diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
index 04f72d032b..7e82bb8244 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2019, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import errno
 import json
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/hyphenate.py b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/hyphenate.py
index e6d89b6ed1..e36a83fae0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/hyphenate.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/hyphenate.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2019, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/test_hyphenation.py b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/test_hyphenation.py
index 67ed1fbd69..dfaf1c265d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/test_hyphenation.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/test_hyphenation.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2019, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import shutil