diff --git a/misc/watcher.py b/misc/watcher.py
index 8c0e9a5a5..f9fde9c6e 100644
--- a/misc/watcher.py
+++ b/misc/watcher.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 # Do not enable annotations!
 # https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/discussions/598
-# from __future__ import annotations
-from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import logging
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 761ce0537..4d228361b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ target-version = "py310"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["ocrmypdf"]
-required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "google"