diff --git a/morango/__init__.py b/morango/__init__.py
index 49c13fd..d2d00e1 100644
--- a/morango/__init__.py
+++ b/morango/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 default_app_config = "morango.apps.MorangoConfig"
 __version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/morango/apps.py b/morango/apps.py
index 2d525e9..2d78870 100644
--- a/morango/apps.py
+++ b/morango/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 from morango.registry import session_middleware
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0001_initial.py b/morango/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 58e9740..5b50e69 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9 on 2017-05-08 23:42
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import django.db.models.deletion
 import django.utils.timezone
 from django.db import migrations
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0002_auto_20170511_0400.py b/morango/migrations/0002_auto_20170511_0400.py
index fd50d4d..7475677 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0002_auto_20170511_0400.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0002_auto_20170511_0400.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.7 on 2017-05-11 04:00
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import django.db.models.manager
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0003_auto_20170519_0543.py b/morango/migrations/0003_auto_20170519_0543.py
index 0d164f1..f128158 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0003_auto_20170519_0543.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0003_auto_20170519_0543.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9 on 2017-05-19 05:43
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0004_auto_20170520_2112.py b/morango/migrations/0004_auto_20170520_2112.py
index b260a16..46580a2 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0004_auto_20170520_2112.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0004_auto_20170520_2112.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9 on 2017-05-20 21:12
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0005_auto_20170629_2139.py b/morango/migrations/0005_auto_20170629_2139.py
index b0cddf9..3004fc7 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0005_auto_20170629_2139.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0005_auto_20170629_2139.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.7 on 2017-06-29 21:39
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 import morango.models.fields.crypto
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0006_instanceidmodel_system_id.py b/morango/migrations/0006_instanceidmodel_system_id.py
index f68b05e..f521dd3 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0006_instanceidmodel_system_id.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0006_instanceidmodel_system_id.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9 on 2017-06-30 00:15
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0007_auto_20171018_1615.py b/morango/migrations/0007_auto_20171018_1615.py
index 509f095..06625a7 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0007_auto_20171018_1615.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0007_auto_20171018_1615.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.13 on 2017-10-18 21:15
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import datetime
 
 import django.db.models.deletion
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0008_auto_20171114_2217.py b/morango/migrations/0008_auto_20171114_2217.py
index e5d8b7e..9ee895f 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0008_auto_20171114_2217.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0008_auto_20171114_2217.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.7 on 2017-11-14 22:17
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import django.db.models.deletion
 import django.db.models.manager
 from django.db import migrations
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0009_auto_20171205_0252.py b/morango/migrations/0009_auto_20171205_0252.py
index 0976428..9e22eb6 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0009_auto_20171205_0252.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0009_auto_20171205_0252.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.7 on 2017-12-05 08:52
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0010_auto_20171206_1615.py b/morango/migrations/0010_auto_20171206_1615.py
index c0397a7..276d5ef 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0010_auto_20171206_1615.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0010_auto_20171206_1615.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.13 on 2017-12-06 22:15
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0011_sharedkey.py b/morango/migrations/0011_sharedkey.py
index 6020197..07761d4 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0011_sharedkey.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0011_sharedkey.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.13 on 2018-06-12 18:38
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0012_auto_20180927_1658.py b/morango/migrations/0012_auto_20180927_1658.py
index 1617c36..f6ff596 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0012_auto_20180927_1658.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0012_auto_20180927_1658.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.15 on 2018-09-27 16:58
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0013_auto_20190627_1513.py b/morango/migrations/0013_auto_20190627_1513.py
index 6e040df..e7f8457 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0013_auto_20190627_1513.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0013_auto_20190627_1513.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.21 on 2019-06-27 22:13
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 import morango.models.fields.uuids
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0014_syncsession_extra_fields.py b/morango/migrations/0014_syncsession_extra_fields.py
index c098d8e..d0d2542 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0014_syncsession_extra_fields.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0014_syncsession_extra_fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.27 on 2019-12-30 18:28
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0015_auto_20200508_2104.py b/morango/migrations/0015_auto_20200508_2104.py
index e7efdb6..326d973 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0015_auto_20200508_2104.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0015_auto_20200508_2104.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2020-05-08 21:04
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0016_store_deserialization_error.py b/morango/migrations/0016_store_deserialization_error.py
index 5317596..3191b45 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0016_store_deserialization_error.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0016_store_deserialization_error.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.28 on 2020-06-10 23:48
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0017_store_last_transfer_session_id.py b/morango/migrations/0017_store_last_transfer_session_id.py
index adef790..c5a73f3 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0017_store_last_transfer_session_id.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0017_store_last_transfer_session_id.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.28 on 2021-06-25 23:13
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
+
 import morango.models.fields.uuids
 
