diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7491b4324..6a0302f34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import io
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys