))
+            test_string = ''.join(map(chr, range(len(example_sig))))
             cache_res = res(test_string)
             cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
 
@@ -2522,7 +2521,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             else:
                 yield _genslice(start, i, step)
 
-        test_string = ''.join(map(compat_chr, range(len(example_sig))))
+        test_string = ''.join(map(chr, range(len(example_sig))))
         cache_res = func(test_string)
         cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
         expr_code = ' + '.join(gen_sig_code(cache_spec))
@@ -3421,7 +3420,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     # fields may contain comma as well (see
                     # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8536)
                     feed_data = compat_parse_qs(
-                        compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(feed))
+                        urllib.parse.unquote_plus(feed))
 
                     def feed_entry(name):
                         return try_get(
@@ -5846,7 +5845,7 @@ class YoutubeMusicSearchURLIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         if params:
             section = next((k for k, v in self._SECTIONS.items() if v == params), params)
         else:
-            section = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus((url.split('#') + [''])[1]).lower()
+            section = urllib.parse.unquote_plus((url.split('#') + [''])[1]).lower()
             params = self._SECTIONS.get(section)
             if not params:
                 section = None
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 995ea6a96..a4f8e0959 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import optparse
 import os.path
 import re
 import shlex
+import shutil
 import string
 import sys
 
-from .compat import compat_expanduser, compat_get_terminal_size, compat_getenv
+from .compat import compat_expanduser
 from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
 from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
 from .postprocessor import (
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
 
     def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
         # .config
-        xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
+        xdg_config_home = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
         userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
         if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
             userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
             return userConf, userConfFile
 
         # appdata
-        appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
+        appdata_dir = os.getenv('appdata')
         if appdata_dir:
             userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
             userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
 class _YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
     def __init__(self):
         # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
-        max_width = compat_get_terminal_size().columns or 80
+        max_width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns or 80
         # The % is chosen to get a pretty output in README.md
         super().__init__(width=max_width, max_help_position=int(0.45 * max_width))
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/socks.py b/yt_dlp/socks.py
index 34ba1394a..f93328f63 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/socks.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/socks.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
 import collections
 import socket
+import struct
 
-from .compat import compat_ord, compat_struct_pack, compat_struct_unpack
+from .compat import compat_ord
 
 __author__ = 'Timo Schmid <coding@timoschmid.de>'
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ SOCKS4_REPLY_VERSION = 0x00
 # if the client cannot resolve the destination host's domain name to find its
 # IP address, it should set the first three bytes of DSTIP to NULL and the last
 # byte to a non-zero value.
-SOCKS4_DEFAULT_DSTIP = compat_struct_pack('!BBBB', 0, 0, 0, 0xFF)
+SOCKS4_DEFAULT_DSTIP = struct.pack('!BBBB', 0, 0, 0, 0xFF)
 
 SOCKS5_VERSION = 5
 SOCKS5_USER_AUTH_VERSION = 0x01
@@ -122,11 +123,11 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
 
     def _recv_bytes(self, cnt):
         data = self.recvall(cnt)
-        return compat_struct_unpack(f'!{cnt}B', data)
+        return struct.unpack(f'!{cnt}B', data)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _len_and_data(data):
-        return compat_struct_pack('!B', len(data)) + data
+        return struct.pack('!B', len(data)) + data
 
     def _check_response_version(self, expected_version, got_version):
         if got_version != expected_version:
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
 
         ipaddr = self._resolve_address(destaddr, SOCKS4_DEFAULT_DSTIP, use_remote_dns=is_4a)
 
-        packet = compat_struct_pack('!BBH', SOCKS4_VERSION, Socks4Command.CMD_CONNECT, port) + ipaddr
+        packet = struct.pack('!BBH', SOCKS4_VERSION, Socks4Command.CMD_CONNECT, port) + ipaddr
 
         username = (self._proxy.username or '').encode()
         packet += username + b'\x00'
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
 
         self.sendall(packet)
 
-        version, resp_code, dstport, dsthost = compat_struct_unpack('!BBHI', self.recvall(8))
+        version, resp_code, dstport, dsthost = struct.unpack('!BBHI', self.recvall(8))
 
         self._check_response_version(SOCKS4_REPLY_VERSION, version)
 
@@ -171,14 +172,14 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
         self._setup_socks4(address, is_4a=True)
 
     def _socks5_auth(self):
-        packet = compat_struct_pack('!B', SOCKS5_VERSION)
+        packet = struct.pack('!B', SOCKS5_VERSION)
 
         auth_methods = [Socks5Auth.AUTH_NONE]
         if self._proxy.username and self._proxy.password:
             auth_methods.append(Socks5Auth.AUTH_USER_PASS)
 
