diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
index 13340ec64f..d479d25773 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import itertools
 import re
-import xml
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
     urljoin,
 )
 from ..compat import (
+    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def _get_subtitles(self, media, programme_id):
                 continue
             captions = self._download_xml(
                 cc_url, programme_id, 'Downloading captions', fatal=False)
-            if not isinstance(captions, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element):
+            if not isinstance(captions, compat_etree_Element):
                 continue
             lang = captions.get('{http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}lang', 'en')
             subtitles[lang] = [
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index a17f7cbc4e..4839edbf73 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import math
-import xml
 
 from ..compat import (
     compat_cookiejar,
     compat_cookies,
+    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_getpass,
     compat_integer_types,
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ def _download_xml_handle(
             fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
             expected_status=None):
         """
-        Return a tuple (xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element, URL handle).
+        Return a tuple (xml as an compat_etree_Element, URL handle).
 
         See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
         """
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ def _download_xml(
             transform_source=None, fatal=True, encoding=None,
             data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
         """
-        Return the xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.
+        Return the xml as an compat_etree_Element.
 
         See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
         """
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=N
     def _parse_f4m_formats(self, manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=None,
                            transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
                            fatal=True, m3u8_id=None):
-        if not isinstance(manifest, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element) and not fatal:
+        if not isinstance(manifest, compat_etree_Element) and not fatal:
             return []
 
         # currently youtube-dl cannot decode the playerVerificationChallenge as Akamai uses Adobe Alchemy
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index fd1e7afad2..5948154f84 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import re
 import json
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
 import zlib
 
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 from .vrv import VRVIE
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
+    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_request,
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def _get_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
                 'Downloading subtitles for ' + sub_name, data={
                     'subtitle_script_id': sub_id,
                 })
-            if not isinstance(sub_doc, etree.Element):
+            if not isinstance(sub_doc, compat_etree_Element):
                 continue
             sid = sub_doc.get('id')
             iv = xpath_text(sub_doc, 'iv', 'subtitle iv')
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                         'video_quality': stream_quality,
                         'current_page': url,
                     })
-                if isinstance(streamdata, etree.Element):
+                if isinstance(streamdata, compat_etree_Element):
                     stream_info = streamdata.find('./{default}preload/stream_info')
                     if stream_info is not None:
                         stream_infos.append(stream_info)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                         'video_format': stream_format,
                         'video_encode_quality': stream_quality,
                     })
-                if isinstance(stream_info, etree.Element):
+                if isinstance(stream_info, compat_etree_Element):
                     stream_infos.append(stream_info)
                 for stream_info in stream_infos:
                     video_encode_id = xpath_text(stream_info, './video_encode_id')
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         season = episode = episode_number = duration = thumbnail = None
 
-        if isinstance(metadata, etree.Element):
+        if isinstance(metadata, compat_etree_Element):
             season = xpath_text(metadata, 'series_title')
             episode = xpath_text(metadata, 'episode_title')
             episode_number = int_or_none(xpath_text(metadata, 'episode_number'))