diff --git a/oorq/tasks.py b/oorq/tasks.py
index 4fab42f..60d1866 100644
--- a/oorq/tasks.py
+++ b/oorq/tasks.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def make_chunks(ids, n_chunks=None, size=None):
         raise ValueError("only n_chunks or size must be passed")
     if not size:
         size = int(ceil(len(ids) / n_chunks))
-    return [ids[x:x + size] for x in xrange(0, len(ids), size)]
+    return [ids[x:x + size] for x in range(0, len(ids), size)]
 
 
 def execute(conf_attrs, dbname, uid, obj, method, *args, **kw):