diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e447294eb7a..a2aeb014a00 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
   sha: v1.3.4
   hooks:
     - id: reorder-python-imports
-      language_version: 'python2.7'
+      language_version: 'python3.7'
       args:
-        - --add-import
-        - from __future__ import absolute_import
-        - --add-import
-        - from __future__ import unicode_literals
+         - --py3-plus
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1f7608e24ae..9439d0e4f0c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     musl-dev \
     openssl \
     openssl-dev \
-    python2 \
-    python2-dev \
     zlib-dev
 ENV BUILD_BOOTLOADER=1
 
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     libssl-dev \
     make \
     openssl \
-    python2.7-dev \
     zlib1g-dev
 
 FROM build-${BUILD_PLATFORM} AS build
diff --git a/bin/docker-compose b/bin/docker-compose
index aeb53870303..5976e1d4aa5 100755
--- a/bin/docker-compose
+++ b/bin/docker-compose
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose.cli.main import main
 main()
diff --git a/compose/__init__.py b/compose/__init__.py
index 69c4e0e49d8..32f0afd92ec 100644
--- a/compose/__init__.py
+++ b/compose/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 __version__ = '1.26.0dev'
diff --git a/compose/__main__.py b/compose/__main__.py
index 27a7acbb8d1..199ba2ae9b4 100644
--- a/compose/__main__.py
+++ b/compose/__main__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose.cli.main import main
 
 main()
diff --git a/compose/cli/colors.py b/compose/cli/colors.py
index ea45198e07d..c6a869bf59d 100644
--- a/compose/cli/colors.py
+++ b/compose/cli/colors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ..const import IS_WINDOWS_PLATFORM
 
 NAMES = [
diff --git a/compose/cli/command.py b/compose/cli/command.py
index 7621134e8f7..6c88e58192c 100644
--- a/compose/cli/command.py
+++ b/compose/cli/command.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/compose/cli/docker_client.py b/compose/cli/docker_client.py
index d4cdc96e8f5..3abeb5cdc3f 100644
--- a/compose/cli/docker_client.py
+++ b/compose/cli/docker_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import os.path
 import ssl
diff --git a/compose/cli/docopt_command.py b/compose/cli/docopt_command.py
index 809a4b7455e..856c9234818 100644
--- a/compose/cli/docopt_command.py
+++ b/compose/cli/docopt_command.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from inspect import getdoc
 
 from docopt import docopt
diff --git a/compose/cli/errors.py b/compose/cli/errors.py
index 189b67faf67..d1a47f07833 100644
--- a/compose/cli/errors.py
+++ b/compose/cli/errors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import contextlib
 import logging
 import socket
diff --git a/compose/cli/formatter.py b/compose/cli/formatter.py
index 9651fb4da44..4dabe77c29e 100644
--- a/compose/cli/formatter.py
+++ b/compose/cli/formatter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import shutil
 
diff --git a/compose/cli/log_printer.py b/compose/cli/log_printer.py
index a4b70a67205..fd193000f5c 100644
--- a/compose/cli/log_printer.py
+++ b/compose/cli/log_printer.py
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
+import _thread as thread
 import sys
 from collections import namedtuple
 from itertools import cycle
+from queue import Empty
+from queue import Queue
 from threading import Thread
 
 from docker.errors import APIError
-from six.moves import _thread as thread
-from six.moves.queue import Empty
-from six.moves.queue import Queue
 
 from . import colors
 from compose import utils
diff --git a/compose/cli/main.py b/compose/cli/main.py
index 250d06c90cf..714592a3236 100644
--- a/compose/cli/main.py
+++ b/compose/cli/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import contextlib
 import functools
 import json
diff --git a/compose/cli/signals.py b/compose/cli/signals.py
index 44def2ece65..0244e70189a 100644
--- a/compose/cli/signals.py
+++ b/compose/cli/signals.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import signal
 