-        packet += compat_struct_pack('!B', len(auth_methods))
-        packet += compat_struct_pack(f'!{len(auth_methods)}B', *auth_methods)
+        packet += struct.pack('!B', len(auth_methods))
+        packet += struct.pack(f'!{len(auth_methods)}B', *auth_methods)
 
         self.sendall(packet)
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
         if method == Socks5Auth.AUTH_USER_PASS:
             username = self._proxy.username.encode()
             password = self._proxy.password.encode()
-            packet = compat_struct_pack('!B', SOCKS5_USER_AUTH_VERSION)
+            packet = struct.pack('!B', SOCKS5_USER_AUTH_VERSION)
             packet += self._len_and_data(username) + self._len_and_data(password)
             self.sendall(packet)
 
@@ -214,14 +215,14 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
         self._socks5_auth()
 
         reserved = 0
-        packet = compat_struct_pack('!BBB', SOCKS5_VERSION, Socks5Command.CMD_CONNECT, reserved)
+        packet = struct.pack('!BBB', SOCKS5_VERSION, Socks5Command.CMD_CONNECT, reserved)
         if ipaddr is None:
             destaddr = destaddr.encode()
-            packet += compat_struct_pack('!B', Socks5AddressType.ATYP_DOMAINNAME)
+            packet += struct.pack('!B', Socks5AddressType.ATYP_DOMAINNAME)
             packet += self._len_and_data(destaddr)
         else:
-            packet += compat_struct_pack('!B', Socks5AddressType.ATYP_IPV4) + ipaddr
-        packet += compat_struct_pack('!H', port)
+            packet += struct.pack('!B', Socks5AddressType.ATYP_IPV4) + ipaddr
+        packet += struct.pack('!H', port)
 
         self.sendall(packet)
 
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ class sockssocket(socket.socket):
             destaddr = self.recvall(alen)
         elif atype == Socks5AddressType.ATYP_IPV6:
             destaddr = self.recvall(16)
-        destport = compat_struct_unpack('!H', self.recvall(2))[0]
+        destport = struct.unpack('!H', self.recvall(2))[0]
 
         return (destaddr, destport)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 3fc4961dd..6b02eb450 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import errno
 import gzip
 import hashlib
 import hmac
+import html.entities
+import html.parser
 import importlib.util
 import io
 import itertools
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import re
 import shlex
 import socket
 import ssl
+import struct
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -36,35 +39,27 @@ import time
 import traceback
 import types
 import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
+import http.client
+import http.cookiejar
 
 from .compat import asyncio, functools  # isort: split
 from .compat import (
-    compat_chr,
-    compat_cookiejar,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
-    compat_html_entities,
-    compat_html_entities_html5,
     compat_HTMLParseError,
-    compat_HTMLParser,
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_shlex_quote,
     compat_str,
-    compat_struct_pack,
-    compat_struct_unpack,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
-from .dependencies import brotli, certifi, websockets
+from .dependencies import brotli, certifi, websockets, xattr
 from .socks import ProxyType, sockssocket
 
 
@@ -445,7 +440,7 @@ def get_elements_text_and_html_by_attribute(attribute, value, html, escape_value
         )
 
 
-class HTMLBreakOnClosingTagParser(compat_HTMLParser):
+class HTMLBreakOnClosingTagParser(html.parser.HTMLParser):
     """
     HTML parser which raises HTMLBreakOnClosingTagException upon reaching the
     closing tag for the first opening tag it has encountered, and can be used
@@ -457,7 +452,7 @@ class HTMLBreakOnClosingTagParser(compat_HTMLParser):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.tagstack = collections.deque()
-        compat_HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+        html.parser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
@@ -522,22 +517,22 @@ def get_element_text_and_html_by_tag(tag, html):
         raise compat_HTMLParseError('unexpected end of html')
 
 
-class HTMLAttributeParser(compat_HTMLParser):
+class HTMLAttributeParser(html.parser.HTMLParser):
     """Trivial HTML parser to gather the attributes for a single element"""
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.attrs = {}
-        compat_HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+        html.parser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)
 
     def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
         self.attrs = dict(attrs)
 
 
-class HTMLListAttrsParser(compat_HTMLParser):
+class HTMLListAttrsParser(html.parser.HTMLParser):
     """HTML parser to gather the attributes for the elements of a list"""
 
     def __init__(self):
-        compat_HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+        html.parser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)
         self.items = []
         self._level = 0
 
