diff --git a/.meta/mkcompletion.py b/.meta/mkcompletion.py
index 8c56967b..387bd307 100644
--- a/.meta/mkcompletion.py
+++ b/.meta/mkcompletion.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Auto-generate tqdm/completion.sh from docstrings.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import re
 import sys
 from io import open as io_open
diff --git a/.meta/mkdocs.py b/.meta/mkdocs.py
index 40a9f71d..6fdc0bad 100644
--- a/.meta/mkdocs.py
+++ b/.meta/mkdocs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Auto-generate README.rst from .meta/.readme.rst and docstrings.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import sys
 from io import open as io_open
 from os import path
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks.py b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
index fcf43bbe..341dead1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Write the benchmarking functions here.
 # See "Writing benchmarks" in the asv docs for more information.
-from __future__ import division
-
 from functools import partial
 
 
diff --git a/examples/7zx.py b/examples/7zx.py
index 3d152542..18d7e333 100644
--- a/examples/7zx.py
+++ b/examples/7zx.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Options:
                          NOTSET
   -d, --debug-trace      Print lots of debugging information (-D NOTSET)
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import io
 import logging
 import os
diff --git a/examples/parallel_bars.py b/examples/parallel_bars.py
index c6aef292..14e9ca03 100644
--- a/examples/parallel_bars.py
+++ b/examples/parallel_bars.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from functools import partial
 from multiprocessing import Pool, RLock, freeze_support
diff --git a/examples/redirect_print.py b/examples/redirect_print.py
index 0f9721ee..38e6b4f8 100644
--- a/examples/redirect_print.py
+++ b/examples/redirect_print.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ any input string to `tqdm.write()`, and supply the arguments
 
 A reusable canonical example is given below:
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import contextlib
 import sys
 from time import sleep
diff --git a/tests/tests_contrib_logging.py b/tests/tests_contrib_logging.py
index 6f675dd7..b8d60b65 100644
--- a/tests/tests_contrib_logging.py
+++ b/tests/tests_contrib_logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring, missing-class-docstring
 # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring, no-self-use
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/tests_dask.py b/tests/tests_dask.py
index 8bf4b64f..16992bf3 100644
--- a/tests/tests_dask.py
+++ b/tests/tests_dask.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import division
-
 from time import sleep
 
 from .tests_tqdm import importorskip, mark
diff --git a/tests/tests_keras.py b/tests/tests_keras.py
index 220f9461..32d64700 100644
--- a/tests/tests_keras.py
+++ b/tests/tests_keras.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import division
-
 from .tests_tqdm import importorskip, mark
 
 pytestmark = mark.slow
diff --git a/tests/tests_perf.py b/tests/tests_perf.py
index 92bed375..fd12449c 100644
--- a/tests/tests_perf.py
+++ b/tests/tests_perf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import division, print_function
-
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import wraps
diff --git a/tests/tests_synchronisation.py b/tests/tests_synchronisation.py
index 5b0ad1df..0cd9190f 100644
--- a/tests/tests_synchronisation.py
+++ b/tests/tests_synchronisation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import division
-
 from functools import wraps
 from threading import Event
 from time import sleep, time
diff --git a/tests/tests_tqdm.py b/tests/tests_tqdm.py
index 513be501..c3ae9b59 100644
--- a/tests/tests_tqdm.py
+++ b/tests/tests_tqdm.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Advice: use repr(our_file.read()) to print the full output of tqdm
 # (else '\r' will replace the previous lines and you'll see only the latest.
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import csv
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/concurrent.py b/tqdm/contrib/concurrent.py
index ded24aca..8ec6f59a 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/concurrent.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/concurrent.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Thin wrappers around `concurrent.futures`.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from ..auto import tqdm as tqdm_auto
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/discord.py b/tqdm/contrib/discord.py
index fe14078f..b8366fb6 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/discord.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/discord.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Usage:
 
 ![screenshot](https://img.tqdm.ml/screenshot-discord.png)
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import logging
 from os import getenv
 
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py b/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
index 5f22505a..e67651a4 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/itertools.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Thin wrappers around `itertools`.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import itertools
 
 from ..auto import tqdm as tqdm_auto
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/logging.py b/tqdm/contrib/logging.py
index cd9925ec..4fd602e9 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/logging.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/logging.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 Helper functionality for interoperability with stdlib `logging`.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import logging
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/slack.py b/tqdm/contrib/slack.py
index 78b2c526..c8fe713a 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/slack.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/slack.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Usage:
 
 ![screenshot](https://img.tqdm.ml/screenshot-slack.png)
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import logging
 from os import getenv
 
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/telegram.py b/tqdm/contrib/telegram.py
index 6eb598e2..b9a589b5 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/telegram.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/telegram.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Usage:
 
 ![screenshot](https://img.tqdm.ml/screenshot-telegram.gif)
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from os import getenv
 from warnings import warn
 
diff --git a/tqdm/contrib/utils_worker.py b/tqdm/contrib/utils_worker.py
index 17adda66..2a03a2a8 100644
--- a/tqdm/contrib/utils_worker.py
+++ b/tqdm/contrib/utils_worker.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """
 IO/concurrency helpers for `tqdm.contrib`.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from collections import deque
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
diff --git a/tqdm/dask.py b/tqdm/dask.py
index 6fc7504c..af9926a2 100644
--- a/tqdm/dask.py
+++ b/tqdm/dask.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from functools import partial
 
 from dask.callbacks import Callback
diff --git a/tqdm/gui.py b/tqdm/gui.py
index 50014263..d52b9b66 100644
--- a/tqdm/gui.py
+++ b/tqdm/gui.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Usage:
 """
 # future division is important to divide integers and get as
 # a result precise floating numbers (instead of truncated int)
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division
-
 import re
 from warnings import warn
 
diff --git a/tqdm/keras.py b/tqdm/keras.py
index 523e62e9..96782d7e 100644
--- a/tqdm/keras.py
+++ b/tqdm/keras.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division
-
 from copy import copy
 from functools import partial
 
diff --git a/tqdm/notebook.py b/tqdm/notebook.py
index 05559ea7..d594b0f9 100644
--- a/tqdm/notebook.py
+++ b/tqdm/notebook.py
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ Usage:
 >>> for i in trange(10):
 ...     ...
 """
-# future division is important to divide integers and get as
-# a result precise floating numbers (instead of truncated int)
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division
-
 # import compatibility functions and utilities
 import re
 import sys
diff --git a/tqdm/rich.py b/tqdm/rich.py
index b3426f21..00e1ddf2 100644
--- a/tqdm/rich.py
+++ b/tqdm/rich.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Usage:
 >>> for i in trange(10):
 ...     ...
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from warnings import warn
 
 from rich.progress import (
diff --git a/tqdm/std.py b/tqdm/std.py
index 701151cb..ce96376e 100644
--- a/tqdm/std.py
+++ b/tqdm/std.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Usage:
 >>> for i in trange(10):
 ...     ...
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division
-
 import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
diff --git a/tqdm/tk.py b/tqdm/tk.py
index 1fc68d3f..2cf8a47b 100644
--- a/tqdm/tk.py
+++ b/tqdm/tk.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Usage:
 >>> for i in trange(10):
 ...     ...
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division
-
 import re
 import sys
 from warnings import warn