 from ..const import IS_WINDOWS_PLATFORM
diff --git a/compose/cli/utils.py b/compose/cli/utils.py
index 40bef165202..65ba74dbba5 100644
--- a/compose/cli/utils.py
+++ b/compose/cli/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import math
 import os
 import platform
diff --git a/compose/cli/verbose_proxy.py b/compose/cli/verbose_proxy.py
index b1592eabe73..68dfabe521c 100644
--- a/compose/cli/verbose_proxy.py
+++ b/compose/cli/verbose_proxy.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import functools
 import logging
 import pprint
diff --git a/compose/config/__init__.py b/compose/config/__init__.py
index 2b40666f149..855b2401d94 100644
--- a/compose/config/__init__.py
+++ b/compose/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # flake8: noqa
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from . import environment
 from .config import ConfigurationError
 from .config import DOCKER_CONFIG_KEYS
diff --git a/compose/config/config.py b/compose/config/config.py
index 444a40325ea..52863b13c77 100644
--- a/compose/config/config.py
+++ b/compose/config/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import functools
 import io
 import logging
diff --git a/compose/config/environment.py b/compose/config/environment.py
index d8810ebb61b..abcafe0ce09 100644
--- a/compose/config/environment.py
+++ b/compose/config/environment.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
+import codecs
+import contextlib
 import logging
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/compose/config/errors.py b/compose/config/errors.py
index 9b2078f2c6d..7db079e9c78 100644
--- a/compose/config/errors.py
+++ b/compose/config/errors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 
 VERSION_EXPLANATION = (
diff --git a/compose/config/interpolation.py b/compose/config/interpolation.py
index 18be8562cbb..f202e911447 100644
--- a/compose/config/interpolation.py
+++ b/compose/config/interpolation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import re
 from string import Template
diff --git a/compose/config/serialize.py b/compose/config/serialize.py
index 5776ce957cb..79b5777cb46 100644
--- a/compose/config/serialize.py
+++ b/compose/config/serialize.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import six
 import yaml
 
diff --git a/compose/config/sort_services.py b/compose/config/sort_services.py
index 42f548a6dd1..a600139b2ac 100644
--- a/compose/config/sort_services.py
+++ b/compose/config/sort_services.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose.config.errors import DependencyError
 
 
diff --git a/compose/config/types.py b/compose/config/types.py
index ab8f34e3d7f..4a7a25b2bce 100644
--- a/compose/config/types.py
+++ b/compose/config/types.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 """
 Types for objects parsed from the configuration.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import json
 import ntpath
 import os
diff --git a/compose/config/validation.py b/compose/config/validation.py
index 1cceb71f0a4..f8513bdef58 100644
--- a/compose/config/validation.py
+++ b/compose/config/validation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import json
 import logging
 import os
diff --git a/compose/const.py b/compose/const.py
index 3d9030520b0..d80e23c9ef8 100644
--- a/compose/const.py
+++ b/compose/const.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import sys
 
 from .version import ComposeVersion
diff --git a/compose/container.py b/compose/container.py
index 8a2fb240e0d..37de4e6f625 100644
--- a/compose/container.py
+++ b/compose/container.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from functools import reduce
 
 import six
diff --git a/compose/errors.py b/compose/errors.py
index 415b41e7f04..53065617360 100644
--- a/compose/errors.py
+++ b/compose/errors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 
 class OperationFailedError(Exception):
diff --git a/compose/network.py b/compose/network.py
index 84531ecc7b8..bc3ade16870 100644
--- a/compose/network.py
+++ b/compose/network.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import re
 from collections import OrderedDict
diff --git a/compose/parallel.py b/compose/parallel.py
index e242a318ae7..6ef9ceedd35 100644
--- a/compose/parallel.py
+++ b/compose/parallel.py
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
+import _thread as thread
 import logging
 import operator
 import sys
+from queue import Empty
+from queue import Queue
 from threading import Lock
 from threading import Semaphore
 from threading import Thread
 
 from docker.errors import APIError
 from docker.errors import ImageNotFound
-from six.moves import _thread as thread
-from six.moves.queue import Empty
-from six.moves.queue import Queue
 
 from compose.cli.colors import green
 from compose.cli.colors import red
diff --git a/compose/progress_stream.py b/compose/progress_stream.py
index 522ddf75d19..0ae0dc3161f 100644
--- a/compose/progress_stream.py
+++ b/compose/progress_stream.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose import utils
 
 
diff --git a/compose/project.py b/compose/project.py
index 696c8b04023..90a6f5cd53c 100644
--- a/compose/project.py
+++ b/compose/project.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import datetime
+import enum
 import logging
 import operator
 import re
 from functools import reduce
 from os import path
 
