diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index 7019b70a0..5ca9ae3bb 100644
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 
 import traceback
 import re
+import inspect
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ from functools import wraps
 import beets
 from beets import logging
 from beets import mediafile
-from beets.util import inspect
 import six
 
 PLUGIN_NAMESPACE = 'beetsplug'
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
         value after the function returns). Also determines which params may not
         be sent for backwards-compatibility.
         """
-        argspec = inspect.getargspec(func)
+        if six.PY2:
+            func_args = inspect.getargspec(func).args
+        else:
+            func_args = inspect.getfullargspec(func).args
 
         @wraps(func)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
                     if exc.args[0].startswith(func.__name__):
                         # caused by 'func' and not stuff internal to 'func'
                         kwargs = dict((arg, val) for arg, val in kwargs.items()
-                                      if arg in argspec.args)
+                                      if arg in func_args)
                         return func(*args, **kwargs)
                     else:
                         raise
diff --git a/beets/util/inspect.py b/beets/util/inspect.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b90c0fe45..000000000
--- a/beets/util/inspect.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of beets.
-# Copyright 2019, Vladimir Zhelezov.
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-# the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
-
-import inspect
-
-from six import PY2
-
-
-def getargspec(func):
-    if PY2:
-        return inspect.getargspec(func)
-    return inspect.getfullargspec(func)
diff --git a/beetsplug/bpd/__init__.py b/beetsplug/bpd/__init__.py
index 086af21b3..c8fc10509 100644
--- a/beetsplug/bpd/__init__.py
+++ b/beetsplug/bpd/__init__.py
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ import traceback
 import random
 import time
 import math
+import inspect
 
 import beets
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 import beets.ui
 from beets import vfs
-from beets.util import bluelet, inspect
+from beets.util import bluelet
 from beets.library import Item
 from beets import dbcore
 from beets.mediafile import MediaFile
@@ -749,7 +750,13 @@ class Command(object):
             raise BPDError(ERROR_UNKNOWN,
                            u'unknown command "{}"'.format(self.name))
         func = getattr(conn.server, func_name)
-        argspec = inspect.getargspec(func)
+
+        if six.PY2:
+            # caution: the fields of the namedtuple are slightly different
+            argspec = inspect.getargspec(func)
+        else:
+            argspec = inspect.getfullargspec(func)
+
         max_args = len(argspec.args) - 2
         min_args = max_args
         if argspec.defaults:
diff --git a/test/test_plugins.py b/test/test_plugins.py
index 7c32e9aca..b14158699 100644
--- a/test/test_plugins.py
+++ b/test/test_plugins.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class ListenersTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
     @patch('beets.plugins.find_plugins')
     @patch('beets.plugins.inspect')
     def test_events_called(self, mock_inspect, mock_find_plugins):
-        mock_inspect.getargspec.return_value = None
+        mock_inspect.getargspec.args.return_value = None
 
         class DummyPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
             def __init__(self):