diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/tests/test_fields.py b/django/contrib/admindocs/tests/test_fields.py
index b505d2deebc..e8fe0b0caa7 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
index befd3260924..a2cbe33c0ef 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django import http
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import comments
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/views/moderation.py b/django/contrib/comments/views/moderation.py
index 31bb98fa633..484ceac02cd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/views/moderation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/views/moderation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django import template
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import comments
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/urls.py b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/urls.py
index f96f89ecdfa..c86a7408e04 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/urls.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/urls.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 This is a URLconf to be loaded by tests.py. Add any URLs needed for tests only.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.contrib.formtools.tests.tests import TestFormPreview
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geoip/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/geoip/__init__.py
index 8b519a242d0..c42dd2c72b4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geoip/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geoip/__init__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
  Grab GeoIP.dat.gz and GeoLiteCity.dat.gz, and unzip them in the directory
  corresponding to settings.GEOIP_PATH.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 try:
     from .base import GeoIP, GeoIPException
     HAS_GEOIP = True
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/tests.py
index 8915f01e508..5e74225f916 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipUnless
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geo3d/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geo3d/tests.py
index 6c17003982b..6fdf67042b1 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geo3d/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geo3d/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoadmin/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoadmin/tests.py
index df4158bb31e..295c1de46fa 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoadmin/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoadmin/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipUnless
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/feeds.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/feeds.py
index f53431c24d8..9ec959ecce2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/feeds.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/feeds.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.gis import feeds
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
index 0e85fda6625..55bf7c764c2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.gis.sitemaps import GeoRSSSitemap, KMLSitemap, KMZSitemap
 
 from .feeds import feed_dict
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_feeds.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_feeds.py
index b2953b4a70a..9c7b572e998 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_feeds.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_feeds.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipUnless
 from xml.dom import minidom
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_regress.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_regress.py
index 2ffbaec9a97..844f03aef52 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_regress.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_regress.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from unittest import skipUnless
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
index 98cd8cc5acd..bb68039bc35 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from io import BytesIO
 from unittest import skipUnless
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/tests.py
index eabc5958c0b..9221f992854 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 import unittest
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
index 55a5fa3670a..70db62d71be 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geogapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geogapp/tests.py
index 2a60f623fa3..bc809bdfc08 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geogapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geogapp/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Tests for geography support in PostGIS 1.5+
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 from unittest import skipUnless
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/inspectapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/inspectapp/tests.py
index 34dab1ab7de..4b7c5ff21dd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/inspectapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/inspectapp/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 from unittest import skipUnless
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
index c4c27b353e2..86b15b24d41 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from copy import copy
 from decimal import Decimal
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
index 653bda8aaf0..83da000f82d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/relatedapp/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipUnless
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py b/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
index 68a53d996f8..a835f29dc9d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.messages.api import *
 from django.contrib.messages.constants import *
diff --git a/django/core/cache/utils.py b/django/core/cache/utils.py
index 4310825ad48..b9806cc5e0f 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/utils.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import hashlib
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
diff --git a/django/core/management/utils.py b/django/core/management/utils.py
index 7159d1123f5..d1052d51824 100644
--- a/django/core/management/utils.py
+++ b/django/core/management/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/json.py b/django/core/serializers/json.py
index 64357bf9d55..b07aa3392cc 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/json.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/json.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Serialize data to/from JSON
 
 # Avoid shadowing the standard library json module
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import decimal
diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py b/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py
index df5b74e3265..8bc60c1d107 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.db.models.sql.datastructures import EmptyResultSet
 from django.db.models.sql.subqueries import *
 from django.db.models.sql.query import *
diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/where.py b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
index 2e83ecdce48..7b71580370a 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/where.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Code to manage the creation and SQL rendering of 'where' constraints.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import collections
 import datetime
 from itertools import repeat
diff --git a/django/forms/__init__.py b/django/forms/__init__.py
index 2588098330d..34896d948dd 100644
--- a/django/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/django/forms/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Django validation and HTML form handling.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms.fields import *
 from django.forms.forms import *
diff --git a/django/forms/extras/__init__.py b/django/forms/extras/__init__.py
index d801e4fa807..28316f472c5 100644
--- a/django/forms/extras/__init__.py
+++ b/django/forms/extras/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.forms.extras.widgets import *
diff --git a/django/forms/fields.py b/django/forms/fields.py
index a794c02e9fc..de0c620ed06 100644
--- a/django/forms/fields.py
+++ b/django/forms/fields.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Field classes.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import datetime
diff --git a/django/forms/forms.py b/django/forms/forms.py
index ad5daf44162..31e51e7c340 100644
--- a/django/forms/forms.py
+++ b/django/forms/forms.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Form classes
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import warnings
diff --git a/django/forms/formsets.py b/django/forms/formsets.py
index cb3126e6d7d..8a379ff3cfa 100644
--- a/django/forms/formsets.py
+++ b/django/forms/formsets.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms import Form
diff --git a/django/forms/models.py b/django/forms/models.py
index 2d1ec963067..83954b0b22a 100644
--- a/django/forms/models.py
+++ b/django/forms/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Helper functions for creating Form classes from Django models
 and database field objects.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import warnings
 