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0018_auto_20210714_2216.py b/morango/migrations/0018_auto_20210714_2216.py
index bc8bc9e..51277dc 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0018_auto_20210714_2216.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0018_auto_20210714_2216.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2021-07-14 22:16
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0019_auto_20220113_1807.py b/morango/migrations/0019_auto_20220113_1807.py
index b73ad4c..f187461 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0019_auto_20220113_1807.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0019_auto_20220113_1807.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2022-01-13 18:07
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0020_postgres_fix_nullable.py b/morango/migrations/0020_postgres_fix_nullable.py
index bcacf17..f35db4d 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0020_postgres_fix_nullable.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0020_postgres_fix_nullable.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2022-01-13 18:07
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0021_store_partition_index_create.py b/morango/migrations/0021_store_partition_index_create.py
index 32c21df..f96ed79 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0021_store_partition_index_create.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0021_store_partition_index_create.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2022-04-27 16:59
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0022_rename_instance_fields.py b/morango/migrations/0022_rename_instance_fields.py
index 82965cb..115df24 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0022_rename_instance_fields.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0022_rename_instance_fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2023-01-31 18:53
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/morango/migrations/0023_add_instance_id_fields.py b/morango/migrations/0023_add_instance_id_fields.py
index bb9cf6f..bc9f12a 100644
--- a/morango/migrations/0023_add_instance_id_fields.py
+++ b/morango/migrations/0023_add_instance_id_fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2023-01-31 19:03
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/morango/models/certificates.py b/morango/models/certificates.py
index 88d39cc..19c8ac1 100644
--- a/morango/models/certificates.py
+++ b/morango/models/certificates.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 Each certificate has a ``private_key`` used for signing (child) certificates (thus giving certain permissions)
 and a ``public_key`` used for verifying that a certificate(s) was properly signed.
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import json
 import string
 
@@ -14,7 +12,6 @@
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.six import string_types
-from future.utils import python_2_unicode_compatible
 
 from .fields.crypto import Key
 from .fields.crypto import PrivateKeyField
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@
 from morango.utils import _assert
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Certificate(mptt.models.MPTTModel, UUIDModelMixin):
 
     uuid_input_fields = ("public_key", "profile", "salt")
@@ -329,7 +325,6 @@ def get_description(self, params):
         return string.Template(self.description).safe_substitute(params)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Filter(object):
     def __init__(self, template, params={}):
         # ensure params have been deserialized
diff --git a/morango/models/core.py b/morango/models/core.py
index ad80103..816f33b 100644
--- a/morango/models/core.py
+++ b/morango/models/core.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb94e13..6b96075 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 io
 
 from setuptools import find_packages
@@ -32,7 +28,6 @@
         "rsa>=3.4.2,<3.5",
         "djangorestframework==3.9.1",
         "django-ipware>=1.1.6,<1.2",
-        "future==0.16.0",
         "requests",
         "ifcfg",
     ],
diff --git a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/apps.py b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/apps.py
index 1c9be94..dc5c4f3 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/apps.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 
diff --git a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0001_initial.py
index e8f6c56..cdf6e7f 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2022-04-12 20:43
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import uuid
 
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
 import django.utils.timezone
 import facility_profile.models
-import morango.models.fields.uuids
 import mptt.fields
-import uuid
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+
+import morango.models.fields.uuids
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
@@ -53,7 +54,15 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('rght', models.PositiveIntegerField(db_index=True, editable=False)),
                 ('tree_id', models.PositiveIntegerField(db_index=True, editable=False)),
                 ('level', models.PositiveIntegerField(db_index=True, editable=False)),
-                ('parent', mptt.fields.TreeForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='children', to='facility_profile.Facility')),
+                (
+                    'parent', mptt.fields.TreeForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name='children',
+                        to='facility_profile.Facility'
+                    )
+                ),
             ],
             options={
                 'abstract': False,
diff --git a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0002_auto_20220427_0449.py b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0002_auto_20220427_0449.py
index 40655df..7b7a231 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0002_auto_20220427_0449.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/migrations/0002_auto_20220427_0449.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.29 on 2022-04-27 04:49
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/models.py b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/models.py
index ea65881..f2b405d 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/facility_profile/models.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/facility_profile/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import uuid
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser
diff --git a/tests/testapp/testapp/postgres_settings.py b/tests/testapp/testapp/postgres_settings.py
index 73e0c94..535b3a3 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/testapp/postgres_settings.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/testapp/postgres_settings.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 """
 A settings module for running tests using a postgres db backend.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .settings import *  # noqa
 
 DATABASES = {