diff --git a/salt/modules/glusterfs.py b/salt/modules/glusterfs.py
index f8d2c378bc..5db5c4df8b 100644
--- a/salt/modules/glusterfs.py
+++ b/salt/modules/glusterfs.py
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import logging
 
 # Import 3rd-party libs
-from salt.ext.six.moves import range, shlex_quote as _cmd_quote  # pylint: disable=import-error,redefined-builtin
-try:
-    from shlex import quote as _cmd_quote  # pylint: disable=E0611
-except ImportError:
-    from pipes import quote as _cmd_quote
+# pylint: disable=import-error,redefined-builtin
+from salt.ext.six.moves import range
+from salt.ext.six.moves import shlex_quote as _cmd_quote
+# pylint: enable=import-error,redefined-builtin
 
 # Import salt libs
 import salt.utils