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index a92e5a56cef..8a351bb637a 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 HTML Widget classes
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 from itertools import chain
diff --git a/django/http/cookie.py b/django/http/cookie.py
index 50ff549caf3..62d5c61a4de 100644
--- a/django/http/cookie.py
+++ b/django/http/cookie.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils import six
diff --git a/django/http/request.py b/django/http/request.py
index b7f9d241a7f..e222081450b 100644
--- a/django/http/request.py
+++ b/django/http/request.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import os
diff --git a/django/http/response.py b/django/http/response.py
index 1f0849c0bf5..07bbd32eeb5 100644
--- a/django/http/response.py
+++ b/django/http/response.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import time
diff --git a/django/template/base.py b/django/template/base.py
index aa82d8911ad..ed4196012a0 100644
--- a/django/template/base.py
+++ b/django/template/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 from functools import partial
diff --git a/tests/admin_changelist/admin.py b/tests/admin_changelist/admin.py
index 175b1972c93..db836cdf7dc 100644
--- a/tests/admin_changelist/admin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_changelist/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py b/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
index fb72f60b7c0..a65de464907 100644
--- a/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py b/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
index 31c93410f4c..257638afb17 100644
--- a/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import warnings
 
 from django.contrib.admin.util import quote
diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/urls.py b/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
index 3c3a8fe5d8f..914b4836e0b 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/admin_filters/tests.py b/tests/admin_filters/tests.py
index f05e8e2011a..5e6b122fecb 100644
--- a/tests/admin_filters/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_filters/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/admin.py b/tests/admin_inlines/admin.py
index 62f9e04e5bb..c69800851a7 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/admin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django import forms
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index 465b224d4f0..f62a0c1e01a 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.admin.tests import AdminSeleniumWebDriverTestCase
 from django.contrib.admin.helpers import InlineAdminForm
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/urls.py b/tests/admin_inlines/urls.py
index cf18ef97cf1..a5d927e20b8 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/urls.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
 
 from . import admin
diff --git a/tests/admin_ordering/tests.py b/tests/admin_ordering/tests.py
index 6655ad37ad5..763e97bd721 100644
--- a/tests/admin_ordering/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_ordering/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.contrib import admin
diff --git a/tests/admin_registration/tests.py b/tests/admin_registration/tests.py
index 1b2d291691e..0e444fd2af7 100644
--- a/tests/admin_registration/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_registration/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/admin/foo.py b/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/admin/foo.py
index 1ed704a66bc..09ceba05aa5 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/admin/foo.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/admin/foo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from ..models.foo import Foo
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/models/bar.py b/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/models/bar.py
index 15956f7a50f..92f1b986948 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/models/bar.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/models/bar.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.db import models
 
 from ..admin import foo
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/simple_app/models.py b/tests/admin_scripts/simple_app/models.py
index b89f4b898be..e5b9e297c56 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/simple_app/models.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/simple_app/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from ..complex_app.models.bar import Bar
diff --git a/tests/admin_util/tests.py b/tests/admin_util/tests.py
index 4a9a203f503..8c63e90ce18 100644
--- a/tests/admin_util/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_util/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_validation/tests.py b/tests/admin_validation/tests.py
index 5eee3e71051..39e74a945cc 100644
--- a/tests/admin_validation/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_validation/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import str_prefix
 
 from .models import Song, Book, Album, TwoAlbumFKAndAnE, State, City
 
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ class ValidationTestCase(TestCase):
             readonly_fields = ("title", "nonexistant")
 
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ImproperlyConfigured,
-            "SongAdmin.readonly_fields[1], 'nonexistant' is not a callable or an attribute of 'SongAdmin' or found in the model 'Song'.",
+            str_prefix("SongAdmin.readonly_fields[1], %(_)s'nonexistant' is not a callable "
+                       "or an attribute of 'SongAdmin' or found in the model 'Song'."),
             SongAdmin.validate,
             Song)
 
@@ -195,7 +197,8 @@ class ValidationTestCase(TestCase):
             readonly_fields=['i_dont_exist'] # Missing attribute
 
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ImproperlyConfigured,
-            "CityInline.readonly_fields[0], 'i_dont_exist' is not a callable or an attribute of 'CityInline' or found in the model 'City'.",
+            str_prefix("CityInline.readonly_fields[0], %(_)s'i_dont_exist' is not a callable "
+                       "or an attribute of 'CityInline' or found in the model 'City'."),
             CityInline.validate,
             City)
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/admin.py b/tests/admin_views/admin.py
index 039abb819be..df8ced949e5 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/admin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import tempfile
 import os
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/customadmin.py b/tests/admin_views/customadmin.py
index c204b81edd0..ed3a3dea7ad 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/customadmin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/customadmin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 A second, custom AdminSite -- see tests.CustomAdminSiteTests.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 from django.contrib import admin
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 80fdb904021..19c5207cf9d 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/urls.py b/tests/admin_views/urls.py
index 763c83a450f..d934173234b 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
 
