diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6603e12..ec8c332 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Alterações
   [hvelarde]
 
 - Adiciona suporte para Python 3 e dependencia com o future.
-  [caduvieira]
+  [caduvieira, hvelarde]
 
 - Remove suporte para Python 2.6 e Plone 4.2.
   [hvelarde]
diff --git a/src/brasil/gov/vcge/vocabulary.py b/src/brasil/gov/vcge/vocabulary.py
index fcf3d5c..877cb3b 100644
--- a/src/brasil/gov/vcge/vocabulary.py
+++ b/src/brasil/gov/vcge/vocabulary.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ class VCGEVocabulary(object):
     def __call__(self, context):
         items = []
         termos = load_skos()
-        items = termos.items()
+        # XXX: calling .items() in Python 2 is inefficient
         items = [SimpleTerm(key, key, value['title'])
-                 for (key, value) in items]
+                 for (key, value) in termos.items()]
         return SimpleVocabulary(items)