diff --git a/zerver/context_processors.py b/zerver/context_processors.py
index 2240b53c5d..2d3d2a2fcd 100644
--- a/zerver/context_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/context_processors.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 from django.http import HttpRequest
diff --git a/zerver/decorator.py b/zerver/decorator.py
index b48506597d..bbe7c669f5 100644
--- a/zerver/decorator.py
+++ b/zerver/decorator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
diff --git a/zerver/filters.py b/zerver/filters.py
index 2c9eef7863..4ed40b2891 100644
--- a/zerver/filters.py
+++ b/zerver/filters.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
diff --git a/zerver/forms.py b/zerver/forms.py
index 1a2e2b3837..fe96c744d1 100644
--- a/zerver/forms.py
+++ b/zerver/forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/zerver/logging_handlers.py b/zerver/logging_handlers.py
index c9f3181db3..2bce3fd803 100644
--- a/zerver/logging_handlers.py
+++ b/zerver/logging_handlers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
diff --git a/zerver/middleware.py b/zerver/middleware.py
index ca7cadbce9..7b54606e93 100644
--- a/zerver/middleware.py
+++ b/zerver/middleware.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from six import binary_type
 from typing import Any, AnyStr, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional, Text
diff --git a/zerver/models.py b/zerver/models.py
index 96572cc915..239e78753b 100644
--- a/zerver/models.py
+++ b/zerver/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from typing import Any, DefaultDict, Dict, List, Set, Tuple, TypeVar, Text, \
     Union, Optional, Sequence, AbstractSet, Pattern, AnyStr, Callable, Iterable
 from typing.re import Match
diff --git a/zerver/signals.py b/zerver/signals.py
index 54ca9f2bb2..41a1ad18fe 100644
--- a/zerver/signals.py
+++ b/zerver/signals.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.contrib.auth.signals import user_logged_in
diff --git a/zerver/storage.py b/zerver/storage.py
index bc546b1011..5b3604c19f 100644
--- a/zerver/storage.py
+++ b/zerver/storage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Useful reading is https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/front-end-build-process.html
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 import shutil
diff --git a/zerver/templatetags/minified_js.py b/zerver/templatetags/minified_js.py
index b8e342ecc6..afc6443dc5 100644
--- a/zerver/templatetags/minified_js.py
+++ b/zerver/templatetags/minified_js.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from django.template import Node, Library, TemplateSyntaxError
diff --git a/zerver/views/email_log.py b/zerver/views/email_log.py
index fc1f618685..d03ad86098 100755
--- a/zerver/views/email_log.py
+++ b/zerver/views/email_log.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 from django.conf import settings