diff --git a/misc/checkers/check_load.py b/misc/checkers/check_load.py
index 21576ea3a..d509b89ae 100644
--- a/misc/checkers/check_load.py
+++ b/misc/checkers/check_load.py
@@ -33,20 +33,11 @@ a mean of 10kB and a max of 100MB, so filesize=min(int(1.0/random(.0002)),1e8)
 
 
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os, sys, httplib, binascii
 import urllib, json, random, time, urlparse
 
-try:
-    from typing import Dict
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-# Python 2 compatibility
-from future.utils import PY2
-if PY2:
-    from future.builtins import str  # noqa: F401
-
 if sys.argv[1] == "--stats":
     statsfiles = sys.argv[2:]
     # gather stats every 10 seconds, do a moving-window average of the last
@@ -54,9 +45,9 @@ if sys.argv[1] == "--stats":
     DELAY = 10
     MAXSAMPLES = 6
     totals = []
-    last_stats = {}  # type: Dict[str, float]
+    last_stats : dict[str, float] = {}
     while True:
-        stats = {}  # type: Dict[str, float]
+        stats : dict[str, float] = {}
         for sf in statsfiles:
             for line in open(sf, "r").readlines():
                 name, str_value = line.split(":")