diff --git a/libsubmit/channels/channel_base.py b/libsubmit/channels/channel_base.py
index dcf081c..d0eabfb 100644
--- a/libsubmit/channels/channel_base.py
+++ b/libsubmit/channels/channel_base.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod, abstractproperty
+import six
 
-
-class Channel(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+@six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+class Channel():
     """ Define the interface to all channels. Channels are usually called via the execute_wait function.
     For channels that execute remotely, a push_file function allows you to copy over files.
 
diff --git a/libsubmit/channels/errors.py b/libsubmit/channels/errors.py
index 23fb3b6..19cdc6d 100644
--- a/libsubmit/channels/errors.py
+++ b/libsubmit/channels/errors.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class BadHostKeyException(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(BadHostKeyException, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "SSH channel could not be created since server's host keys could not be verified"
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BadScriptPath(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(BadScriptPath, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "Inaccessible remote script dir. Specify script_dir"
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class BadPermsScriptPath(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(BadPermsScriptPath, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "User does not have permissions to access the script_dir"
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class FileExists(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname, filename=None):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(FileExists, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "File name collision in channel transport phase:" + filename
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AuthException(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(AuthException, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "Authentication to remote server failed"
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class SSHException(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(SSHException, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "Error connecting or establishing an SSH session"
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class FileCopyException(ChannelError):
     '''
 
     def __init__(self, e, hostname):
-        super().__init__()
+        super(FileCopyException, self).__init__()
         self.reason = "File copy failed due to {0}".format(e)
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.e = e
diff --git a/libsubmit/launchers/launchers.py b/libsubmit/launchers/launchers.py
index 60ac38d..8e0c14b 100644
--- a/libsubmit/launchers/launchers.py
+++ b/libsubmit/launchers/launchers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+import six
 
 from libsubmit.utils import RepresentationMixin
 
 
-class Launcher(RepresentationMixin, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+@six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+class Launcher(RepresentationMixin):
     """ Launcher base class to enforce launcher interface
     """
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/aws/aws.py b/libsubmit/providers/aws/aws.py
index 580e57d..d8c29a7 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/aws/aws.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/aws/aws.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: future_fstrings -*-
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -593,8 +594,8 @@ def submit(self, command='sleep 1', blocksize=1, job_name="parsl.auto"):
         wrapped_cmd = self.launcher(command,
                                     self.tasks_per_node,
                                     self.nodes_per_block)
-        [instance, *rest] = self.spin_up_instance(command=wrapped_cmd, job_name=job_name)
-
+        instance_data = self.spin_up_instance(command=wrapped_cmd, job_name=job_name)
+        instance, rest = instance_data[0], instance_data[1:]
         if not instance:
             logger.error("Failed to submit request to EC2")
             return None
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/azure/azure.py b/libsubmit/providers/azure/azure.py
index 7567f53..36f3bd9 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/azure/azure.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/azure/azure.py
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def submit(self, command='sleep 1', blocksize=1, job_name="parsl.auto"):
         """
 
         job_name = "parsl.auto.{0}".format(time.time())
-        [instance, *rest] = self.deployer.deploy(command=command, job_name=job_name, blocksize=1)
+        instance_data = self.deployer.deploy(command=command, job_name=job_name, blocksize=1)
+        instance, rest = instance_data[0], instance_data[1:]
 
         if not instance:
             logger.error("Failed to submit request to Azure")
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py b/libsubmit/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
index 97a7e7b..f28e8aa 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/cobalt/cobalt.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  overrides='',
                  launcher=AprunLauncher(),
                  cmd_timeout=10):
-        super().__init__(label,
+        super(CobaltProvider, self).__init__(label,
                          channel=channel,
                          script_dir=script_dir,
                          nodes_per_block=nodes_per_block,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _status(self):
 
         jobs_missing = list(self.resources.keys())
 
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait("qstat -u $USER")
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(CobaltProvider, self).execute_wait("qstat -u $USER")
 
         # Execute_wait failed. Do no update.
         if retcode != 0:
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def submit(self, command, blocksize, job_name="parsl.auto"):
             self.nodes_per_block, queue_opt, wtime_to_minutes(self.walltime), account_opt, channel_script_path)
         logger.debug("Executing {}".format(command))
 
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(command)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(CobaltProvider, self).execute_wait(command)
 
         # TODO : FIX this block
         if retcode != 0:
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def cancel(self, job_ids):
         """
 
         job_id_list = ' '.join(job_ids)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait("qdel {0}".format(job_id_list))
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(CobaltProvider, self).execute_wait("qdel {0}".format(job_id_list))
         rets = None
         if retcode == 0:
             for jid in job_ids:
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/condor/condor.py b/libsubmit/providers/condor/condor.py
index 44fa0e4..8694bf8 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/condor/condor.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/condor/condor.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  launcher=SingleNodeLauncher(),
                  requirements=''):
 