 from . import views, customadmin, admin
diff --git a/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py b/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
index e8d4e5276ba..c083c7cb9c8 100644
--- a/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from unittest import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/admin_widgets/urls.py b/tests/admin_widgets/urls.py
index aecee90b7f0..3da5d25bc84 100644
--- a/tests/admin_widgets/urls.py
+++ b/tests/admin_widgets/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
 
 from . import  widgetadmin
diff --git a/tests/admin_widgets/widgetadmin.py b/tests/admin_widgets/widgetadmin.py
index 1cdeeb9f677..b7023fc81c3 100644
--- a/tests/admin_widgets/widgetadmin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_widgets/widgetadmin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-"""
-
-"""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from . import models
@@ -47,4 +42,4 @@ site.register(models.Bee)
 
 site.register(models.Advisor)
 
-site.register(models.School, SchoolAdmin)
\ No newline at end of file
+site.register(models.School, SchoolAdmin)
diff --git a/tests/aggregation/tests.py b/tests/aggregation/tests.py
index dd7e994a639..e1a880585f8 100644
--- a/tests/aggregation/tests.py
+++ b/tests/aggregation/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
diff --git a/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py b/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
index 35ac57d9bef..0838cb8fe8d 100644
--- a/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import pickle
diff --git a/tests/app_loading/tests.py b/tests/app_loading/tests.py
index e0c7cbd78c7..bba2b234a23 100644
--- a/tests/app_loading/tests.py
+++ b/tests/app_loading/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import os
diff --git a/tests/backends/tests.py b/tests/backends/tests.py
index ec592f01887..2ad2e1d6d59 100644
--- a/tests/backends/tests.py
+++ b/tests/backends/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Unit and doctests for specific database backends.
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
diff --git a/tests/basic/tests.py b/tests/basic/tests.py
index 9d4490afc62..879c7869fae 100644
--- a/tests/basic/tests.py
+++ b/tests/basic/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 import threading
diff --git a/tests/bug639/tests.py b/tests/bug639/tests.py
index 71c50e14aa1..769d27d2f0b 100644
--- a/tests/bug639/tests.py
+++ b/tests/bug639/tests.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ gets called *again* for each FileField. This test will fail if calling a
 ModelForm's save() method causes Model.save() to be called more than once.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import os
 import shutil
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/bug8245/admin.py b/tests/bug8245/admin.py
index d8211907638..e7d1a080c20 100644
--- a/tests/bug8245/admin.py
+++ b/tests/bug8245/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from .models import Story
diff --git a/tests/bulk_create/tests.py b/tests/bulk_create/tests.py
index d4772934a10..94258ca711c 100644
--- a/tests/bulk_create/tests.py
+++ b/tests/bulk_create/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index bccac6b5a88..a2256665210 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Unit tests for cache framework
 # Uses whatever cache backend is set in the test settings file.
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import hashlib
 import os
diff --git a/tests/choices/tests.py b/tests/choices/tests.py
index 03a7d3340d8..2d612626c21 100644
--- a/tests/choices/tests.py
+++ b/tests/choices/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models import Person
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/__init__.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/__init__.py
index ae4585e187c..6cbddbe82ba 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.comments.forms import CommentForm
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_app_api.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_app_api.py
index ed23ba39ccc..83ee868a021 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_app_api.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_app_api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import comments
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_form.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_form.py
index a30f13a0733..bca339fd3d0 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_form.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_form.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_utils_moderators.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_utils_moderators.py
index 6c7a882e254..e61be48d8b0 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_utils_moderators.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_utils_moderators.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
 from django.contrib.comments.moderation import (moderator, CommentModerator,
     AlreadyModerated)
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_view.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_view.py
index 0d994d3af8b..19d7c1d16b3 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_view.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_comment_view.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_feeds.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_feeds.py
index 941ffb6bf2f..e6652afa280 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_feeds.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_feeds.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_models.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_models.py
index 69c1a8118f3..4303fda8523 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
 
 from . import CommentTestCase
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_moderation_views.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_moderation_views.py
index 02af35cfe46..9f826f58669 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_moderation_views.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_moderation_views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Permission
 from django.contrib.comments import signals
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_templatetags.py b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_templatetags.py
index 1971c21a58e..d24859eb55e 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_templatetags.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/tests/test_templatetags.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.comments.forms import CommentForm
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
diff --git a/tests/comment_tests/urls.py b/tests/comment_tests/urls.py
index 0a7e8b5fdf6..32106106b54 100644
--- a/tests/comment_tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/comment_tests/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.contrib.comments.feeds import LatestCommentFeed
 
