diff --git a/scripts/get-django-setting b/scripts/get-django-setting
index a0331a1fed..b6b3ff5206 100755
--- a/scripts/get-django-setting
+++ b/scripts/get-django-setting
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix b/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
index 9fcc7048e5..112384d442 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
+++ b/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Also you can use optional keys to configure the script and change default values
 -t                  Disable sending request to the Zulip server. Default value: False.
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import ssl
diff --git a/scripts/lib/hash_reqs.py b/scripts/lib/hash_reqs.py
index d6555438b0..f69487b175 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/hash_reqs.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/hash_reqs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/lib/node_cache.py b/scripts/lib/node_cache.py
index 635b8cc78b..31180ca03e 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/node_cache.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/node_cache.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import hashlib
diff --git a/scripts/lib/pythonrc.py b/scripts/lib/pythonrc.py
index 4c57cc3418..24f7d8b588 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/pythonrc.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/pythonrc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 try:
     from django.conf import settings
     from zerver.models import *
diff --git a/scripts/lib/queue_workers.py b/scripts/lib/queue_workers.py
index f5371043ff..99dfa6f884 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/queue_workers.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/queue_workers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
index 2f0cb4f9c4..9b037b4f55 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/lib/unpack-zulip b/scripts/lib/unpack-zulip
index cd5def7fc1..5dacfb9c02 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/unpack-zulip
+++ b/scripts/lib/unpack-zulip
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
index 8183dae0d3..bbf14a3707 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2 b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
index c159ba6199..c5f6435a2c 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # version of Zulip to the new version.  upgrade-zulip-stage-2 is
 # always run from the new version of Zulip, so any bug fixes take
 # effect on the very next upgrade.
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import subprocess
 import os
diff --git a/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py b/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
index c389504aa2..925d21bac2 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import datetime
 import errno
diff --git a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
index 8b79694d38..9300a3126f 100755
--- a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
+++ b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import time
 import optparse
diff --git a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-queue b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-queue
index 5fd1a744b5..8b1daac9db 100755
--- a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-queue
+++ b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-queue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import re
 import time
diff --git a/scripts/restart-server b/scripts/restart-server
index c7a98632c3..e0f86283e4 100755
--- a/scripts/restart-server
+++ b/scripts/restart-server
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import pwd
diff --git a/scripts/setup/generate_secrets.py b/scripts/setup/generate_secrets.py
index e22d5609be..be3199ea9b 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/generate_secrets.py
+++ b/scripts/setup/generate_secrets.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # This tools generates /etc/zulip/zulip-secrets.conf
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 if False:
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git b/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
index 4b3c60fa42..aaca256095 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-zulip-from-git
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 from six.moves import configparser
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/zulip-puppet-apply b/scripts/zulip-puppet-apply
index fa933a3c19..e0bd77accf 100755
--- a/scripts/zulip-puppet-apply
+++ b/scripts/zulip-puppet-apply
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess