diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/signals.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/signals.py
index a52abc68576e..a51a8160c93c 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/signals.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/signals.py
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 from django.dispatch import Signal
 
 # Signal to retire a user from LMS-initiated mailings (course mailings, etc)
-USER_RETIRE_MAILINGS = Signal(providing_args=["user"])
+# providing_args=["user"]
+USER_RETIRE_MAILINGS = Signal()
 
 # Signal to retire LMS critical information
-USER_RETIRE_LMS_CRITICAL = Signal(providing_args=["user"])
+# providing_args=["user"]
+USER_RETIRE_LMS_CRITICAL = Signal()
 
 # Signal to retire LMS misc information
-USER_RETIRE_LMS_MISC = Signal(providing_args=["user"])
+# providing_args=["user"]
+USER_RETIRE_LMS_MISC = Signal()
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/utils.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/utils.py
index b78c19f2cb59..0cf44ef0684d 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from completion.waffle import ENABLE_COMPLETION_TRACKING_SWITCH
 from completion.models import BlockCompletion
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from social_django.models import UserSocialAuth
 
 from common.djangoapps.student.models import AccountRecovery, Registration, get_retired_email_by_email
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
index f5568dd76e35..1f6f26197f00 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import models, transaction
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from edx_ace import ace
 from edx_ace.recipient import Recipient
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication import JwtAuthentication
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/admin.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/admin.py
index 9de740a0e359..aed5c658b9fb 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/admin.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/admin.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.html import format_html
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.user_api.accounts.forms import RetirementQueueDeletionForm
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/helpers.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/helpers.py
index 2c70e24eca88..7de43410a8a8 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/helpers.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/helpers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def default(self, obj):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         Forces evaluation of ugettext_lazy promises.
         """
         if isinstance(obj, Promise):
-            return force_text(obj)
+            return force_str(obj)
         super().default(obj)
 
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/api.py
index ad63288ae32b..e0a6797ebe25 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/api.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import IntegrityError
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_noop
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_noop
 from django_countries import countries
 from pytz import common_timezones, common_timezones_set, country_timezones
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def validate_user_preference_serializer(serializer, preference_key, preference_v
         PreferenceValidationError: the supplied key and/or value for a user preference are invalid.
     """
     if preference_value is None or str(preference_value).strip() == '':
-        format_string = ugettext_noop("Preference '{preference_key}' cannot be set to an empty value.")
+        format_string = gettext_noop("Preference '{preference_key}' cannot be set to an empty value.")
         raise PreferenceValidationError({
             preference_key: {
                 "developer_message": format_string.format(preference_key=preference_key),
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ def validate_user_preference_serializer(serializer, preference_key, preference_v
             }
         })
     if preference_key == "time_zone" and preference_value not in common_timezones_set:
-        developer_message = ugettext_noop("Value '{preference_value}' not valid for preference '{preference_key}': Not in timezone set.")  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
-        user_message = ugettext_noop("Value '{preference_value}' is not a valid time zone selection.")
+        developer_message = gettext_noop("Value '{preference_value}' not valid for preference '{preference_key}': Not in timezone set.")  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+        user_message = gettext_noop("Value '{preference_value}' is not a valid time zone selection.")
         raise PreferenceValidationError({
             preference_key: {
                 "developer_message": developer_message.format(
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/views.py
index 7fd78a1c4350..6f983a13afe2 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/views.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 from django.db import transaction
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication import JwtAuthentication
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.session.authentication import SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
 from rest_framework import permissions, status
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/cookies.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/cookies.py
index 0567f5d3be3b..2c85fac76e5e 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/cookies.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/cookies.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
-CREATE_LOGON_COOKIE = Signal(providing_args=['user', 'response'])
+# providing_args=['user', 'response']
+CREATE_LOGON_COOKIE = Signal()
 
 
 JWT_COOKIE_NAMES = (
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/auto_auth.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/auto_auth.py
index 7792f90d95bc..f385a30fe7f9 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/auto_auth.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/auto_auth.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.template.context_processors import csrf
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator
 
 from lms.djangoapps.verify_student.models import ManualVerification
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login.py
index ef02971e6be5..f061c5a65419 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt, csrf_protect, ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_post_parameters
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login_form.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login_form.py
index 94c13ef95e9c..31b805b3cee0 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login_form.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/login_form.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 from ratelimit.decorators import ratelimit
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/password_reset.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/password_reset.py
index 547535a233b9..764b4abea4cb 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/password_reset.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/password_reset.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_str
 from django.utils.http import base36_to_int, int_to_base36, urlsafe_base64_encode
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt, ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 from edx_ace import ace
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def _uidb36_to_uidb64(uidb36):
     Returns: base64-encoded user ID. Otherwise returns a dummy, invalid ID
     """
     try:
-        uidb64 = force_text(urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(base36_to_int(uidb36))))
+        uidb64 = force_str(urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(base36_to_int(uidb36))))
     except ValueError:
         uidb64 = '1'  # dummy invalid ID (incorrect padding for base64)
     return uidb64
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/register.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/register.py
index 6cec0ae3bf21..98d9f1acc7f3 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/register.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/register.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import get_language
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt, ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_post_parameters
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_attribute
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@
 REGISTRATION_UTM_CREATED_AT = 'registration_utm_created_at'
 MARKETING_EMAILS_OPT_IN = 'marketing_emails_opt_in'
 # used to announce a registration
-REGISTER_USER = Signal(providing_args=["user", "registration"])
+# providing_args=["user", "registration"]
+REGISTER_USER = Signal()
 