diff --git a/tests/conditional_processing/views.py b/tests/conditional_processing/views.py
index 14a5a83a45c..d4dc4b8cf6c 100644
--- a/tests/conditional_processing/views.py
+++ b/tests/conditional_processing/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.views.decorators.http import condition, etag, last_modified
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py b/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
index 3c6685687a6..5d21ad5b966 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py b/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
index b39e118ec6f..63f02697df1 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/urls.py b/tests/contenttypes_tests/urls.py
index 2cfc90b0244..626b3ae8f7f 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
diff --git a/tests/context_processors/urls.py b/tests/context_processors/urls.py
index 757017c9ca9..9340cdfc381 100644
--- a/tests/context_processors/urls.py
+++ b/tests/context_processors/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/custom_columns/tests.py b/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
index 51028b0c460..155279297fb 100644
--- a/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/custom_columns_regress/tests.py b/tests/custom_columns_regress/tests.py
index 7cc66ca2a68..034de08d455 100644
--- a/tests/custom_columns_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_columns_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/custom_managers/tests.py b/tests/custom_managers/tests.py
index 5ab58b534a4..87e5a721bc8 100644
--- a/tests/custom_managers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_managers/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
diff --git a/tests/custom_managers_regress/tests.py b/tests/custom_managers_regress/tests.py
index 5a9cd91d596..8462e526c97 100644
--- a/tests/custom_managers_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_managers_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/custom_methods/tests.py b/tests/custom_methods/tests.py
index 9d7444ba620..addb61d4c1f 100644
--- a/tests/custom_methods/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_methods/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import date
 
diff --git a/tests/custom_pk/models.py b/tests/custom_pk/models.py
index 5ef9b69f0c8..8d5065aed87 100644
--- a/tests/custom_pk/models.py
+++ b/tests/custom_pk/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ By default, Django adds an ``"id"`` field to each model. But you can override
 this behavior by explicitly adding ``primary_key=True`` to a field.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
 
diff --git a/tests/custom_pk/tests.py b/tests/custom_pk/tests.py
index 3f562f0bed8..59bc64754ff 100644
--- a/tests/custom_pk/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_pk/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.test import TestCase, skipIfDBFeature
diff --git a/tests/datatypes/tests.py b/tests/datatypes/tests.py
index b6b52dedf26..a2bb0c110a4 100644
--- a/tests/datatypes/tests.py
+++ b/tests/datatypes/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/dates/tests.py b/tests/dates/tests.py
index 6c02d597dec..c2a8d82e37f 100644
--- a/tests/dates/tests.py
+++ b/tests/dates/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/datetimes/tests.py b/tests/datetimes/tests.py
index 58cb060f6ba..f54b30d9675 100644
--- a/tests/datetimes/tests.py
+++ b/tests/datetimes/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/defer/tests.py b/tests/defer/tests.py
index 50db5a76b40..1df312e1bfe 100644
--- a/tests/defer/tests.py
+++ b/tests/defer/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models.query_utils import DeferredAttribute, InvalidQuery
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/defer_regress/tests.py b/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
index ad2546794ca..619f65163cc 100644
--- a/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/delete/tests.py b/tests/delete/tests.py
index 66173078a0f..8fb16f5a2de 100644
--- a/tests/delete/tests.py
+++ b/tests/delete/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models, IntegrityError, connection
 from django.test import TestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature, skipIfDBFeature
diff --git a/tests/delete_regress/tests.py b/tests/delete_regress/tests.py
index a4908b21218..22e15baf8e6 100644
--- a/tests/delete_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/delete_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/dispatch/tests/__init__.py b/tests/dispatch/tests/__init__.py
index b6d26217e11..4c4d4fea8a9 100644
--- a/tests/dispatch/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/dispatch/tests/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 Unit-tests for the dispatch project
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .test_dispatcher import DispatcherTests, ReceiverTestCase
 from .test_saferef import SaferefTests
diff --git a/tests/distinct_on_fields/tests.py b/tests/distinct_on_fields/tests.py
index f62a32e58d5..7bc06f0da2e 100644
--- a/tests/distinct_on_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/distinct_on_fields/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models import Max
 from django.test import TestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
diff --git a/tests/empty/tests.py b/tests/empty/tests.py
index 6dd9f7c75d3..007d04c363a 100644
--- a/tests/empty/tests.py
+++ b/tests/empty/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db.models.loading import get_app
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/expressions/tests.py b/tests/expressions/tests.py
index a3514964423..9801d0acbbf 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/tests.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.db.models import F
diff --git a/tests/expressions_regress/tests.py b/tests/expressions_regress/tests.py
index ddb2c83b4f1..c4f80858044 100644
--- a/tests/expressions_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/expressions_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Spanning tests for all the operations that F() expressions can perform.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/extra_regress/tests.py b/tests/extra_regress/tests.py
index 194b250c999..921f33aab99 100644
--- a/tests/extra_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/extra_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/field_defaults/tests.py b/tests/field_defaults/tests.py
index 69dabb51689..d9f28d8c5c6 100644
--- a/tests/field_defaults/tests.py
+++ b/tests/field_defaults/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/field_subclassing/models.py b/tests/field_subclassing/models.py
index 642573cc83b..67a95b02f2c 100644
--- a/tests/field_subclassing/models.py
+++ b/tests/field_subclassing/models.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Tests for field subclassing.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
diff --git a/tests/field_subclassing/tests.py b/tests/field_subclassing/tests.py
index 4945cff1bf0..d3b4d9e5279 100644
--- a/tests/field_subclassing/tests.py
+++ b/tests/field_subclassing/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core import serializers
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/file_storage/tests.py b/tests/file_storage/tests.py
index 8cf4c33091b..cdd97203743 100644
--- a/tests/file_storage/tests.py
+++ b/tests/file_storage/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import errno
 import os
diff --git a/tests/file_uploads/tests.py b/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
index f5a9c10be40..b0f00236d2e 100644
--- a/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
+++ b/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import base64
 import errno
diff --git a/tests/file_uploads/urls.py b/tests/file_uploads/urls.py
index 96efaaa5d83..4782a0dab96 100644
--- a/tests/file_uploads/urls.py
+++ b/tests/file_uploads/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/file_uploads/views.py b/tests/file_uploads/views.py
index d1bd2cf44e2..8d20a9cb6e8 100644
--- a/tests/file_uploads/views.py
+++ b/tests/file_uploads/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import hashlib
 import json
diff --git a/tests/files/tests.py b/tests/files/tests.py
index 54eeee13e40..b353c1a2134 100644
--- a/tests/files/tests.py
+++ b/tests/files/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import gzip
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tests.py b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
index 6f2218b19ec..78653ffe5ed 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import warnings
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures_regress/models.py b/tests/fixtures_regress/models.py
index 1cc30d2e51f..99096728a73 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures_regress/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/tests/fixtures_regress/tests.py b/tests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
index 9899bf939c8..f917b216426 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Unittests for fixtures.
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/tests/force_insert_update/tests.py b/tests/force_insert_update/tests.py
index a5b2dcebb5c..706a099872f 100644
--- a/tests/force_insert_update/tests.py
+++ b/tests/force_insert_update/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError, DatabaseError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/__init__.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/__init__.py
index aea9418c05b..39219f82bee 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .test_error_messages import (FormsErrorMessagesTestCase,
     ModelChoiceFieldErrorMessagesTestCase)
 from .test_extra import FormsExtraTestCase, FormsExtraL10NTestCase
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_error_messages.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_error_messages.py
index 9d45a46a3d1..f0638298e93 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_error_messages.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_error_messages.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.forms import *
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_extra.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_extra.py
index d439e2223c3..afdfaf5281a 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_extra.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_extra.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/tests.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/tests.py
index 99a67c320c5..4c391646e75 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/generic_inline_admin/admin.py b/tests/generic_inline_admin/admin.py
index 73cac7f7c57..1917024fa56 100644
--- a/tests/generic_inline_admin/admin.py
+++ b/tests/generic_inline_admin/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
 
