diff --git a/send2trash/__main__.py b/send2trash/__main__.py
index 1df566a..5aa3a6e 100644
--- a/send2trash/__main__.py
+++ b/send2trash/__main__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 # Copyright 2017 Virgil Dupras
 
 # This software is licensed under the "BSD" License as described in the "LICENSE" file,
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import sys
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
diff --git a/send2trash/mac/legacy.py b/send2trash/mac/legacy.py
index 3a9bb29..f24476f 100644
--- a/send2trash/mac/legacy.py
+++ b/send2trash/mac/legacy.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from ctypes import cdll, byref, Structure, c_char, c_char_p
 from ctypes.util import find_library
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_other.py b/send2trash/plat_other.py
index 4aee92b..6f80275 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_other.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_other.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # For external volumes this implementation will raise an exception if it can't
 # find or create the user's trash directory.
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import errno
 import shutil
diff --git a/send2trash/util.py b/send2trash/util.py
index 2e43a85..c0b1df8 100644
--- a/send2trash/util.py
+++ b/send2trash/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 # Copyright 2017 Virgil Dupras
 
 # This software is licensed under the "BSD" License as described in the "LICENSE" file,
diff --git a/send2trash/win/__init__.py b/send2trash/win/__init__.py
index 4a06123..14c221c 100644
--- a/send2trash/win/__init__.py
+++ b/send2trash/win/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from platform import version
 
 # if windows is vista or newer and pywin32 is available use IFileOperation
diff --git a/send2trash/win/legacy.py b/send2trash/win/legacy.py
index a375415..9df71a6 100644
--- a/send2trash/win/legacy.py
+++ b/send2trash/win/legacy.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os.path as op
 from ctypes import (
     windll,
diff --git a/send2trash/win/modern.py b/send2trash/win/modern.py
index 09479dd..ff0b150 100644
--- a/send2trash/win/modern.py
+++ b/send2trash/win/modern.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os.path as op
 from platform import version
 import pythoncom
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 0753384..616a9a5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 import sys
 import os
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
diff --git a/tests/test_plat_other.py b/tests/test_plat_other.py
index dc340ee..e451175 100644
--- a/tests/test_plat_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_plat_other.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 import codecs
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/test_plat_win.py b/tests/test_plat_win.py
index b595fd2..92eaf96 100644
--- a/tests/test_plat_win.py
+++ b/tests/test_plat_win.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/test_script_main.py b/tests/test_script_main.py
index c21fa92..ee98ec0 100644
--- a/tests/test_script_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_script_main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 from os import path as op
 import pytest