diff --git a/svgpath/parser.py b/svgpath/parser.py
index 6b320c0..c042ab1 100644
--- a/svgpath/parser.py
+++ b/svgpath/parser.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COMMANDS = set('MmZzLlHhVvCcSsQqTtAa')
 UPPERCASE = set('MZLHVCSQTA')
 
 COMMAND_RE = re.compile("([MmZzLlHhVvCcSsQqTtAa])")
-FLOAT_RE = re.compile("[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?")
+FLOAT_RE = re.compile("[-+]?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?")
 
 SVG_COLORS = {
 "aliceblue": (0.941176,0.972549,1),
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ def getPathsFromSVG(svg):
                     if tag.strip().lower().endswith("}href"):
                         link = tree.attrib[tag]
                         break
-                if link is None or link[0] is not '#':
+                if link is None or link[0] != '#':
                     raise KeyError
                 source = savedElements[link[1:]]
                 x = 0
diff --git a/svgpath/path.py b/svgpath/path.py
index 51d4b6a..1ea1206 100644
--- a/svgpath/path.py
+++ b/svgpath/path.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from math import sqrt, cos, sin, acos, degrees, radians, log
-from collections import MutableSequence
+from collections.abc import MutableSequence
 
 # This file contains classes for the different types of SVG path segments as
 # well as a Path object that contains a sequence of path segments.