diff --git a/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py b/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
index ac2c1911836..ccf12ab4f3a 100644
--- a/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
+++ b/tests/generic_inline_admin/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
diff --git a/tests/generic_inline_admin/urls.py b/tests/generic_inline_admin/urls.py
index 88d7b574d4b..8d68d6c9222 100644
--- a/tests/generic_inline_admin/urls.py
+++ b/tests/generic_inline_admin/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
 
 from . import admin
diff --git a/tests/generic_relations/tests.py b/tests/generic_relations/tests.py
index 734b2e51434..2b52ebac567 100644
--- a/tests/generic_relations/tests.py
+++ b/tests/generic_relations/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.generic import generic_inlineformset_factory
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
index 013a8f282c7..b1dd7a3040b 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import time
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
index bff909f7d0b..03c6d02e5e8 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import time
 import datetime
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_detail.py b/tests/generic_views/test_detail.py
index 3a97d27995d..8a487a7c3d3 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_detail.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_detail.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_edit.py b/tests/generic_views/test_edit.py
index 9ed18833e49..9b1ba0f8656 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_edit.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_edit.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import warnings
 from unittest import expectedFailure
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_forms.py b/tests/generic_views/test_forms.py
index 8c118e32a64..1ee26afc8fc 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django import forms
 
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_list.py b/tests/generic_views/test_list.py
index a77a6418a38..e572af8e32f 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_list.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_list.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/urls.py b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
index 695b50279ae..4ef8f7a97f4 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/views.py b/tests/generic_views/views.py
index fd331f14b76..f839b537532 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/views.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
diff --git a/tests/get_earliest_or_latest/tests.py b/tests/get_earliest_or_latest/tests.py
index 8d16af95870..eeb95c0818d 100644
--- a/tests/get_earliest_or_latest/tests.py
+++ b/tests/get_earliest_or_latest/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/get_object_or_404/tests.py b/tests/get_object_or_404/tests.py
index 38ebeb4f8c2..1a0b41bc4d2 100644
--- a/tests/get_object_or_404/tests.py
+++ b/tests/get_object_or_404/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, get_list_or_404
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class GetObjectOr404Tests(TestCase):
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError,
             "Object is of type 'str', but must be a Django Model, Manager, "
             "or QuerySet",
-            get_object_or_404, "Article", title__icontains="Run"
+            get_object_or_404, str("Article"), title__icontains="Run"
         )
 
