diff --git a/jrnl/FolderJournal.py b/jrnl/FolderJournal.py
index dcf4cfd0..69beabcf 100644
--- a/jrnl/FolderJournal.py
+++ b/jrnl/FolderJournal.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 from . import Journal
 import codecs
 import os
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/fancy_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/fancy_exporter.py
index f7ff491d..beae33e5 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/fancy_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/fancy_exporter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals, print_function
 from .text_exporter import TextExporter
 from textwrap import TextWrapper