diff --git a/platformio/managers/core.py b/platformio/managers/core.py
index 0427ffec..755c2134 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/core.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/core.py
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ PIOPLUS_AUTO_UPDATES_MAX = 100
 class CorePackageManager(PackageManager):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        PackageManager.__init__(self, join(util.get_home_dir(), "packages"), [
-            "https://dl.bintray.com/platformio/dl-packages/manifest.json",
-            "http%s://dl.platformio.org/packages/manifest.json" %
-            ("" if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 9) else "s")
-        ])
+        super(CorePackageManager, self).__init__(
+            join(util.get_home_dir(), "packages"), [
+                "https://dl.bintray.com/platformio/dl-packages/manifest.json",
+                "http%s://dl.platformio.org/packages/manifest.json" %
+                ("" if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 9) else "s")
+            ])
 
     def install(  # pylint: disable=keyword-arg-before-vararg
             self,
diff --git a/platformio/managers/lib.py b/platformio/managers/lib.py
index 0c6aa77d..9042e624 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/lib.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/lib.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class LibraryManager(BasePkgManager):
     def __init__(self, package_dir=None):
         if not package_dir:
             package_dir = join(util.get_home_dir(), "lib")
-        BasePkgManager.__init__(self, package_dir)
+        super(LibraryManager, self).__init__(package_dir)
 
     @property
     def manifest_names(self):
diff --git a/platformio/telemetry.py b/platformio/telemetry.py
index 90a0a150..392c2cbe 100644
--- a/platformio/telemetry.py
+++ b/platformio/telemetry.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class MeasurementProtocol(TelemetryBase):
     }
 
     def __init__(self):
-        TelemetryBase.__init__(self)
+        super(MeasurementProtocol, self).__init__()
         self['v'] = 1
         self['tid'] = self.TID
         self['cid'] = app.get_cid()
diff --git a/platformio/unpacker.py b/platformio/unpacker.py
index d747ee5e..8f55b42d 100644
--- a/platformio/unpacker.py
+++ b/platformio/unpacker.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ArchiveBase(object):
 class TARArchive(ArchiveBase):
 
     def __init__(self, archpath):
-        ArchiveBase.__init__(self, tarfile_open(archpath))
+        super(TARArchive, self).__init__(tarfile_open(archpath))
 
     def get_items(self):
         return self._afo.getmembers()
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TARArchive(ArchiveBase):
 class ZIPArchive(ArchiveBase):
 
     def __init__(self, archpath):
-        ArchiveBase.__init__(self, ZipFile(archpath))
+        super(ZIPArchive, self).__init__(ZipFile(archpath))
 
     @staticmethod
     def preserve_permissions(item, dest_dir):
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index 3cb4765f..680f9fd4 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ProjectConfig(ConfigParser.ConfigParser):
 class AsyncPipe(Thread):
 
     def __init__(self, outcallback=None):
-        Thread.__init__(self)
+        super(AsyncPipe, self).__init__()
         self.outcallback = outcallback
 
         self._fd_read, self._fd_write = os.pipe()