diff --git a/socketIO_client/transports.py b/socketIO_client/transports.py
index ed4e59c..5701e92 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/transports.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/transports.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import six
 import socket
 import time
 import websocket
-from itertools import izip
 
 from .exceptions import SocketIOError, ConnectionError, TimeoutError
 
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ def _negotiate_transport(
 
 def _yield_text_from_framed_data(framed_data, parse=lambda x: x):
     parts = [parse(x) for x in framed_data.split(BOUNDARY)]
-    for text_length, text in izip(parts[1::2], parts[2::2]):
+    for text_length, text in zip(parts[1::2], parts[2::2]):
         if text_length != str(len(text)):
             warning = 'invalid declared length=%s for packet_text=%s' % (
                 text_length, text)