@@ -763,7 +758,7 @@ def sanitized_Request(url, *args, **kwargs):
     if auth_header is not None:
         headers = args[1] if len(args) >= 2 else kwargs.setdefault('headers', {})
         headers['Authorization'] = auth_header
-    return compat_urllib_request.Request(url, *args, **kwargs)
+    return urllib.request.Request(url, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def expand_path(s):
@@ -788,13 +783,13 @@ def _htmlentity_transform(entity_with_semicolon):
     entity = entity_with_semicolon[:-1]
 
     # Known non-numeric HTML entity
-    if entity in compat_html_entities.name2codepoint:
-        return compat_chr(compat_html_entities.name2codepoint[entity])
+    if entity in html.entities.name2codepoint:
+        return chr(html.entities.name2codepoint[entity])
 
     # TODO: HTML5 allows entities without a semicolon. For example,
     # '&Eacuteric' should be decoded as 'Éric'.
-    if entity_with_semicolon in compat_html_entities_html5:
-        return compat_html_entities_html5[entity_with_semicolon]
+    if entity_with_semicolon in html.entities.html5:
+        return html.entities.html5[entity_with_semicolon]
 
     mobj = re.match(r'#(x[0-9a-fA-F]+|[0-9]+)', entity)
     if mobj is not None:
@@ -806,7 +801,7 @@ def _htmlentity_transform(entity_with_semicolon):
             base = 10
         # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/7518
         with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
-            return compat_chr(int(numstr, base))
+            return chr(int(numstr, base))
 
     # Unknown entity in name, return its literal representation
     return '&%s;' % entity
@@ -1015,7 +1010,7 @@ class YoutubeDLError(Exception):
         super().__init__(self.msg)
 
 
-network_exceptions = [compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error]
+network_exceptions = [urllib.error.URLError, http.client.HTTPException, socket.error]
 if hasattr(ssl, 'CertificateError'):
     network_exceptions.append(ssl.CertificateError)
 network_exceptions = tuple(network_exceptions)
@@ -1267,7 +1262,7 @@ def handle_youtubedl_headers(headers):
     return filtered_headers
 
 
-class YoutubeDLHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler):
+class YoutubeDLHandler(urllib.request.HTTPHandler):
     """Handler for HTTP requests and responses.
 
     This class, when installed with an OpenerDirector, automatically adds
@@ -1286,11 +1281,11 @@ class YoutubeDLHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, params, *args, **kwargs):
-        compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        urllib.request.HTTPHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self._params = params
 
     def http_open(self, req):
-        conn_class = compat_http_client.HTTPConnection
+        conn_class = http.client.HTTPConnection
 
         socks_proxy = req.headers.get('Ytdl-socks-proxy')
         if socks_proxy:
@@ -1365,18 +1360,18 @@ class YoutubeDLHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler):
                     break
                 else:
                     raise original_ioerror
-            resp = compat_urllib_request.addinfourl(uncompressed, old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
+            resp = urllib.request.addinfourl(uncompressed, old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
             resp.msg = old_resp.msg
             del resp.headers['Content-encoding']
         # deflate
         if resp.headers.get('Content-encoding', '') == 'deflate':
             gz = io.BytesIO(self.deflate(resp.read()))
-            resp = compat_urllib_request.addinfourl(gz, old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
+            resp = urllib.request.addinfourl(gz, old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
             resp.msg = old_resp.msg
             del resp.headers['Content-encoding']
         # brotli
         if resp.headers.get('Content-encoding', '') == 'br':
-            resp = compat_urllib_request.addinfourl(
+            resp = urllib.request.addinfourl(
                 io.BytesIO(self.brotli(resp.read())), old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
             resp.msg = old_resp.msg
             del resp.headers['Content-encoding']
@@ -1399,7 +1394,7 @@ class YoutubeDLHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler):
 
 def make_socks_conn_class(base_class, socks_proxy):
     assert issubclass(base_class, (
-        compat_http_client.HTTPConnection, compat_http_client.HTTPSConnection))
+        http.client.HTTPConnection, http.client.HTTPSConnection))
 
     url_components = compat_urlparse.urlparse(socks_proxy)
     if url_components.scheme.lower() == 'socks5':
@@ -1412,7 +1407,7 @@ def make_socks_conn_class(base_class, socks_proxy):
     def unquote_if_non_empty(s):
         if not s:
             return s
-        return compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(s)
+        return urllib.parse.unquote_plus(s)
 
     proxy_args = (
         socks_type,
@@ -1430,7 +1425,7 @@ def make_socks_conn_class(base_class, socks_proxy):
                 self.sock.settimeout(self.timeout)
             self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
 
