diff --git a/adafruit_minimqtt.py b/adafruit_minimqtt.py
index b2d3b0c0..d2edae84 100644
--- a/adafruit_minimqtt.py
+++ b/adafruit_minimqtt.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def connect(self, clean_session=True):
         while True:
             op = self._wait_for_msg()
             if op == 32:
-                rc = self._sock.read(3)
+                rc = self._sock.recv(3)
                 assert rc[0] == 0x02
                 if rc[2] != 0x00:
                     raise MMQTTException(CONNACK_ERRORS[rc[2]])
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def ping(self):
         while True:
             op = self._wait_for_msg(0.5)
             if op == 208:
-                ping_resp = self._sock.read(2)
+                ping_resp = self._sock.recv(2)
                 if ping_resp[0] != 0x00:
                     raise MMQTTException('PINGRESP not returned from broker.')
             return
@@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ def publish(self, topic, msg, retain=False, qos=0):
             while True:
                 op = self._wait_for_msg()
                 if op == 0x40:
-                    sz = self._sock.read(1)
+                    sz = self._sock.recv(1)
                     assert sz == b"\x02"
-                    rcv_pid = self._sock.read(2)
+                    rcv_pid = self._sock.recv(2)
                     rcv_pid = rcv_pid[0] << 0x08 | rcv_pid[1]
                     if pid == rcv_pid:
                         if self.on_publish is not None:
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def subscribe(self, topic, qos=0):
         while True:
             op = self._wait_for_msg()
             if op == 0x90:
-                rc = self._sock.read(4)
+                rc = self._sock.recv(4)
                 assert rc[1] == packet[2] and rc[2] == packet[3]
                 if rc[3] == 0x80:
                     raise MMQTTException('SUBACK Failure!')
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ def unsubscribe(self, topic):
         while True:
             op = self._wait_for_msg()
             if op == 176:
-                return_code = self._sock.read(3)
+                return_code = self._sock.recv(3)
                 assert return_code[0] == 0x02
                 # [MQTT-3.32]
                 assert return_code[1] == packet_id_bytes[0] and return_code[2] == packet_id_bytes[1]
@@ -640,27 +640,27 @@ def _wait_for_msg(self, timeout=30):
         """Reads and processes network events.
         Returns response code if successful.
         """
-        res = self._sock.read(1)
+        res = self._sock.recv(1)
         self._sock.settimeout(timeout)
         if res in [None, b""]:
             return None
         if res == MQTT_PINGRESP:
-            sz = self._sock.read(1)[0]
+            sz = self._sock.recv(1)[0]
             assert sz == 0
             return None
         if res[0] & 0xf0 != 0x30:
             return res[0]
         sz = self._recv_len()
-        topic_len = self._sock.read(2)
+        topic_len = self._sock.recv(2)
         topic_len = (topic_len[0] << 8) | topic_len[1]
-        topic = self._sock.read(topic_len)
+        topic = self._sock.recv(topic_len)
         topic = str(topic, 'utf-8')
         sz -= topic_len + 2
         if res[0] & 0x06:
-            pid = self._sock.read(2)
+            pid = self._sock.recv(2)
             pid = pid[0] << 0x08 | pid[1]
             sz -= 0x02
-        msg = self._sock.read(sz)
+        msg = self._sock.recv(sz)
         if self.on_message is not None:
             self.on_message(self, topic, str(msg, 'utf-8'))
         if res[0] & 0x06 == 0x02:
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ def _recv_len(self):
         n = 0
         sh = 0
         while True:
-            b = self._sock.read(1)[0]
+            b = self._sock.recv(1)[0]
             n |= (b & 0x7f) << sh
             if not b & 0x80:
                 return n