diff --git a/nacl/__init__.py b/nacl/__init__.py
index 018770425ceb1fd5d3864ddc07032e217c05dd3b..5dc36a46fee9f9e285642b5e0f92cd01be85e6c3 100644
--- a/nacl/__init__.py
+++ b/nacl/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import __about__
 from . import hash  # pylint: disable=W0622
diff --git a/nacl/exceptions.py b/nacl/exceptions.py
index 1ddac85f4c5441ea239e10a611a811b27fc6952e..9bdb48078f42a67782725418e9fc983c08faa695 100644
--- a/nacl/exceptions.py
+++ b/nacl/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 
 class CryptoError(Exception):
diff --git a/nacl/hash.py b/nacl/hash.py
index 50e0d3ceaa072a4de532d9cd604efcee040df6b0..c2ef41124708b8c56fd818e3f7fa4ef6a5877bd3 100644
--- a/nacl/hash.py
+++ b/nacl/hash.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import binascii
 
diff --git a/nacl/nacl.py b/nacl/nacl.py
index 7aca5e534c5a008e9ac01b1936538e674ccbeb43..ca0b8d7f2f23a043a7590f7aaaee4faaa6075992 100644
--- a/nacl/nacl.py
+++ b/nacl/nacl.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CFFI interface to NaCl and libsodium library
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import functools
 
diff --git a/nacl/random.py b/nacl/random.py
index 703db8e27707351c8bde97724e39679490bfbc53..3902ee69b9c0f31f17e6c66df9dfb0366ed247bf 100644
--- a/nacl/random.py
+++ b/nacl/random.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import nacl