diff --git a/plugins/lighttpd/lighttpd_ b/plugins/lighttpd/lighttpd_
index f3066eaf..a120401b 100755
--- a/plugins/lighttpd/lighttpd_
+++ b/plugins/lighttpd/lighttpd_
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 
 =head1 NAME
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 import os
 import sys
-import urllib2
+import urllib.request
 
 
 program = sys.argv[0]
@@ -114,17 +112,17 @@ elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "suggest":
 else:
     status_url = os.environ.get('status_url', 'http://127.0.0.1/server-status')
 
-    request = urllib2.Request("%s?auto" % status_url)
+    request = urllib.request.Request("%s?auto" % status_url)
     if "username" in os.environ and "password" in os.environ:
-        mgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
+        mgr = urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
         mgr.add_password(None, status_url, os.environ["username"], os.environ["password"])
         if os.environ.get("auth_type", "basic") == "digest":
-            auth = urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler(mgr)
+            auth = urllib.request.HTTPDigestAuthHandler(mgr)
         else:
-            auth = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(mgr)
-        opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth)
-        urllib2.install_opener(opener)
-    info = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+            auth = urllib.request.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(mgr)
+        opener = urllib.request.build_opener(auth)
+        urllib.request.install_opener(opener)
+    info = urllib.request.urlopen(request).read()
     data = {}
     for line in info.split("\n"):
         try: