diff --git a/shared/utils/fields.py b/shared/utils/fields.py
index 1e509bd..e27e1cf 100644
--- a/shared/utils/fields.py
+++ b/shared/utils/fields.py
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import re
 from .text import slugify
 
 
-# TODO Remove deprecated location
-from .models.slugs import AutoSlugField
-
-
 def uniquify_field_value(instance, field_name, value, max_length=None, queryset=None):
     """
     Makes a char field value unique by appending an index, taking care of the
diff --git a/shared/utils/management/commands/fix_proxymodel_permissions.py b/shared/utils/management/commands/fix_proxymodel_permissions.py
index bb880ad..504c112 100644
--- a/shared/utils/management/commands/fix_proxymodel_permissions.py
+++ b/shared/utils/management/commands/fix_proxymodel_permissions.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 """Add permissions for proxy model.
 
 This is needed because of the bug https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/11154
 in Django (as of 1.6, it's not fixed).
 
-When a permission is created for a proxy model, it actually creates if for it's
+When a permission is created for a proxy model, it gets actually created for the
 base model app_label (eg: for "article" instead of "about", for the About proxy
 model).
 
diff --git a/shared/utils/models/slugs.py b/shared/utils/models/slugs.py
index 6c66df5..48f9c83 100644
--- a/shared/utils/models/slugs.py
+++ b/shared/utils/models/slugs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import six
+from functools import reduce
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import validators
@@ -12,12 +10,10 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from dirtyfields import DirtyFieldsMixin
 
-from ..text import slugify, downgrading_slugify, django_slugify
-
-if six.PY3:
-    from functools import reduce
+from ..text import slugify, downgrading_slugify
 
 
+# TODO: Use english
 SLUG_HELP = _("Kurzfassung des Namens für die Adresszeile im Browser. Vorzugsweise englisch, keine Umlaute, nur Bindestrich als Sonderzeichen.")
 
 
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ def slug_tree_mixin_post_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get('created'):
             # Always get a new database instance before saving again
             # or MPTTModel.save() will interpret the newly .save as
-            # not allowed tree move action
+            # a forbidden tree move action
             # FIXME Not clear if this is a proper solution -> get rid of the slug_path stuff altogether
             instance_copy = type(instance).objects.get(pk=instance.pk)
             instance_copy.slug_path = instance_copy._get_slug_path()
diff --git a/shared/utils/text.py b/shared/utils/text.py
index 99962dc..8959e06 100644
--- a/shared/utils/text.py
+++ b/shared/utils/text.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import codecs
-import translitcodec  #  provides 'translit/long', used by codecs.encode()
+import html
 import re
-import six
+import translitcodec  # provides 'translit/long', used by codecs.encode() # noqa
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.encoding import force_str, smart_str
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.functional import keep_lazy_text
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 from django.utils.text import slugify as django_slugify
@@ -43,20 +40,8 @@ SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = getattr(settings, 'SLUGIFY_FUNCTION', downgrading_slugify)
 slugify = SLUGIFY_FUNCTION
 
 
-if six.PY2:
-    import bs4
-
-    def html_entities_to_unicode(html):
-        # An incoming HTML or XML entity is always converted into the corresponding Unicode character in bs4
-        return smart_str(bs4.BeautifulSoup(html), 'lxml')
-
-else:
-    import html
-
-    # Works only with Python >= 3.4
-    def html_entities_to_unicode(html_str):
-        return html.unescape(html_str)
-    # html_entities_to_unicode = allow_lazy(html_entities_to_unicode, six.text_type, SafeText)
+def html_entities_to_unicode(html_str):
+    return html.unescape(html_str)
 
 
 # Translators: Separator between list elements
@@ -67,7 +52,7 @@ LAST_WORD_SEPARATOR = gettext_lazy(" and ")
 
 
 @keep_lazy_text
-def get_text_joined(list_, separator=DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, last_word=LAST_WORD_SEPARATOR):
+def text_joined(list_, separator=DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, last_word=LAST_WORD_SEPARATOR):
     list_ = list(list_)
     if len(list_) == 0:
         return ''
@@ -78,16 +63,19 @@ def get_text_joined(list_, separator=DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, last_word=LAST_WORD_SEPA
         force_str(last_word), force_str(list_[-1]))
 
 
+# TODO Don't match escaped stars (like \*)
+
+b_pattern = re.compile(r"(\*\*)(.*?)\1")
+i_pattern = re.compile(r"(\*)(.*?)\1")
+u_pattern = re.compile(r"(__)(.*?)\1")
+link_pattern = re.compile(r"\[([^\[]+)\]\(([^\)]+)\)")
+
+
 @keep_lazy_text
 def slimdown(text):
     """
     Converts simplified markdown (`**`, `*`, `__`) to <b>, <i> und <u> tags.
     """
-    b_pattern = re.compile(r"(\*\*)(.*?)\1")
-    i_pattern = re.compile(r"(\*)(.*?)\1")
-    u_pattern = re.compile(r"(__)(.*?)\1")
-    link_pattern = re.compile(r"\[([^\[]+)\]\(([^\)]+)\)")
-
     if text:
         text, n = re.subn(b_pattern, "<b>\\2</b>", text)
         text, n = re.subn(i_pattern, "<i>\\2</i>", text)