-import enum
 import six
 from docker.errors import APIError
 from docker.errors import ImageNotFound
diff --git a/compose/service.py b/compose/service.py
index 95a87d210d2..18173cf7058 100644
--- a/compose/service.py
+++ b/compose/service.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
+import enum
 import itertools
 import json
 import logging
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from operator import attrgetter
 
-import enum
 import six
 from docker.errors import APIError
 from docker.errors import ImageNotFound
diff --git a/compose/timeparse.py b/compose/timeparse.py
index 16ef8a6dc91..bdd9f611f3a 100644
--- a/compose/timeparse.py
+++ b/compose/timeparse.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 # ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import re
 
 HOURS = r'(?P<hours>[\d.]+)h'
diff --git a/compose/utils.py b/compose/utils.py
index a1e5e6435d8..4ea163c42c3 100644
--- a/compose/utils.py
+++ b/compose/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import codecs
 import hashlib
 import json.decoder
diff --git a/compose/version.py b/compose/version.py
index 0532e16c717..c039263acb9 100644
--- a/compose/version.py
+++ b/compose/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 
diff --git a/compose/volume.py b/compose/volume.py
index b02fc5d8030..d31417a550d 100644
--- a/compose/volume.py
+++ b/compose/volume.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import re
 
diff --git a/contrib/migration/migrate-compose-file-v1-to-v2.py b/contrib/migration/migrate-compose-file-v1-to-v2.py
index 274b499b9d4..e217b7072c3 100755
--- a/contrib/migration/migrate-compose-file-v1-to-v2.py
+++ b/contrib/migration/migrate-compose-file-v1-to-v2.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 Migrate a Compose file from the V1 format in Compose 1.5 to the V2 format
 supported by Compose 1.6+
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import argparse
 import logging
 import sys
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f02e15eac3b..4dea71c14fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 backports.shutil_get_terminal_size==1.0.0
-backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.5.0.1; python_version < '3'
 cached-property==1.5.1
 certifi==2020.4.5.1
 chardet==3.0.4
diff --git a/script/release/release.py b/script/release/release.py
deleted file mode 100755
index f53d1f3c181..00000000000
--- a/script/release/release.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import re
-
-import click
-from git import Repo
-from utils import update_init_py_version
-from utils import update_run_sh_version
-from utils import yesno
-
-VALID_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-rc\d+)?$")
-
-
-class Version(str):
-    def matching_groups(self):
-        match = VALID_VERSION_PATTERN.match(self)
-        if not match:
-            return False
-
-        return match.groups()
-
-    def is_ga_version(self):
-        groups = self.matching_groups()
-        if not groups:
-            return False
-
-        rc_suffix = groups[1]
-        return not rc_suffix
-
-    def validate(self):
-        return len(self.matching_groups()) > 0
-
-    def branch_name(self):
-        if not self.validate():
-            return None
-
-        rc_part = self.matching_groups()[0]
-        ver = self
-        if rc_part:
-            ver = ver[:-len(rc_part)]
-
-        tokens = ver.split(".")
-        tokens[-1] = 'x'
-
-        return ".".join(tokens)
-
-
-def create_bump_commit(repository, version):
-    print('Creating bump commit...')
-    repository.commit('-a', '-s', '-m "Bump {}"'.format(version), '--no-verify')
-
-
-def validate_environment(version, repository):
-    if not version.validate():
-        print('Version "{}" has an invalid format. This should follow D+.D+.D+(-rcD+). '
-              'Like: 1.26.0 or 1.26.0-rc1'.format(version))
-        return False
-
-    expected_branch = version.branch_name()
-    if str(repository.active_branch) != expected_branch:
-        print('Cannot tag in this branch with version "{}". '
-              'Please checkout "{}" to tag'.format(version, version.branch_name()))
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-@click.group()
-def cli():
-    pass
-
-
-@cli.command()
-@click.argument('version')
-def tag(version):
-    """
-    Updates the version related files and tag
-    """
-    repo = Repo(".")
-    version = Version(version)
-    if not validate_environment(version, repo):
-        return
-
-    update_init_py_version(version)
-    update_run_sh_version(version)
-
-    input('Please add the release notes to the CHANGELOG.md file, then press Enter to continue.')
-    proceed = False
-    while not proceed:
-        print(repo.git.diff())
-        proceed = yesno('Are these changes ok? y/N ', default=False)
-
-    if repo.git.diff():
-        create_bump_commit(repo.git, version)
-    else:
-        print('No changes to commit. Exiting...')
-        return
-
-    repo.create_tag(version)
-
-    print('Please, check the changes. If everything is OK, you just need to push with:\n'
-          '$ git push --tags upstream {}'.format(version.branch_name()))
-
-
-@cli.command()
-@click.argument('version')
-def push_latest(version):
-    """
-    TODO Pushes the latest tag pointing to a certain GA version
-    """
-    raise NotImplementedError
-
-
-@cli.command()
-@click.argument('version')
-def ghtemplate(version):
-    """
-    TODO Generates the github release page content
-    """
-    version = Version(version)
-    raise NotImplementedError
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    cli()
diff --git a/script/release/utils.py b/script/release/utils.py
index 4f57704872b..25b39ca7497 100644
--- a/script/release/utils.py
+++ b/script/release/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 import re
 