-        super().__init__(label,
+        super(CondorProvider, self).__init__(label,
                          channel,
                          script_dir,
                          nodes_per_block,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _status(self):
 
         job_id_list = ' '.join(self.resources.keys())
         cmd = "condor_q {0} -af:jr JobStatus".format(job_id_list)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(CondorProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd)
         """
         Example output:
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def submit(self, command, blocksize, job_name="parsl.auto"):
         channel_script_path = self.channel.push_file(script_path, self.channel.script_dir)
 
         cmd = "condor_submit {0}".format(channel_script_path)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd, 3)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(CondorProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd, 3)
         logger.debug("Retcode:%s STDOUT:%s STDERR:%s", retcode, stdout.strip(), stderr.strip())
 
         job_id = []
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/grid_engine/grid_engine.py b/libsubmit/providers/grid_engine/grid_engine.py
index 2cf87aa..d6f31b5 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/grid_engine/grid_engine.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/grid_engine/grid_engine.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  walltime="00:10:00",
                  overrides='',
                  launcher=SingleNodeLauncher()):
-        super().__init__(label,
+        super(GridEngineProvider, self).__init__(label,
                          channel,
                          script_dir,
                          nodes_per_block,
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def submit(self, command="", blocksize=1, job_name="parsl.auto"):
 
         channel_script_path = self.channel.push_file(script_path, self.channel.script_dir)
         cmd = "qsub -terse {0}".format(channel_script_path)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd, 10)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(GridEngineProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd, 10)
 
         if retcode == 0:
             for line in stdout.split('\n'):
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def _status(self):
 
         cmd = "qstat"
 
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(GridEngineProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd)
 
         # Execute_wait failed. Do no update
         if retcode != 0:
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def cancel(self, job_ids):
 
         job_id_list = ' '.join(job_ids)
         cmd = "qdel {}".format(job_id_list)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd, 3)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(GridEngineProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd, 3)
 
         rets = None
         if retcode == 0:
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/kubernetes/kube.py b/libsubmit/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
index dea305c..3b86b2d 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 from libsubmit.error import *
 from libsubmit.providers.provider_base import ExecutionProvider
 
+# Compatibility with python2.7, FileNotFoundError is not defined
+try:
+    FileNotFoundError
+except NameError:
+    FileNotFoundError = IOError
+
 try:
     from kubernetes import client, config
     config.load_kube_config()
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/provider_base.py b/libsubmit/providers/provider_base.py
index dc7f616..417fd07 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/provider_base.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/provider_base.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod, abstractproperty
+import six
 
 
-class ExecutionProvider(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+@six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+class ExecutionProvider():
     """ Define the strict interface for all Execution Provider
 
     .. code:: python
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/slurm/slurm.py b/libsubmit/providers/slurm/slurm.py
index 5424cc9..3000b4a 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/slurm/slurm.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/slurm/slurm.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: future_fstrings -*-
 import logging
 import os
 import time
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  overrides='',
                  cmd_timeout=10,
                  launcher=SingleNodeLauncher()):
-        super().__init__(label,
+        super(SlurmProvider, self).__init__(label,
                          channel,
                          script_dir,
                          nodes_per_block,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def _status(self):
         job_id_list = ','.join(self.resources.keys())
         cmd = "squeue --job {0}".format(job_id_list)
 
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait(cmd)
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(SlurmProvider, self).execute_wait(cmd)
 
         # Execute_wait failed. Do no update
         if retcode != 0:
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def submit(self, command, blocksize, job_name="parsl.auto"):
 
         channel_script_path = self.channel.push_file(script_path, self.channel.script_dir)
 
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait("sbatch {0}".format(channel_script_path))
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(SlurmProvider, self).execute_wait("sbatch {0}".format(channel_script_path))
 
         job_id = None
         if retcode == 0:
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ def cancel(self, job_ids):
         '''
 
         job_id_list = ' '.join(job_ids)
-        retcode, stdout, stderr = super().execute_wait("scancel {0}".format(job_id_list))
+        retcode, stdout, stderr = super(SlurmProvider, self).execute_wait("scancel {0}".format(job_id_list))
         rets = None
         if retcode == 0:
             for jid in job_ids:
diff --git a/libsubmit/providers/torque/torque.py b/libsubmit/providers/torque/torque.py
index c468692..906ef88 100644
--- a/libsubmit/providers/torque/torque.py
+++ b/libsubmit/providers/torque/torque.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  parallelism=1,
                  launcher=AprunLauncher(),
                  walltime="00:20:00"):
-        super().__init__(label,
+        super(TorqueProvider, self).__init__(label,
                          channel,
                          script_dir,
                          nodes_per_block,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0f0b728..6b199bc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ google-api-python-client
 google-auth
 nbsphinx
 kubernetes>=6.0.0
+six
+configparser
+future-fstrings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccc0979..60f15c6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
     exec(f.read())
 
 install_requires = [
-    'paramiko'
+    'paramiko',
+    'six',
+    'configparser',
+    'future-fstrings',
     ]
 
 tests_require = [
     'paramiko',
+    'six',
+    'configparser',
+    'future-fstrings',
     'mock>=1.0.0',
     'nose',
     'pytest'
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@
         # Licence, must match with licence above
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         # Python versions supported
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],