         class CustomClass(object):
diff --git a/tests/get_or_create/tests.py b/tests/get_or_create/tests.py
index 0f766ab1288..a612ea60a06 100644
--- a/tests/get_or_create/tests.py
+++ b/tests/get_or_create/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import date
 import traceback
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class GetOrCreateTests(TestCase):
             ManualPrimaryKeyTest.objects.get_or_create(id=1, data="Different")
         except IntegrityError as e:
             formatted_traceback = traceback.format_exc()
-            self.assertIn('obj.save', formatted_traceback)
+            self.assertIn(str('obj.save'), formatted_traceback)
 
     def test_savepoint_rollback(self):
         # Regression test for #20463: the database connection should still be
diff --git a/tests/get_or_create_regress/tests.py b/tests/get_or_create_regress/tests.py
index 92c371b6f80..54dafc85fba 100644
--- a/tests/get_or_create_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/get_or_create_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/i18n/forms.py b/tests/i18n/forms.py
index 6e4def9c5ee..07b015d590f 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/forms.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django import forms
 from django.forms.extras import SelectDateWidget
 
diff --git a/tests/i18n/tests.py b/tests/i18n/tests.py
index 8e6ec45ce16..3d5cbc590e4 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/tests.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import decimal
diff --git a/tests/inline_formsets/tests.py b/tests/inline_formsets/tests.py
index ad8a666cb57..a16488dc793 100644
--- a/tests/inline_formsets/tests.py
+++ b/tests/inline_formsets/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/introspection/tests.py b/tests/introspection/tests.py
index f1c87bbf147..6f384399457 100644
--- a/tests/introspection/tests.py
+++ b/tests/introspection/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/tests/known_related_objects/tests.py b/tests/known_related_objects/tests.py
index d28d266557d..6fd507cbdc6 100644
--- a/tests/known_related_objects/tests.py
+++ b/tests/known_related_objects/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/lookup/tests.py b/tests/lookup/tests.py
index ee9c5afe1d9..c9891c846f2 100644
--- a/tests/lookup/tests.py
+++ b/tests/lookup/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/m2m_and_m2o/tests.py b/tests/m2m_and_m2o/tests.py
index 77f2eb3b09a..0380ad4b084 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_and_m2o/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_and_m2o/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/m2m_intermediary/tests.py b/tests/m2m_intermediary/tests.py
index f261f23546c..d9c77ecb7c7 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_intermediary/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_intermediary/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/m2m_multiple/tests.py b/tests/m2m_multiple/tests.py
index 7bf88f99bb9..2122517ce48 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_multiple/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_multiple/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/m2m_recursive/tests.py b/tests/m2m_recursive/tests.py
index a3f2c670d63..3beafc9692b 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_recursive/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_recursive/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/m2m_regress/tests.py b/tests/m2m_regress/tests.py
index 884fc097a12..610f01694ae 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/m2m_signals/tests.py b/tests/m2m_signals/tests.py
index d3d2a74c70e..569a2dc12d3 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_signals/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_signals/tests.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Testing signals emitted on changing m2m relations.
 """
 
