diff --git a/tests/func/test_api.py b/tests/func/test_api.py
index ba05e9a9c..393e94edf 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 import shutil
 import copy