diff --git a/oslo_serialization/base64.py b/oslo_serialization/base64.py
index 557edf7..d374ec3 100644
--- a/oslo_serialization/base64.py
+++ b/oslo_serialization/base64.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Utilities to encode and decode Base64.
 .. versionadded:: 1.10
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import base64
 import binascii