-from .models import Person
-
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/m2m_through/tests.py b/tests/m2m_through/tests.py
index 259dc68a0b2..69a7ec99bf7 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_through/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_through/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/m2m_through_regress/tests.py b/tests/m2m_through_regress/tests.py
index de4d52a2dbc..c1b229b30be 100644
--- a/tests/m2m_through_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2m_through_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core import management
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
diff --git a/tests/m2o_recursive/tests.py b/tests/m2o_recursive/tests.py
index fa04c74ccae..f5e89387063 100644
--- a/tests/m2o_recursive/tests.py
+++ b/tests/m2o_recursive/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/managers_regress/tests.py b/tests/managers_regress/tests.py
index 45059be4e54..e5dce531229 100644
--- a/tests/managers_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/managers_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import copy
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/tests/many_to_many/tests.py b/tests/many_to_many/tests.py
index 7d30379b94d..e6fed191fcb 100644
--- a/tests/many_to_many/tests.py
+++ b/tests/many_to_many/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
diff --git a/tests/many_to_one/tests.py b/tests/many_to_one/tests.py
index a4f87a32833..ae629288b1a 100644
--- a/tests/many_to_one/tests.py
+++ b/tests/many_to_one/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from copy import deepcopy
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/many_to_one_null/tests.py b/tests/many_to_one_null/tests.py
index 4de44b5e644..cd1800d77cd 100644
--- a/tests/many_to_one_null/tests.py
+++ b/tests/many_to_one_null/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/many_to_one_regress/tests.py b/tests/many_to_one_regress/tests.py
index 035ba53bffc..19cfaad0970 100644
--- a/tests/many_to_one_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/many_to_one_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/max_lengths/tests.py b/tests/max_lengths/tests.py
index 0f525864d5b..43f9e217c8d 100644
--- a/tests/max_lengths/tests.py
+++ b/tests/max_lengths/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/tests/middleware/tests.py b/tests/middleware/tests.py
index 5ceab2e5947..0897ec06be5 100644
--- a/tests/middleware/tests.py
+++ b/tests/middleware/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import gzip
 from io import BytesIO
diff --git a/tests/middleware_exceptions/urls.py b/tests/middleware_exceptions/urls.py
index 042607fdc8a..fcef6385534 100644
--- a/tests/middleware_exceptions/urls.py
+++ b/tests/middleware_exceptions/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py b/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
index f6019bd77f9..ce7d33eb32f 100644
--- a/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
+++ b/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import shutil
diff --git a/tests/model_fields/tests.py b/tests/model_fields/tests.py
index 1ce5eba3e99..a43f764407b 100644
--- a/tests/model_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_fields/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
diff --git a/tests/model_forms/tests.py b/tests/model_forms/tests.py
index 09c62c52057..21e3143be64 100644
--- a/tests/model_forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_forms/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import os
diff --git a/tests/model_forms_regress/tests.py b/tests/model_forms_regress/tests.py
index 35e706ac4c5..ffe1123b994 100644
--- a/tests/model_forms_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_forms_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import date
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/model_formsets/tests.py b/tests/model_formsets/tests.py
index 3bb4f95ea5b..053448181a5 100644
--- a/tests/model_formsets/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_formsets/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import re
diff --git a/tests/model_formsets_regress/tests.py b/tests/model_formsets_regress/tests.py
index 179f79fbcb3..782c7d6fbc3 100644
--- a/tests/model_formsets_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_formsets_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django import forms
 from django.forms.formsets import BaseFormSet, DELETION_FIELD_NAME
diff --git a/tests/model_inheritance/tests.py b/tests/model_inheritance/tests.py
index dc40d2d2e0c..eb50d30cf8d 100644
--- a/tests/model_inheritance/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_inheritance/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/model_inheritance_regress/tests.py b/tests/model_inheritance_regress/tests.py
index 7ca16647fac..10a1230685f 100644
--- a/tests/model_inheritance_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_inheritance_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Regression tests for Model inheritance behavior.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/models.py b/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/models.py
index b4a6b930df3..8b02b086688 100644
--- a/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/models.py
+++ b/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/models.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ in the need for an %(app_label)s format string. This app specifically tests
 this feature by redefining the Copy model from model_inheritance/models.py
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.db import models
 
 from model_inheritance.models import NamedURL
diff --git a/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/tests.py b/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/tests.py
index 8f22578013a..fe1fb0cdd20 100644
--- a/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_inheritance_same_model_name/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/model_inheritance_select_related/tests.py b/tests/model_inheritance_select_related/tests.py
index 078b466d0e8..68f9897e253 100644
--- a/tests/model_inheritance_select_related/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_inheritance_select_related/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/model_package/models/__init__.py b/tests/model_package/models/__init__.py
index 3c261aa4447..ec29d667f92 100644
--- a/tests/model_package/models/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/model_package/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 # Import all the models from subpackages
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .article import Article
 from .publication import Publication
diff --git a/tests/model_package/tests.py b/tests/model_package/tests.py
index 5d856a96085..a352b57478b 100644
--- a/tests/model_package/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_package/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/tests/model_permalink/tests.py b/tests/model_permalink/tests.py
index 257648ca5f6..ef682ed0e83 100644
--- a/tests/model_permalink/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_permalink/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models import Guitarist
diff --git a/tests/model_regress/tests.py b/tests/model_regress/tests.py
index 2924b220e6d..f84a40b05b4 100644
--- a/tests/model_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/modeladmin/tests.py b/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
index 0d0fed394a0..616b0889b95 100644
--- a/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import date
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/multiple_database/models.py b/tests/multiple_database/models.py
index e46438649b3..00534c870c1 100644
--- a/tests/multiple_database/models.py
+++ b/tests/multiple_database/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
diff --git a/tests/multiple_database/tests.py b/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
index 12a6379ca04..949679418c2 100644
--- a/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
+++ b/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import pickle
diff --git a/tests/mutually_referential/tests.py b/tests/mutually_referential/tests.py
index b3deb0e75c3..60064658431 100644
--- a/tests/mutually_referential/tests.py
+++ b/tests/mutually_referential/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models import Parent
diff --git a/tests/nested_foreign_keys/tests.py b/tests/nested_foreign_keys/tests.py
index 5cb23cfb9c8..e8e20762fed 100644
--- a/tests/nested_foreign_keys/tests.py
+++ b/tests/nested_foreign_keys/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models import Person, Movie, Event, Screening, ScreeningNullFK, Package, PackageNullFK
diff --git a/tests/null_fk/tests.py b/tests/null_fk/tests.py
index 96a06b67694..29e1fcb4bb6 100644
--- a/tests/null_fk/tests.py
+++ b/tests/null_fk/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import,  unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/null_fk_ordering/tests.py b/tests/null_fk_ordering/tests.py
index aea969de4f7..70873244aca 100644
--- a/tests/null_fk_ordering/tests.py
+++ b/tests/null_fk_ordering/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/null_queries/tests.py b/tests/null_queries/tests.py
index 93e72d55d83..d08c9979d74 100644
--- a/tests/null_queries/tests.py
+++ b/tests/null_queries/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
diff --git a/tests/one_to_one/tests.py b/tests/one_to_one/tests.py
index a36764b7884..6e16d81cead 100644
--- a/tests/one_to_one/tests.py
+++ b/tests/one_to_one/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/one_to_one_regress/tests.py b/tests/one_to_one_regress/tests.py
index 615536ba386..7d82194abb8 100644
--- a/tests/one_to_one_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/one_to_one_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/or_lookups/tests.py b/tests/or_lookups/tests.py
index e1c6fcb32ae..264d999575d 100644
--- a/tests/or_lookups/tests.py
+++ b/tests/or_lookups/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/order_with_respect_to/tests.py b/tests/order_with_respect_to/tests.py
index 559cb1d996e..155c2386177 100644
--- a/tests/order_with_respect_to/tests.py
+++ b/tests/order_with_respect_to/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from operator import attrgetter
 
