diff --git a/hy/_compat.py b/hy/_compat.py
index 0da0b09..65be73c 100644
--- a/hy/_compat.py
+++ b/hy/_compat.py
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # This file is part of Hy, which is free software licensed under the Expat
 # license. See the LICENSE.
 
-try:
-    import __builtin__ as builtins
-except ImportError:
-    import builtins  # NOQA
 import sys, keyword, textwrap
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3
@@ -97,8 +93,3 @@ def isidentifier(x):
     # https://bugs.python.org/issue33899
     tokens = [t for t in tokens if t[0] != T.NEWLINE]
     return len(tokens) == 2 and tokens[0][0] == T.NAME
-
-try:
-    FileNotFoundError = FileNotFoundError
-except NameError:
-    FileNotFoundError = IOError
diff --git a/hy/cmdline.py b/hy/cmdline.py
index e6d3a71..4c0c1fa 100644
--- a/hy/cmdline.py
+++ b/hy/cmdline.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import time
 import linecache
 import hashlib
 import codeop
+import builtins
 
 import astor.code_gen
 
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ from hy.importer import runhy
 from hy.completer import completion, Completer
 from hy.macros import macro, require
 from hy.models import HyExpression, HyString, HySymbol
-from hy._compat import builtins, FileNotFoundError
 
 
 sys.last_type = None
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class HyREPL(code.InteractiveConsole, object):
                 module, f = '.'.join(parts[:-1]), parts[-1]
                 self.output_fn = getattr(importlib.import_module(module), f)
             else:
-                self.output_fn = __builtins__[mangle(output_fn)]
+                self.output_fn = getattr(builtins, mangle(output_fn))
 
         # Pre-mangle symbols for repl recent results: *1, *2, *3
         self._repl_results_symbols = [mangle("*{}".format(i + 1)) for i in range(3)]
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index b1d6e2d..3b0d700 100755
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -28,15 +28,12 @@ import types
 import ast
 import sys
 import copy
+import builtins
 import __future__
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import reduce
 
-if PY3:
-    import builtins
-else:
-    import __builtin__ as builtins
 
 Inf = float('inf')
 
diff --git a/hy/completer.py b/hy/completer.py
index 0f65ae6..b1969c1 100644
--- a/hy/completer.py
+++ b/hy/completer.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import contextlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import builtins
 
 import hy.macros
 import hy.compiler
-from hy._compat import builtins
 
 
 docomplete = True
diff --git a/hy/core/shadow.hy b/hy/core/shadow.hy
index 8a18c60..74ab08f 100644
--- a/hy/core/shadow.hy
+++ b/hy/core/shadow.hy
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 (defn @ [a1 &rest a-rest]
   "Shadowed `@` operator matrix multiples `a1` by each `a-rest`."
-  (reduce operator.matmul a-rest a1)))
+  (reduce operator.matmul a-rest a1))
 
 (defn << [a1 a2 &rest a-rest]
   "Shadowed `<<` operator performs left-shift on `a1` by `a2`, ..., `a-rest`."
diff --git a/tests/test_bin.py b/tests/test_bin.py
index 1cfb3e5..297eade 100644
--- a/tests/test_bin.py
+++ b/tests/test_bin.py
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import os
 import re
 import shlex
 import subprocess
+import builtins
 
 from hy.importer import cache_from_source
 
 import pytest
 
-from hy._compat import builtins
-
 
 hy_dir = os.environ.get('HY_DIR', '')