diff --git a/jsonschema/compat.py b/jsonschema/compat.py
index 8ea8d31..0789f1e 100644
--- a/jsonschema/compat.py
+++ b/jsonschema/compat.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import operator
 import sys