diff --git a/script/test/all b/script/test/all
index f929a57eecc..57b76d5a988 100755
--- a/script/test/all
+++ b/script/test/all
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ docker run --rm \
   "$TAG" tox -e pre-commit
 
 get_versions="docker run --rm
-    --entrypoint=/code/.tox/py27/bin/python
+    --entrypoint=/code/.tox/py37/bin/python
     $TAG
     /code/script/test/versions.py docker/docker-ce,moby/moby"
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 
 BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER-$USER}
-PY_TEST_VERSIONS=${PY_TEST_VERSIONS:-py27,py37}
+PY_TEST_VERSIONS=${PY_TEST_VERSIONS:-py37}
 
 for version in $DOCKER_VERSIONS; do
   >&2 echo "Running tests against Docker $version"
diff --git a/script/test/versions.py b/script/test/versions.py
index a06c49f20b0..1a28dc19ad3 100755
--- a/script/test/versions.py
+++ b/script/test/versions.py
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 `default` would return `1.7.1` and
 `recent -n 3` would return `1.8.0-rc2 1.7.1 1.6.2`
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import argparse
 import itertools
 import operator
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index efc144b7fb9..dad44d72e43 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import codecs
 import os
 import re
@@ -108,8 +104,6 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
         'Environment :: Console',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 1ac1b21cf74..d3cfb864913 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import sys
 
 if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
index 9f5853143d4..868e1e227a6 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import datetime
 import json
 import os.path
diff --git a/tests/helpers.py b/tests/helpers.py
index 1365c5bcfb3..2ecb045236f 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import contextlib
 import os
 
 from compose.config.config import ConfigDetails
diff --git a/tests/integration/environment_test.py b/tests/integration/environment_test.py
index 671e65318a6..43df2c52b03 100644
--- a/tests/integration/environment_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/environment_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import tempfile
 
 from ddt import data
diff --git a/tests/integration/network_test.py b/tests/integration/network_test.py
index a2493fda1a2..23c9e9a4bda 100644
--- a/tests/integration/network_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/network_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from .testcases import DockerClientTestCase
diff --git a/tests/integration/project_test.py b/tests/integration/project_test.py
index cb620a8c972..19d27185c9b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/project_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/project_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import copy
 import json
 import os
diff --git a/tests/integration/resilience_test.py b/tests/integration/resilience_test.py
index 3de16e977b8..81cb2382fe2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/resilience_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/resilience_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from .. import mock
diff --git a/tests/integration/service_test.py b/tests/integration/service_test.py
index 01e2e1d22c4..e83b8af07d2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/service_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/service_test.py
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+from io import StringIO
 from os import path
 
 import pytest
 from docker.errors import APIError
 from docker.errors import ImageNotFound
-from six import StringIO
 from six import text_type
 
 from .. import mock
diff --git a/tests/integration/state_test.py b/tests/integration/state_test.py
index 492de7b8ab1..611d0cc9408 100644
--- a/tests/integration/state_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/state_test.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 Integration tests which cover state convergence (aka smart recreate) performed
 by `docker-compose up`.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import copy
 import os
 import shutil
diff --git a/tests/integration/testcases.py b/tests/integration/testcases.py
index fe70d1f7246..f787923adde 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testcases.py
+++ b/tests/integration/testcases.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import functools
 import os
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/volume_test.py b/tests/integration/volume_test.py
index 2a521d4c5b1..1e02647fb7e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/volume_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/volume_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import six
 from docker.errors import DockerException
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/command_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/command_test.py
index 3a9844c4f7c..e2a89951702 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/command_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/command_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 
 import pytest
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/docker_client_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/docker_client_test.py
index 772c136eefd..873c1ff3d82 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/docker_client_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/docker_client_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 import platform
 import ssl
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/errors_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/errors_test.py
index 7b53ed2b15f..cb5f59df19b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/errors_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/errors_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 from docker.errors import APIError
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/formatter_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/formatter_test.py
index e685725112f..07f5a8f50c5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/formatter_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/formatter_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 
 from compose.cli import colors
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/log_printer_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/log_printer_test.py
index 5e387241d67..da0abb99f00 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/log_printer_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/log_printer_test.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import itertools
+from queue import Queue
 
