diff --git a/glance/cmd/cache_manage.py b/glance/cmd/cache_manage.py
index 23f7e982d6..f7f3968aff 100644
--- a/glance/cmd/cache_manage.py
+++ b/glance/cmd/cache_manage.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 """
 A simple cache management utility for Glance.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
 import collections
diff --git a/glance/cmd/control.py b/glance/cmd/control.py
index 6365c8387b..644a01c5a8 100644
--- a/glance/cmd/control.py
+++ b/glance/cmd/control.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ Helper script for starting/stopping/reloading Glance server programs.
 Thanks for some of the code, Swifties ;)
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import with_statement
-
 import argparse
 import fcntl
 import os
diff --git a/glance/cmd/manage.py b/glance/cmd/manage.py
index a519092168..e7af21acf6 100644
--- a/glance/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/glance/cmd/manage.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 Glance Management Utility
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 # FIXME(sirp): When we have glance-admin we can consider merging this into it
 # Perhaps for consistency with Nova, we would then rename glance-admin ->
 # glance-manage (or the other way around)
diff --git a/glance/cmd/replicator.py b/glance/cmd/replicator.py
index f2d2ae6b1f..e8fd47c711 100644
--- a/glance/cmd/replicator.py
+++ b/glance/cmd/replicator.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import os
 import sys
 
diff --git a/glance/common/wsgi.py b/glance/common/wsgi.py
index 8f947be6ad..60971ad986 100644
--- a/glance/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/glance/common/wsgi.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 """
 Utility methods for working with WSGI servers
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import abc
 import errno
diff --git a/glance/db/sqlalchemy/alembic_migrations/env.py b/glance/db/sqlalchemy/alembic_migrations/env.py
index 554aa5a943..a474009e8a 100644
--- a/glance/db/sqlalchemy/alembic_migrations/env.py
+++ b/glance/db/sqlalchemy/alembic_migrations/env.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-
-from __future__ import with_statement
 from logging import config as log_config
 
 from alembic import context
diff --git a/glance/image_cache/drivers/sqlite.py b/glance/image_cache/drivers/sqlite.py
index 4bed3c753d..1fe6d10539 100644
--- a/glance/image_cache/drivers/sqlite.py
+++ b/glance/image_cache/drivers/sqlite.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 """
 Cache driver that uses SQLite to store information about cached images
 """
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import os
 import sqlite3
diff --git a/glance/image_cache/drivers/xattr.py b/glance/image_cache/drivers/xattr.py
index 89a397ddc8..a2e8af907d 100644
--- a/glance/image_cache/drivers/xattr.py
+++ b/glance/image_cache/drivers/xattr.py
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ $image_cache_dir/
   invalid/
   queue/
 """
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import errno
 import os
diff --git a/glance/tests/functional/store_utils.py b/glance/tests/functional/store_utils.py
index 701bead1c2..fd3275b1c4 100644
--- a/glance/tests/functional/store_utils.py
+++ b/glance/tests/functional/store_utils.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 Utility methods to set testcases up for Swift tests.
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import threading
 
 from oslo_utils import units
diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/fixtures.py b/glance/tests/unit/fixtures.py
index 420135f93f..e6e48c32c5 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/fixtures.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/fixtures.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 """Fixtures for Glance unit tests."""
 # NOTE(mriedem): This is needed for importing from fixtures.
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging as std_logging
 import os
diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/test_glance_replicator.py b/glance/tests/unit/test_glance_replicator.py
index a98bca696a..5b0896faa0 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/test_glance_replicator.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/test_glance_replicator.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from unittest import mock
 
 import copy
diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/test_image_cache.py b/glance/tests/unit/test_image_cache.py
index 42535ba8e8..bfdef3d684 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/test_image_cache.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/test_image_cache.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import datetime
 import hashlib
diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/test_manage.py b/glance/tests/unit/test_manage.py
index 882cf36cc9..2ebd2c9b05 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/test_manage.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/test_manage.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from unittest import mock
 
 import fixtures