diff --git a/test/basetest/hooks.py b/test/basetest/hooks.py
index 45f8edb..88e0aae 100644
--- a/test/basetest/hooks.py
+++ b/test/basetest/hooks.py
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
-from __future__ import division
-
-import errno
 import os
-import shutil
 import stat
-from sys import stderr
-
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
+import shutil
+import json
 
-from datetime import datetime
-from .utils import DEFAULT_HOOK_PATH
-from .exceptions import HookError
+from test.basetest.exceptions import HookError
 
 
-class InvalidJSON(object):
+class InvalidJSON:
     """
     Object representing the original unparsed JSON string and the JSON error
     """
@@ -30,15 +20,12 @@ def json_decoder(string):
     Attempt to decode a JSON string and in case of error return an
     InvalidJSON object
     """
-    decoder = json.JSONDecoder().decode
-
     try:
-        return decoder(string)
-    except ValueError as e:
+        return json.loads(string)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
         return InvalidJSON(string, str(e))
 
-
-class Hooks(object):
+class Hooks:
     """
     Abstraction to help interact with hooks (add, remove) during tests and
     keep track of which are active.
@@ -153,13 +140,13 @@ def clear(self):
             shutil.rmtree(self.hookdir)
         except OSError as e:
             # If the hookdir folder doesn't exist, no harm done and keep going
-            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            if e.errno != 2:  # 2 is the errno for ENOENT
                 raise
 
         os.mkdir(self.hookdir)
 
 
-class Hook(object):
+class Hook:
     """
     Represents a hook script and provides methods to enable/disable hooks
     """
@@ -258,14 +245,13 @@ def _check_hook_type(self):
             if self.hookname.startswith(hooktype):
                 break
         else:
-            stderr.write("WARNING: {0} is not a valid hook type. "
-                         "It will not be triggered\n".format(self.hookname))
+            print("WARNING: {0} is not a valid hook type. It will not be triggered".format(self.hookname), file=os.sys.stderr)
 
     def _remove_file(self, file):
         try:
             os.remove(file)
         except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            if e.errno == 2:  # 2 is the errno for ENOENT
                 raise HookError("Hook with name {0} was not found on hooks/ folder".format(file))
             else:
                 raise