diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index 16d0cac..22c5c16 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from offlineimap import imaplibutil, imaputil, threadutil, OfflineImapError
 from offlineimap.ui import getglobalui
 from threading import Lock, BoundedSemaphore, Thread, Event, currentThread
-from thread import get_ident	# python < 2.6 support
 import offlineimap.accounts
 import hmac
 import socket
@@ -167,6 +166,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
 
         self.semaphore.acquire()
         self.connectionlock.acquire()
+        curThread = currentThread()
         imapobj = None
 
         if len(self.availableconnections): # One is available.
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
             imapobj = None
             for i in range(len(self.availableconnections) - 1, -1, -1):
                 tryobj = self.availableconnections[i]
-                if self.lastowner[tryobj] == get_ident():
+                if self.lastowner[tryobj] == curThread.ident:
                     imapobj = tryobj
                     del(self.availableconnections[i])
                     break
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
                 imapobj = self.availableconnections[0]
                 del(self.availableconnections[0])
             self.assignedconnections.append(imapobj)
-            self.lastowner[imapobj] = get_ident()
+            self.lastowner[imapobj] = curThread.ident
             self.connectionlock.release()
             return imapobj
         
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class IMAPServer:
 
             self.connectionlock.acquire()
             self.assignedconnections.append(imapobj)
-            self.lastowner[imapobj] = get_ident()
+            self.lastowner[imapobj] = curThread.ident
             self.connectionlock.release()
             return imapobj
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/offlineimap/threadutil.py b/offlineimap/threadutil.py
index 92c54e2..054fa11 100644
--- a/offlineimap/threadutil.py
+++ b/offlineimap/threadutil.py
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
-from threading import Lock, Thread, BoundedSemaphore
+from threading import Lock, Thread, BoundedSemaphore, currentThread
 try:
     from Queue import Queue, Empty
 except ImportError: # python3
     from queue import Queue, Empty
 import traceback
-from thread import get_ident	# python < 2.6 support
 import os.path
 import sys
 from offlineimap.ui import getglobalui
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ class ExitNotifyThread(Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         global exitthreads
-        self.threadid = get_ident()
         try:
             if not ExitNotifyThread.profiledir: # normal case
                 Thread.run(self)
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ class ExitNotifyThread(Thread):
                 except SystemExit:
                     pass
                 prof.dump_stats(os.path.join(ExitNotifyThread.profiledir,
-                                "%s_%s.prof" % (self.threadid, self.getName())))
+                                "%s_%s.prof" % (self.ident, self.getName())))
         except Exception as e:
             # Thread exited with Exception, store it
             tb = traceback.format_exc()
diff --git a/offlineimap/ui/Curses.py b/offlineimap/ui/Curses.py
index af41d35..365be60 100644
--- a/offlineimap/ui/Curses.py
+++ b/offlineimap/ui/Curses.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 from threading import RLock, currentThread, Lock, Event
-from thread import get_ident	# python < 2.6 support
 from collections import deque
 import time
 import sys