diff --git a/src/allmydata/storage/http_client.py b/src/allmydata/storage/http_client.py
index 5733c1514..2790f1f7e 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/storage/http_client.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/storage/http_client.py
@@ -2,27 +2,8 @@
 HTTP client that talks to the HTTP storage server.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from future.utils import PY2
-
-if PY2:
-    # fmt: off
-    from future.builtins import filter, map, zip, ascii, chr, hex, input, next, oct, open, pow, round, super, bytes, dict, list, object, range, str, max, min  # noqa: F401
-    # fmt: on
-    from collections import defaultdict
-
-    Optional = Set = defaultdict(
-        lambda: None
-    )  # some garbage to just make this module import
-else:
-    # typing module not available in Python 2, and we only do type checking in
-    # Python 3 anyway.
-    from typing import Union, Set, Optional
-    from treq.testing import StubTreq
+from typing import Union, Set, Optional
+from treq.testing import StubTreq
 
 from base64 import b64encode