diff --git a/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py b/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
index 177e7b546..646b3022f 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from jsonpath_ng.ext import parse
 from dvc.exceptions import NoMetricsError
 from dvc.exceptions import OutputNotFoundError
 from dvc.repo import locked
-from dvc.utils.compat import csv_reader
 from dvc.utils.compat import open
 
 NO_METRICS_FILE_AT_REFERENCE_WARNING = (
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ def _format_csv(content, delimiter):
         "0.67528    0.289545        testing\n"
         "0.671502   0.297848        validation\n"
     """
-    reader = csv_reader(io.StringIO(content), delimiter=delimiter)
+    reader = csv.reader(io.StringIO(content), delimiter=delimiter)
     rows = [row for row in reader]
     max_widths = [max(map(len, column)) for column in zip(*rows)]
 
diff --git a/dvc/utils/__init__.py b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
index 19c3988db..4eecb1328 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from shortuuid import uuid
 
 from dvc.utils.compat import fspath
 from dvc.utils.compat import fspath_py35
-from dvc.utils.compat import makedirs as _makedirs
 from dvc.utils.compat import open
 
 
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ def makedirs(path, exist_ok=False, mode=None):
     path = fspath_py35(path)
 
     if mode is None:
-        _makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
         return
 
     # utilize umask to set proper permissions since Python 3.7 the `mode`
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ def makedirs(path, exist_ok=False, mode=None):
     # newly-created intermediate-level directories.
     umask = os.umask(0o777 - mode)
     try:
-        _makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
     finally:
         os.umask(umask)
 
diff --git a/dvc/utils/compat.py b/dvc/utils/compat.py
index 00039b7fe..8c0711ace 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/compat.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/compat.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Handle import compatibility between Python 2 and Python 3"""
 
 import errno
-import os
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
@@ -15,60 +14,6 @@ is_py2 = _ver[0] == 2
 is_py3 = _ver[0] == 3
 
 
-def csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=None, **kwargs):
-    """csv.reader doesn't support Unicode input, so need to use some tricks
-    to work around this.
-
-    Source: https://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html#csv-examples
-    """
-    import csv
-
-    dialect = dialect or csv.excel
-
-    if is_py3:
-        # Python3 supports encoding by default, so just return the object
-        for row in csv.reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=dialect, **kwargs):
-            yield [cell for cell in row]
-
-    else:
-        # csv.py doesn't do Unicode; encode temporarily as UTF-8:
-        reader = csv.reader(
-            utf_8_encoder(unicode_csv_data), dialect=dialect, **kwargs
-        )
-        for row in reader:
-            # decode UTF-8 back to Unicode, cell by cell:
-            yield [unicode(cell, "utf-8") for cell in row]  # noqa: F821
-
-
-def utf_8_encoder(unicode_csv_data):
-    """Source: https://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html#csv-examples"""
-    for line in unicode_csv_data:
-        yield line.encode("utf-8")
-
-
-def _makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
-    """Source: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/
-        3ce3dea60646d8a5a1c952469a2eb65f937875b3/Lib/os.py#L196-L226
-    """
-    head, tail = os.path.split(name)
-    if not tail:
-        head, tail = os.path.split(head)
-    if head and tail and not os.path.exists(head):
-        try:
-            _makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
-        except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-                raise
-        cdir = os.curdir
-        if tail == cdir:
-            return
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(name, mode)
-    except OSError:
-        if not exist_ok or not os.path.isdir(name):
-            raise
-
-
 @contextmanager
 def ignore_file_not_found():
     try:
@@ -94,7 +39,6 @@ if is_py2:
     numeric_types = (int, long, float)  # noqa: F821
     integer_types = (int, long)  # noqa: F821
     input = raw_input  # noqa: F821
-    makedirs = _makedirs
     range = xrange  # noqa: F821
     FileNotFoundError = IOError
     JSONDecodeError = ValueError
@@ -119,7 +63,6 @@ if is_py2:
 
 elif is_py3:
     import pathlib  # noqa: F401
-    from os import makedirs  # noqa: F401
     from urllib.parse import (  # noqa: F401
         urlparse,  # noqa: F401
         urlunparse,  # noqa: F401