diff --git a/changelog.d/3054.misc.rst b/changelog.d/3054.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7166f83730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3054.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Used Py3 syntax ``super().__init__()`` -- by :user:`imba-tjd`
diff --git a/pkg_resources/__init__.py b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
index 9cc6b0a4d9..9933aad857 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ class EggProvider(NullProvider):
     """Provider based on a virtual filesystem"""
 
     def __init__(self, module):
-        NullProvider.__init__(self, module)
+        super().__init__(module)
         self._setup_prefix()
 
     def _setup_prefix(self):
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ class ZipProvider(EggProvider):
     _zip_manifests = MemoizedZipManifests()
 
     def __init__(self, module):
-        EggProvider.__init__(self, module)
+        super().__init__(module)
         self.zip_pre = self.loader.archive + os.sep
 
     def _zipinfo_name(self, fspath):
diff --git a/setuptools/__init__.py b/setuptools/__init__.py
index 43d1c96eb2..06991b65d7 100644
--- a/setuptools/__init__.py
+++ b/setuptools/__init__.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class MinimalDistribution(distutils.core.Distribution):
         def __init__(self, attrs):
             _incl = 'dependency_links', 'setup_requires'
             filtered = {k: attrs[k] for k in set(_incl) & set(attrs)}
-            distutils.core.Distribution.__init__(self, filtered)
+            super().__init__(filtered)
 
         def finalize_options(self):
             """
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def __init__(self, dist, **kw):
         Construct the command for dist, updating
         vars(self) with any keyword parameters.
         """
-        _Command.__init__(self, dist)
+        super().__init__(dist)
         vars(self).update(kw)
 
     def _ensure_stringlike(self, option, what, default=None):
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 514719dedc..5fab0fdb5b 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename, sitedirs=()):
         self.sitedirs = list(map(normalize_path, sitedirs))
         self.basedir = normalize_path(os.path.dirname(self.filename))
         self._load()
-        Environment.__init__(self, [], None, None)
+        super().__init__([], None, None)
         for path in yield_lines(self.paths):
             list(map(self.add, find_distributions(path, True)))
 
diff --git a/setuptools/extension.py b/setuptools/extension.py
index 1820722a49..f696c9c1ac 100644
--- a/setuptools/extension.py
+++ b/setuptools/extension.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, sources, *args, **kw):
         # The *args is needed for compatibility as calls may use positional
         # arguments. py_limited_api may be set only via keyword.
         self.py_limited_api = kw.pop("py_limited_api", False)
-        _Extension.__init__(self, name, sources, *args, **kw)
+        super().__init__(name, sources, *args, **kw)
 
     def _convert_pyx_sources_to_lang(self):
         """
diff --git a/setuptools/package_index.py b/setuptools/package_index.py
index 270e7f3c91..051e523a57 100644
--- a/setuptools/package_index.py
+++ b/setuptools/package_index.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def __init__(
             self, index_url="https://pypi.org/simple/", hosts=('*',),
             ca_bundle=None, verify_ssl=True, *args, **kw
     ):
-        Environment.__init__(self, *args, **kw)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kw)
         self.index_url = index_url + "/" [:not index_url.endswith('/')]
         self.scanned_urls = {}
         self.fetched_urls = {}
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         Load from ~/.pypirc
         """
         defaults = dict.fromkeys(['username', 'password', 'repository'], '')
-        configparser.RawConfigParser.__init__(self, defaults)
+        super().__init__(defaults)
 
         rc = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.pypirc')
         if os.path.exists(rc):