diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index a1593b5b88..cb7ffb74e5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -34,23 +34,9 @@ import pwd
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_all_subclasses
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, iteritems
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser, StringIO
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
-# py2 vs py3; replace with six via ansiballz
-try:
-    # python2
-    import ConfigParser as configparser
-except ImportError:
-    # python3
-    import configparser
-
-try:
-    # python2
-    from StringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    # python3
-    from io import StringIO
-
 try:
     # python2
     from string import maketrans