diff --git a/tools/custom_check.py b/tools/custom_check.py
index 80c80208..809ee028 100644
--- a/tools/custom_check.py
+++ b/tools/custom_check.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
 from zulint.custom_rules import RuleList
 
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index 913c841c..38bd50dd 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import argparse
 
 from zulint.command import add_default_linter_arguments, LinterConfig
diff --git a/tools/pep8.py b/tools/pep8.py
index 6a336471..75f0a4e2 100644
--- a/tools/pep8.py
+++ b/tools/pep8.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # This file has been copied and modified from the Zulip server repository
 # Original path: zulip/tools/linter_lib/pep8.py
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
diff --git a/tools/release-packages b/tools/release-packages
index 67503ea4..6556e2be 100755
--- a/tools/release-packages
+++ b/tools/release-packages
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import os
 import argparse
diff --git a/tools/review b/tools/review
index d90ef3fa..82019456 100755
--- a/tools/review
+++ b/tools/review
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index 268c35fb..c118b3ea 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import os
 import sys
 import argparse
diff --git a/zulip/setup.py b/zulip/setup.py
index 35e52330..659b5416 100755
--- a/zulip/setup.py
+++ b/zulip/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 if False:
     from typing import Any, Dict, Generator, List, Tuple
 
diff --git a/zulip/tests/test_default_arguments.py b/zulip/tests/test_default_arguments.py
index 0b983a87..baedba30 100755
--- a/zulip/tests/test_default_arguments.py
+++ b/zulip/tests/test_default_arguments.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import argparse
 import os
 import six
diff --git a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
index e2762eb7..2357f104 100644
--- a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
+++ b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
 import json
 import requests
 import time
diff --git a/zulip_bots/setup.py b/zulip_bots/setup.py
index 51532dbe..f1e0c969 100644
--- a/zulip_bots/setup.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import os
 import sys
 import glob
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/provision.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/provision.py
index 1d144226..2112e008 100755
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/provision.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/provision.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import argparse
 import logging
 import os
diff --git a/zulip_botserver/setup.py b/zulip_botserver/setup.py
index f530329d..05c97845 100644
--- a/zulip_botserver/setup.py
+++ b/zulip_botserver/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import sys
 if False:
     from typing import Any, Dict, Optional