diff --git a/docs/reference/index.rst b/docs/reference/index.rst
index 6898a963..4e14f3fe 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/index.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     kombu.utils
     kombu.utils.eventio
     kombu.utils.limits
-    kombu.utils.compat
     kombu.utils.debug
     kombu.utils.encoding
     kombu.utils.functional
diff --git a/docs/reference/kombu.utils.compat.rst b/docs/reference/kombu.utils.compat.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3172ed38..00000000
--- a/docs/reference/kombu.utils.compat.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-==========================================================
- Compat. utilities - kombu.utils.compat
-==========================================================
-
-.. contents::
-    :local:
-.. currentmodule:: kombu.utils.compat
-
-.. automodule:: kombu.utils.compat
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
diff --git a/kombu/async/hub.py b/kombu/async/hub.py
index 306fdd31..7b05b409 100644
--- a/kombu/async/hub.py
+++ b/kombu/async/hub.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from amqp import promise
 from kombu.five import Empty, range
 from kombu.log import get_logger
 from kombu.utils import cached_property, fileno
-from kombu.utils.compat import get_errno
 from kombu.utils.eventio import READ, WRITE, ERR, poll
 
 from .timer import Timer
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class Hub(object):
                 except (MemoryError, AssertionError):
                     raise
                 except OSError as exc:
-                    if get_errno(exc) == errno.ENOMEM:
+                    if exc.errno == errno.ENOMEM:
                         raise
                     logger.error('Error in timer: %r', exc, exc_info=1)
                 except Exception as exc:
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ class Hub(object):
                         try:
                             next(cb)
                         except OSError as exc:
-                            if get_errno(exc) != errno.EBADF:
+                            if exc.errno != errno.EBADF:
                                 raise
                             hub_remove(fileno)
                         except StopIteration:
diff --git a/kombu/transport/base.py b/kombu/transport/base.py
index c226307e..d054b1f1 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/base.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/base.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import socket
 from kombu.exceptions import ChannelError, ConnectionError
 from kombu.message import Message
 from kombu.utils import cached_property
-from kombu.utils.compat import get_errno
 
 __all__ = ['Message', 'StdChannel', 'Management', 'Transport']
 
@@ -133,8 +132,7 @@ class Transport(object):
         return True
 
     def _make_reader(self, connection, timeout=socket.timeout,
-                     error=socket.error, get_errno=get_errno,
-                     _unavail=(errno.EAGAIN, errno.EINTR)):
+                     error=socket.error, _unavail=(errno.EAGAIN, errno.EINTR)):
         drain_events = connection.drain_events
 
         def _read(loop):
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ class Transport(object):
             except timeout:
                 return
             except error as exc:
-                if get_errno(exc) in _unavail:
+                if exc.errno in _unavail:
                     return
                 raise
             loop.call_soon(_read, loop)
diff --git a/kombu/utils/compat.py b/kombu/utils/compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a306c672..00000000
--- a/kombu/utils/compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-"""
-kombu.utils.compat
-==================
-
-Helps compatibility with older Python versions.
-
-"""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-
-############## socket.error.errno ############################################
-
-
-def get_errno(exc):
-    """:exc:`socket.error` and :exc:`IOError` first got
-    the ``.errno`` attribute in Py2.7"""
-    try:
-        return exc.errno
-    except AttributeError:
-        try:
-            # e.args = (errno, reason)
-            if isinstance(exc.args, tuple) and len(exc.args) == 2:
-                return exc.args[0]
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
-    return 0
diff --git a/kombu/utils/eventio.py b/kombu/utils/eventio.py
index fdb24b6e..6ed352d3 100644
--- a/kombu/utils/eventio.py
+++ b/kombu/utils/eventio.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ KQ_NOTE_REVOKE = getattr(__select__, 'kQ_NOTE_REVOKE', 64)
 from kombu.syn import detect_environment
 
 from . import fileno
-from .compat import get_errno
 
 __all__ = ['poll']
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ class Poller(object):
         try:
             return self._poll(timeout)
         except Exception as exc:
-            if get_errno(exc) != errno.EINTR:
+            if exc.errno != errno.EINTR:
                 raise
 
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ class _epoll(Poller):
         try:
             self._epoll.register(fd, events)
         except Exception as exc:
-            if get_errno(exc) != errno.EEXIST:
+            if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                 raise
 
     def unregister(self, fd):
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class _epoll(Poller):
         except (socket.error, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
             pass
         except (IOError, OSError) as exc:
-            if get_errno(exc) != errno.ENOENT:
+            if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
 
     def _poll(self, timeout):
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ class _select(Poller):
             try:
                 _selectf([fd], [], [], 0)
             except (_selecterr, socket.error) as exc:
-                if get_errno(exc) in SELECT_BAD_FD:
+                if exc.errno in SELECT_BAD_FD:
                     self.unregister(fd)
 
     def unregister(self, fd):
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ class _select(Poller):
         except socket.error as exc:
             # we don't know the previous fd of this object
             # but it will be removed by the next poll iteration.
-            if get_errno(exc) in SELECT_BAD_FD:
+            if exc.errno in SELECT_BAD_FD:
                 return
             raise
         self._rfd.discard(fd)
@@ -220,9 +219,9 @@ class _select(Poller):
                 self._rfd, self._wfd, self._efd, timeout,
             )
         except (_selecterr, socket.error) as exc:
-            if get_errno(exc) == errno.EINTR:
+            if exc.errno == errno.EINTR:
                 return
-            elif get_errno(exc) in SELECT_BAD_FD:
+            elif exc.errno in SELECT_BAD_FD:
                 return self._remove_bad()
             raise