 
 # .. toggle_name: registration.enable_failure_logging
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/registration_form.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/registration_form.py
index 0a602c32b0cd..d530f493a9d2 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/registration_form.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/registration_form.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator, ValidationError, slug_re
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django_countries import countries
 
 from common.djangoapps import third_party_auth
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_logistration.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_logistration.py
index ec0f07e71187..87fd6ccb1707 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_logistration.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_logistration.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from edx_toggles.toggles.testutils import override_waffle_flag
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 from pytz import UTC
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/utils.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/utils.py
index b284fdde9d7a..c87718018f65 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from ipware.ip import get_client_ip
 
 from common.djangoapps import third_party_auth
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/user_messages.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/user_messages.py
index e6438c58a3f1..2b6962f39f55 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/user_messages.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/util/user_messages.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from edx_toggles.toggles import SettingToggle
 
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/forms.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/forms.py
index 013b3d8502ac..16c104066794 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/forms.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/forms.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 from django import forms
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/models.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/models.py
index 39c64ea13818..3d1101fc6b46 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/models.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/verified_track_content/models.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save, pre_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy
 from edx_django_utils.cache import RequestCache
 from opaque_keys.edx.django.models import CourseKeyField
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class VerifiedTrackCohortedCourse(models.Model):
     """
     course_key = CourseKeyField(
         max_length=255, db_index=True, unique=True,
-        help_text=ugettext_lazy("The course key for the course we would like to be auto-cohorted.")
+        help_text=gettext_lazy("The course key for the course we would like to be auto-cohorted.")
     )
 
     verified_cohort_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=DEFAULT_VERIFIED_COHORT_NAME)
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/video_pipeline/models.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/video_pipeline/models.py
index cf1d575163f3..d58a958eb16a 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/video_pipeline/models.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/video_pipeline/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db import models
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from opaque_keys.edx.django.models import CourseKeyField
 
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/waffle_utils/models.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/waffle_utils/models.py
index 22dc021e872b..6e78e8106d2f 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/waffle_utils/models.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/waffle_utils/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 from django.db.models import CharField, TextField
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from model_utils import Choices
 from opaque_keys.edx.django.models import CourseKeyField
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/api.py
index 9fde5ea29fde..60b8a1e13bbd 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/api.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import threading
 
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import UsageKeyV2
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import BundleDefinitionLocator
 from rest_framework.exceptions import NotFound
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/runtime/mixin.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/runtime/mixin.py
index 57eeb1d0dfbe..5e413ce5ebe5 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/runtime/mixin.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/runtime/mixin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from xblock.core import XBlock, XBlockMixin
 from xblock.exceptions import JsonHandlerError
 from web_fragments.fragment import Fragment
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangolib/tests/test_markup.py b/openedx/core/djangolib/tests/test_markup.py
index b23ffb97ce46..d3775deae652 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangolib/tests/test_markup.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangolib/tests/test_markup.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 import ddt
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.utils.translation import ungettext
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from mako.template import Template
 
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text, strip_all_tags_but_br
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_mako(self):
 
     def test_ungettext(self):
         for i in [1, 2]:
-            out = Text(ungettext("1 & {}", "2 & {}", i)).format(HTML("<>"))
+            out = Text(ngettext("1 & {}", "2 & {}", i)).format(HTML("<>"))
             assert out == f'{i} &amp; <>'
 
     def test_strip_all_tags_but_br_filter(self):
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/api/view_utils.py b/openedx/core/lib/api/view_utils.py
index 24ddc838874e..e9264697c14c 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/api/view_utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/api/view_utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from django.core.exceptions import NON_FIELD_ERRORS, ObjectDoesNotExist, ValidationError
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseBadRequest
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication import JwtAuthentication
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.session.authentication import SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/cache_utils.py b/openedx/core/lib/cache_utils.py
index 52c58ec67780..387aaeaecce1 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/cache_utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/cache_utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import wrapt
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 
 from edx_django_utils.cache import RequestCache, TieredCache
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _func_call_cache_key(func, arg_map_function, *args, **kwargs):
     the function's name, a stringified list of arguments
     and a stringified list of keyword arguments.
     """
-    arg_map_function = arg_map_function or force_text
+    arg_map_function = arg_map_function or force_str
 
     converted_args = list(map(arg_map_function, args))
     converted_kwargs = list(map(arg_map_function, _sorted_kwargs_list(kwargs)))
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/gating/api.py b/openedx/core/lib/gating/api.py
index 313a326756f3..270a01457aa3 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/gating/api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/gating/api.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from completion.models import BlockCompletion
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=imported-auth-user
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from milestones import api as milestones_api
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import UsageKey
 from xblock.completable import XBlockCompletionMode as CompletionMode