diff --git a/pandora/app/utils.py b/pandora/app/utils.py
index f272e6c8..ee2e9d08 100644
--- a/pandora/app/utils.py
+++ b/pandora/app/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division, with_statement
-
 import time
 
 from .models import Settings
diff --git a/pandora/archive/chunk.py b/pandora/archive/chunk.py
index 148ba24f..8422051e 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/chunk.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/chunk.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division, with_statement
-
 import os
 
 import ox
diff --git a/pandora/home/apps.py b/pandora/home/apps.py
index 1d6cbbdf..90dc7137 100644
--- a/pandora/home/apps.py
+++ b/pandora/home/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 
diff --git a/pandora/item/data_api.py b/pandora/item/data_api.py
index 81d9d72c..0c06015f 100644
--- a/pandora/item/data_api.py
+++ b/pandora/item/data_api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division, with_statement
-
 import ox
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/pandora/oxdjango/api/__init__.py b/pandora/oxdjango/api/__init__.py
index 4ecadf1d..72294dc6 100644
--- a/pandora/oxdjango/api/__init__.py
+++ b/pandora/oxdjango/api/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .actions import actions
diff --git a/pandora/oxdjango/api/actions.py b/pandora/oxdjango/api/actions.py
index f8a91d3a..70249914 100644
--- a/pandora/oxdjango/api/actions.py
+++ b/pandora/oxdjango/api/actions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division, absolute_import
-
 import inspect
 import sys
 
diff --git a/pandora/oxdjango/api/site.py b/pandora/oxdjango/api/site.py
index ddd5bc49..cac1e021 100644
--- a/pandora/oxdjango/api/site.py
+++ b/pandora/oxdjango/api/site.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.urls import path
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/pandora/oxdjango/api/views.py b/pandora/oxdjango/api/views.py
index 1dfe7428..3a4a2e89 100644
--- a/pandora/oxdjango/api/views.py
+++ b/pandora/oxdjango/api/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division, absolute_import
-
 import json
 
 from django.shortcuts import render
diff --git a/pandora/oxdjango/decorators.py b/pandora/oxdjango/decorators.py
index bd6942e5..e631daef 100644
--- a/pandora/oxdjango/decorators.py
+++ b/pandora/oxdjango/decorators.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from functools import wraps
 
 from .shortcuts import render_to_json_response
diff --git a/pandora/sequence/extract.py b/pandora/sequence/extract.py
index 5cbcda50..930131cd 100644
--- a/pandora/sequence/extract.py
+++ b/pandora/sequence/extract.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division
 import os
 
 from PIL import Image
diff --git a/pandora/settings.py b/pandora/settings.py
index 6cb4f347..99eda0ba 100644
--- a/pandora/settings.py
+++ b/pandora/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Django settings for pan.do/ra project defaults,
 # create local_settings.py to overwrite
 # check pan.do/ra section below for relevant settings
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 from os.path import join, normpath, dirname
diff --git a/pandora/websocket/management/commands/websocketd.py b/pandora/websocket/management/commands/websocketd.py
index 0eb9ed25..f93bc9d6 100644
--- a/pandora/websocket/management/commands/websocketd.py
+++ b/pandora/websocket/management/commands/websocketd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import os
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
diff --git a/scripts/poster.0xdb.py b/scripts/poster.0xdb.py
index bd05982d..9b9f2470 100755
--- a/scripts/poster.0xdb.py
+++ b/scripts/poster.0xdb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division
 import os
 
 from PIL import Image
diff --git a/scripts/poster.indiancinema.py b/scripts/poster.indiancinema.py
index 194700d5..bc37fca5 100755
--- a/scripts/poster.indiancinema.py
+++ b/scripts/poster.indiancinema.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division
 import os
 
 from PIL import Image
diff --git a/scripts/poster.padma.py b/scripts/poster.padma.py
index 81ec3dfe..015aaa9b 100755
--- a/scripts/poster.padma.py
+++ b/scripts/poster.padma.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division
 import os
 
 from PIL import Image
diff --git a/scripts/poster.pandora.py b/scripts/poster.pandora.py
index 6177efd8..5f196562 100755
--- a/scripts/poster.pandora.py
+++ b/scripts/poster.pandora.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import division
 import os
 
 from PIL import Image
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 566d23f9..3a2c7a40 100755
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import json
 import os
 import shutil