-            if isinstance(self, compat_http_client.HTTPSConnection):
+            if isinstance(self, http.client.HTTPSConnection):
                 if hasattr(self, '_context'):  # Python > 2.6
                     self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(
                         self.sock, server_hostname=self.host)
@@ -1440,10 +1435,10 @@ def make_socks_conn_class(base_class, socks_proxy):
     return SocksConnection
 
 
-class YoutubeDLHTTPSHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPSHandler):
+class YoutubeDLHTTPSHandler(urllib.request.HTTPSHandler):
     def __init__(self, params, https_conn_class=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        compat_urllib_request.HTTPSHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        self._https_conn_class = https_conn_class or compat_http_client.HTTPSConnection
+        urllib.request.HTTPSHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self._https_conn_class = https_conn_class or http.client.HTTPSConnection
         self._params = params
 
     def https_open(self, req):
@@ -1470,7 +1465,7 @@ class YoutubeDLHTTPSHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPSHandler):
             raise
 
 
-class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
+class YoutubeDLCookieJar(http.cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
     """
     See [1] for cookie file format.
 
@@ -1541,7 +1536,7 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
             if self.filename is not None:
                 filename = self.filename
             else:
-                raise ValueError(compat_cookiejar.MISSING_FILENAME_TEXT)
+                raise ValueError(http.cookiejar.MISSING_FILENAME_TEXT)
 
         # Store session cookies with `expires` set to 0 instead of an empty string
         for cookie in self:
@@ -1558,7 +1553,7 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
             if self.filename is not None:
                 filename = self.filename
             else:
-                raise ValueError(compat_cookiejar.MISSING_FILENAME_TEXT)
+                raise ValueError(http.cookiejar.MISSING_FILENAME_TEXT)
 
         def prepare_line(line):
             if line.startswith(self._HTTPONLY_PREFIX):
@@ -1568,10 +1563,10 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
                 return line
             cookie_list = line.split('\t')
             if len(cookie_list) != self._ENTRY_LEN:
-                raise compat_cookiejar.LoadError('invalid length %d' % len(cookie_list))
+                raise http.cookiejar.LoadError('invalid length %d' % len(cookie_list))
             cookie = self._CookieFileEntry(*cookie_list)
             if cookie.expires_at and not cookie.expires_at.isdigit():
-                raise compat_cookiejar.LoadError('invalid expires at %s' % cookie.expires_at)
+                raise http.cookiejar.LoadError('invalid expires at %s' % cookie.expires_at)
             return line
 
         cf = io.StringIO()
@@ -1579,9 +1574,9 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
             for line in f:
                 try:
                     cf.write(prepare_line(line))
-                except compat_cookiejar.LoadError as e:
+                except http.cookiejar.LoadError as e:
                     if f'{line.strip()} '[0] in '[{"':
-                        raise compat_cookiejar.LoadError(
+                        raise http.cookiejar.LoadError(
                             'Cookies file must be Netscape formatted, not JSON. See  '
                             'https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl')
                     write_string(f'WARNING: skipping cookie file entry due to {e}: {line!r}\n')
@@ -1604,18 +1599,18 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
                 cookie.discard = True
 
 
-class YoutubeDLCookieProcessor(compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor):
+class YoutubeDLCookieProcessor(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor):
     def __init__(self, cookiejar=None):
-        compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor.__init__(self, cookiejar)
+        urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor.__init__(self, cookiejar)
 
     def http_response(self, request, response):
-        return compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor.http_response(self, request, response)
+        return urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor.http_response(self, request, response)
 
-    https_request = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor.http_request
+    https_request = urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor.http_request
     https_response = http_response
 
 
-class YoutubeDLRedirectHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
+class YoutubeDLRedirectHandler(urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
     """YoutubeDL redirect handler
 
     The code is based on HTTPRedirectHandler implementation from CPython [1].
@@ -1630,7 +1625,7 @@ class YoutubeDLRedirectHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
     3. https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28768
     """
 
-    http_error_301 = http_error_303 = http_error_307 = http_error_308 = compat_urllib_request.HTTPRedirectHandler.http_error_302
+    http_error_301 = http_error_303 = http_error_307 = http_error_308 = urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler.http_error_302
 
     def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl):
         """Return a Request or None in response to a redirect.
@@ -1672,7 +1667,7 @@ class YoutubeDLRedirectHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
         if code in (301, 302) and m == 'POST':
             m = 'GET'
 
