diff --git a/scripts/analyse-9p-simpletrace.py b/scripts/analyse-9p-simpletrace.py
index f20050fddd..7dfcb6ba2f 100755
--- a/scripts/analyse-9p-simpletrace.py
+++ b/scripts/analyse-9p-simpletrace.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Usage: ./analyse-9p-simpletrace <trace-events> <trace-pid>
 #
 # Author: Harsh Prateek Bora
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import simpletrace
 
diff --git a/scripts/analyse-locks-simpletrace.py b/scripts/analyse-locks-simpletrace.py
index 9c263d6e79..63c11f4fce 100755
--- a/scripts/analyse-locks-simpletrace.py
+++ b/scripts/analyse-locks-simpletrace.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # Author: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import simpletrace
 import argparse
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/scripts/device-crash-test b/scripts/device-crash-test
index 25ee968b66..305d0427af 100755
--- a/scripts/device-crash-test
+++ b/scripts/device-crash-test
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 Run QEMU with all combinations of -machine and -device types,
 check for crashes and unexpected errors.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py b/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
index 9371e45813..4177261d33 100644
--- a/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
+++ b/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Authors:
 This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See
 the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import ctypes
 import struct
diff --git a/scripts/kvm/kvm_flightrecorder b/scripts/kvm/kvm_flightrecorder
index 1391a84409..78ca3af9c4 100755
--- a/scripts/kvm/kvm_flightrecorder
+++ b/scripts/kvm/kvm_flightrecorder
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 # consuming CPU cycles.  No disk I/O is performed since the ring buffer holds a
 # fixed-size in-memory trace.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 
diff --git a/scripts/kvm/vmxcap b/scripts/kvm/vmxcap
index 5dfeb2e03a..971ed0e721 100755
--- a/scripts/kvm/vmxcap
+++ b/scripts/kvm/vmxcap
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC = 0x480
 MSR_IA32_VMX_PINBASED_CTLS = 0x481
 MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS = 0x482
diff --git a/scripts/minikconf.py b/scripts/minikconf.py
index 377d6228b9..2f9647d0fa 100755
--- a/scripts/minikconf.py
+++ b/scripts/minikconf.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # or, at your option, any later version.  See the COPYING file in
 # the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import re
diff --git a/scripts/modules/module_block.py b/scripts/modules/module_block.py
index 08646af92c..f23191fac1 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/module_block.py
+++ b/scripts/modules/module_block.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-gen.py b/scripts/qapi-gen.py
index c7b0070db2..4b03f7d53b 100755
--- a/scripts/qapi-gen.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-gen.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
 import re
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/doc.py b/scripts/qapi/doc.py
index 6f1c17f71f..1787a53d91 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/doc.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/doc.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 """This script produces the documentation of a qapi schema in texinfo format"""
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import re
 from qapi.gen import QAPIGenDoc, QAPISchemaVisitor
 
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
index e4568aff68..ce122984a9 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 # See also: https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI/GuestAgent
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import base64
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp b/scripts/qmp/qmp
index f85a14a627..0625fc2aba 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2 or later.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys, os
 from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index 9e122ad0c6..a01d31de1e 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 # which will echo back the properly formatted JSON-compliant QMP that is being
 # sent to QEMU, which is useful for debugging and documentation generation.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import json
 import ast
 import readline
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-get b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
index ec5275d53a..007b4cd442 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-get
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 ##
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-list b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
index 0f97440973..03bda3446b 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-list
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 ##
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-set b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
index 26ed9e3263..c37fe78b00 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-set
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 ##
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
index 31603c681f..1c8acf61e7 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 ##
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
diff --git a/scripts/replay-dump.py b/scripts/replay-dump.py
index 0cdae879b7..4cbc1e47c6 100755
--- a/scripts/replay-dump.py
+++ b/scripts/replay-dump.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 # License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import struct
 from collections import namedtuple
diff --git a/scripts/signrom.py b/scripts/signrom.py
index 9be5dab1cf..43693dba56 100755
--- a/scripts/signrom.py
+++ b/scripts/signrom.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # Option ROM signing utility
 #
diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace.py b/scripts/simpletrace.py
index 2bc043112a..20f0026066 100755
--- a/scripts/simpletrace.py
+++ b/scripts/simpletrace.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #
 # For help see docs/devel/tracing.txt
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import struct
 import inspect
 from tracetool import read_events, Event
diff --git a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
index d44dedd9e9..539ead62b4 100755
--- a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
+++ b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 # with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import json
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/docker/travis.py b/tests/docker/travis.py
index 62fccc5ebb..37307ac366 100755
--- a/tests/docker/travis.py
+++ b/tests/docker/travis.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # or (at your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in
 # the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import yaml
 import itertools
diff --git a/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py b/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
index c7e3986a24..98a5df4d42 100644
--- a/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
+++ b/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # This script needs to be run on startup
 # qemu -kernel ${KERNEL} -s -S
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
index 1dd04ce33b..fd63c66601 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # Migration test main engine
 #
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/plot.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/plot.py
index aa98912a82..34cebd54ba 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/plot.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/plot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # Migration test graph plotting
 #
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
index 61d2abbaad..5bcc066bb9 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # Migration test command line shell integration
 #
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
index 503fb8ad25..41232c11a3 100755
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
 import difflib
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/149 b/tests/qemu-iotests/149
index 0a7b765d07..b4a21bf7b7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/149
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/149
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 # Exercise the QEMU 'luks' block driver to validate interoperability
 # with the Linux dm-crypt + cryptsetup implementation
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import subprocess
 import os
 import os.path
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/165 b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
index b60a803dae..fb56a769b4 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/165
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import re
 import iotests
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 0b62c42851..1689b25bdc 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 # Common utilities and Python wrappers for qemu-iotests
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2012 IBM Corp.
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/nbd-fault-injector.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/nbd-fault-injector.py
index b158dd65a2..588d62aebf 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/nbd-fault-injector.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/nbd-fault-injector.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import socket
 import struct
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
index 1c4fa2b09f..94a07b2f6f 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import struct
 import string
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/qed.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/qed.py
index 36bca1de23..d6bec96069 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/qed.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/qed.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import struct
 import random
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 30714fa1a8..4dee6647e6 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import re
 import sys
