diff --git a/bcrypt/__init__.py b/bcrypt/__init__.py
index 392cdb3..8cd02f6 100644
--- a/bcrypt/__init__.py
+++ b/bcrypt/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import binascii
 import os