-        return compat_urllib_request.Request(
+        return urllib.request.Request(
             newurl, headers=newheaders, origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host,
             unverifiable=True, method=m)
 
@@ -1967,7 +1962,7 @@ def bytes_to_intlist(bs):
 def intlist_to_bytes(xs):
     if not xs:
         return b''
-    return compat_struct_pack('%dB' % len(xs), *xs)
+    return struct.pack('%dB' % len(xs), *xs)
 
 
 class LockingUnsupportedError(OSError):
@@ -2427,12 +2422,12 @@ def urljoin(base, path):
     return compat_urlparse.urljoin(base, path)
 
 
-class HEADRequest(compat_urllib_request.Request):
+class HEADRequest(urllib.request.Request):
     def get_method(self):
         return 'HEAD'
 
 
-class PUTRequest(compat_urllib_request.Request):
+class PUTRequest(urllib.request.Request):
     def get_method(self):
         return 'PUT'
 
@@ -2484,7 +2479,7 @@ def url_or_none(url):
 
 
 def request_to_url(req):
-    if isinstance(req, compat_urllib_request.Request):
+    if isinstance(req, urllib.request.Request):
         return req.get_full_url()
     else:
         return req
@@ -3037,7 +3032,7 @@ def update_Request(req, url=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
     elif req_get_method == 'PUT':
         req_type = PUTRequest
     else:
-        req_type = compat_urllib_request.Request
+        req_type = urllib.request.Request
     new_req = req_type(
         req_url, data=req_data, headers=req_headers,
         origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host, unverifiable=req.unverifiable)
@@ -4636,20 +4631,20 @@ class GeoUtils:
         else:
             block = code_or_block
         addr, preflen = block.split('/')
-        addr_min = compat_struct_unpack('!L', socket.inet_aton(addr))[0]
+        addr_min = struct.unpack('!L', socket.inet_aton(addr))[0]
         addr_max = addr_min | (0xffffffff >> int(preflen))
         return compat_str(socket.inet_ntoa(
-            compat_struct_pack('!L', random.randint(addr_min, addr_max))))
+            struct.pack('!L', random.randint(addr_min, addr_max))))
 
 
-class PerRequestProxyHandler(compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler):
+class PerRequestProxyHandler(urllib.request.ProxyHandler):
     def __init__(self, proxies=None):
         # Set default handlers
         for type in ('http', 'https'):
             setattr(self, '%s_open' % type,
                     lambda r, proxy='__noproxy__', type=type, meth=self.proxy_open:
                         meth(r, proxy, type))
-        compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler.__init__(self, proxies)
+        urllib.request.ProxyHandler.__init__(self, proxies)
 
     def proxy_open(self, req, proxy, type):
         req_proxy = req.headers.get('Ytdl-request-proxy')
@@ -4663,7 +4658,7 @@ class PerRequestProxyHandler(compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler):
             req.add_header('Ytdl-socks-proxy', proxy)
             # yt-dlp's http/https handlers do wrapping the socket with socks
             return None
-        return compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler.proxy_open(
+        return urllib.request.ProxyHandler.proxy_open(
             self, req, proxy, type)
 
 
@@ -4683,7 +4678,7 @@ def long_to_bytes(n, blocksize=0):
     s = b''
     n = int(n)
     while n > 0:
-        s = compat_struct_pack('>I', n & 0xffffffff) + s
+        s = struct.pack('>I', n & 0xffffffff) + s
         n = n >> 32
     # strip off leading zeros
     for i in range(len(s)):
@@ -4714,7 +4709,7 @@ def bytes_to_long(s):
         s = b'\000' * extra + s
         length = length + extra
     for i in range(0, length, 4):
-        acc = (acc << 32) + compat_struct_unpack('>I', s[i:i + 4])[0]
+        acc = (acc << 32) + struct.unpack('>I', s[i:i + 4])[0]
     return acc
 
 
@@ -4842,7 +4837,7 @@ def decode_png(png_data):
         raise OSError('Not a valid PNG file.')
 
     int_map = {1: '>B', 2: '>H', 4: '>I'}
-    unpack_integer = lambda x: compat_struct_unpack(int_map[len(x)], x)[0]
+    unpack_integer = lambda x: struct.unpack(int_map[len(x)], x)[0]
 
     chunks = []
 
@@ -4954,7 +4949,6 @@ def write_xattr(path, key, value):
         return
 
     # UNIX Method 1. Use xattrs/pyxattrs modules
-    from .dependencies import xattr
 
     setxattr = None
     if getattr(xattr, '_yt_dlp__identifier', None) == 'pyxattr':