diff --git a/action_plugins/command_parser.py b/action_plugins/command_parser.py
index c5ac645..34c8ecf 100644
--- a/action_plugins/command_parser.py
+++ b/action_plugins/command_parser.py
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import collections
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
-from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Iterable, Mapping
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, iterkeys, string_types
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ def do_pattern_group(self, block):
                 raise AnsibleError('invalid directive specified')
 
             if 'pattern_group' in task:
-                if loop and isinstance(loop, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
+                if loop and isinstance(loop, Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
                     res = list()
                     for loop_item in loop:
                         self.ds[loop_var] = loop_item
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ def do_pattern_group(self, block):
                 if register:
                     registers[register] = res
 
-            elif isinstance(loop, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
+            elif isinstance(loop, Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
                 loop_result = list()
 
                 for loop_item in loop:
diff --git a/lookup_plugins/network_template.py b/lookup_plugins/network_template.py
index 97307dd..cadeee7 100644
--- a/lookup_plugins/network_template.py
+++ b/lookup_plugins/network_template.py
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@
 """
 
 
-import collections
-
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase, display
-from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Iterable, Mapping
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import to_list
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
                                     if res:
                                         loop_result.extend(to_list(res))
 
-                            elif isinstance(loop, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
+                            elif isinstance(loop, Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
                                 for loop_item in loop:
                                     self.ds['item'] = loop_item
                                     res = self._process_directive(task)
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ def do_context(self, block):
                     loop_result.extend(to_list(self._process_directive(task)))
                 results.extend(loop_result)
 
-            elif isinstance(loop, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
+            elif isinstance(loop, Iterable) and not isinstance(loop, string_types):
                 loop_result = list()
                 for loop_item in loop:
                     self.ds['item'] = loop_item
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ def template(self, data, variables, convert_bare=False):
                 templated_data[templated_key] = self.template(value, variables, convert_bare=convert_bare)
             return templated_data
 
-        elif isinstance(data, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(data, string_types):
+        elif isinstance(data, Iterable) and not isinstance(data, string_types):
             return [self.template(i, variables, convert_bare=convert_bare) for i in data]
 
         else: