diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 2e3c73109..926e059ab 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pkgs.python3.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   dependencies = with pkgs.python3.pkgs; [
-    future
     jsonschema
     psutil
   ];
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c015565a..9c6b10aec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ name = "vmrunner"
 version = "0.16.0"
 description = "A qemu convenience wrapper for writing integration tests"
 dependencies = [
-    "future",
     "jsonschema",
     "psutil",
 ]
diff --git a/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifdown b/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifdown
index f6de9df54..d1df1e0f4 100644
--- a/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifdown
+++ b/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifdown
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 # ==============================================================================
 # Simple tap-networking for IncludeOS on Qemu
 # ==============================================================================
diff --git a/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifup b/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifup
index c09a248ca..47a54fc91 100755
--- a/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifup
+++ b/vmrunner/bin/qemu-ifup
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 # ==============================================================================
 # Simple tap-networking for IncludeOS on Qemu
 # ==============================================================================
diff --git a/vmrunner/boot.py b/vmrunner/boot.py
index eb8376606..6436c8c2c 100755
--- a/vmrunner/boot.py
+++ b/vmrunner/boot.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import os
 import sys
 import argparse
diff --git a/vmrunner/prettify.py b/vmrunner/prettify.py
index 22561e47f..dc560ba98 100644
--- a/vmrunner/prettify.py
+++ b/vmrunner/prettify.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """ pretty printer for vmrunner """
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name,line-too-long
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 from builtins import str
 from builtins import range
 
diff --git a/vmrunner/validate_vm.py b/vmrunner/validate_vm.py
index 4a3170853..390794e17 100755
--- a/vmrunner/validate_vm.py
+++ b/vmrunner/validate_vm.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """ validate VM configuration against schema """
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import json
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/vmrunner/vmrunner.py b/vmrunner/vmrunner.py
index 503697a40..1c2494932 100755
--- a/vmrunner/vmrunner.py
+++ b/vmrunner/vmrunner.py
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=line-too-long, too-many-lines, invalid-name, fixme, broad-exception-raised, broad-exception-caught, too-many-arguments, too-many-branches, too-many-statements, too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-locals
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-
 from builtins import hex
 from builtins import chr
 from builtins import str