 import pytest
 import requests
 import six
 from docker.errors import APIError
-from six.moves.queue import Queue
 
 from compose.cli.log_printer import build_log_generator
 from compose.cli.log_printer import build_log_presenters
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/main_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/main_test.py
index 067c74f0b0e..ac3df2920a7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/main_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/main_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 
 import docker
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/utils_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/utils_test.py
index 7a762890370..d67c8ba8aff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/utils_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import unittest
 
 from compose.cli.utils import human_readable_file_size
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/verbose_proxy_test.py b/tests/unit/cli/verbose_proxy_test.py
index f111f8cdbf2..1da1676eb3c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/verbose_proxy_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/verbose_proxy_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import six
 
 from compose.cli import verbose_proxy
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli_test.py b/tests/unit/cli_test.py
index a7522f939b9..c6891bc3412 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
index 4f09c59a63b..1f9a168c0a9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import codecs
 import os
 import shutil
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/environment_test.py b/tests/unit/config/environment_test.py
index 7e394d248f5..50738546899 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/environment_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/environment_test.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import codecs
 import os
 import shutil
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/interpolation_test.py b/tests/unit/config/interpolation_test.py
index 91fc3e69db5..4efcf865a60 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/interpolation_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/interpolation_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from compose.config.environment import Environment
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/sort_services_test.py b/tests/unit/config/sort_services_test.py
index c39ac022562..430fed6a620 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/sort_services_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/sort_services_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from compose.config.errors import DependencyError
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/types_test.py b/tests/unit/config/types_test.py
index e7cc67b0422..c0991b9dc14 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/types_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/types_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from compose.config.errors import ConfigurationError
diff --git a/tests/unit/container_test.py b/tests/unit/container_test.py
index 626b466d4b3..452475209c5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/container_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/container_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import docker
 
 from .. import mock
diff --git a/tests/unit/network_test.py b/tests/unit/network_test.py
index b829de196be..ab7ad59cfbd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/network_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/network_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 from .. import mock
diff --git a/tests/unit/parallel_test.py b/tests/unit/parallel_test.py
index 0735bfccb48..e4c98b5d68a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/parallel_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/parallel_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import unittest
 from threading import Lock
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/progress_stream_test.py b/tests/unit/progress_stream_test.py
index 6fdb7d92788..b885b239b92 100644
--- a/tests/unit/progress_stream_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/progress_stream_test.py
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import io
 import os
 import random
 import shutil
 import tempfile
-
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from compose import progress_stream
 from tests import unittest
diff --git a/tests/unit/project_test.py b/tests/unit/project_test.py
index 6391fac863d..1ad49c1aae5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/project_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/project_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import datetime
 import os
 import tempfile
diff --git a/tests/unit/service_test.py b/tests/unit/service_test.py
index 592e22f759f..d4e7f3c5d94 100644
--- a/tests/unit/service_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/service_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import docker
 import pytest
 from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
diff --git a/tests/unit/split_buffer_test.py b/tests/unit/split_buffer_test.py
index dedd4ee36bb..f1974c83144 100644
--- a/tests/unit/split_buffer_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/split_buffer_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import unittest
 from compose.utils import split_buffer
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/timeparse_test.py b/tests/unit/timeparse_test.py
index 9915932c300..e56595f1893 100644
--- a/tests/unit/timeparse_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/timeparse_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose import timeparse
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils_test.py b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
index 21b88d962c1..f1febc13e69 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from compose import utils
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/volume_test.py b/tests/unit/volume_test.py
index 457d8558174..8b2f6cfeef8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/volume_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/volume_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import docker
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5f57cfb1182..c7cde59ef73 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27,py37,pre-commit
+envlist = py37,pre-commit
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop=True