diff --git a/tests/ordering/tests.py b/tests/ordering/tests.py
index b1b5253682e..63161a3273b 100644
--- a/tests/ordering/tests.py
+++ b/tests/ordering/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/pagination/tests.py b/tests/pagination/tests.py
index 76799bec461..46ea428d174 100644
--- a/tests/pagination/tests.py
+++ b/tests/pagination/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/prefetch_related/tests.py b/tests/prefetch_related/tests.py
index 2e3fee6be65..9d5a5290da5 100644
--- a/tests/prefetch_related/tests.py
+++ b/tests/prefetch_related/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db import connection
diff --git a/tests/properties/tests.py b/tests/properties/tests.py
index 8a40d06e983..c471c414a17 100644
--- a/tests/properties/tests.py
+++ b/tests/properties/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/app1/models.py b/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/app1/models.py
index affcf140ac7..a7a99fe46b7 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/app1/models.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/app1/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 # TODO: why can't I make this ..app2
 from app2.models import NiceModel
 
diff --git a/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/tests.py b/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/tests.py
index 85bf74a4e9c..dda09a080fe 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/tests.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_model_inheritance/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/proxy_models/tests.py b/tests/proxy_models/tests.py
index 5cc5ef54789..240198cc398 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_models/tests.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_models/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import copy
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/tests/queries/tests.py b/tests/queries/tests.py
index 94c12c5ba98..025fcd86081 100644
--- a/tests/queries/tests.py
+++ b/tests/queries/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import,unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from operator import attrgetter
diff --git a/tests/queryset_pickle/models.py b/tests/queryset_pickle/models.py
index 3a8973505c7..dacd5018da5 100644
--- a/tests/queryset_pickle/models.py
+++ b/tests/queryset_pickle/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import datetime
 
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/tests/queryset_pickle/tests.py b/tests/queryset_pickle/tests.py
index d2f333a9b36..384073ad566 100644
--- a/tests/queryset_pickle/tests.py
+++ b/tests/queryset_pickle/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import pickle
 import datetime
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class PickleabilityTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_model_pickle_dynamic(self):
         class Meta:
             proxy = True
-        dynclass = type("DynamicEventSubclass", (Event, ),
+        dynclass = type(str("DynamicEventSubclass"), (Event, ),
                         {'Meta': Meta, '__module__': Event.__module__})
         original = dynclass(pk=1)
         dumped = pickle.dumps(original)
diff --git a/tests/raw_query/tests.py b/tests/raw_query/tests.py
index 7242b8309b5..06c9b112302 100644
--- a/tests/raw_query/tests.py
+++ b/tests/raw_query/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import date
 
diff --git a/tests/reserved_names/tests.py b/tests/reserved_names/tests.py
index ddffe08d345..cdf81b84770 100644
--- a/tests/reserved_names/tests.py
+++ b/tests/reserved_names/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/tests/reverse_lookup/tests.py b/tests/reverse_lookup/tests.py
index 549ee66392d..ca16db0d314 100644
--- a/tests/reverse_lookup/tests.py
+++ b/tests/reverse_lookup/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/reverse_single_related/tests.py b/tests/reverse_single_related/tests.py
index 0c755c4db61..472a3026b69 100644
--- a/tests/reverse_single_related/tests.py
+++ b/tests/reverse_single_related/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models import Source, Item
diff --git a/tests/save_delete_hooks/tests.py b/tests/save_delete_hooks/tests.py
index 42e0d4a80e0..0fd1ed4e038 100644
--- a/tests/save_delete_hooks/tests.py
+++ b/tests/save_delete_hooks/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
diff --git a/tests/select_for_update/tests.py b/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
index 3204d74224d..3bd35448b17 100644
--- a/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
+++ b/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import sys
 import time
diff --git a/tests/select_related/tests.py b/tests/select_related/tests.py
index e6723eac9be..f07e28df99c 100644
--- a/tests/select_related/tests.py
+++ b/tests/select_related/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/select_related_onetoone/tests.py b/tests/select_related_onetoone/tests.py
index d8ba4d04844..3942b2d221f 100644
--- a/tests/select_related_onetoone/tests.py
+++ b/tests/select_related_onetoone/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/tests/select_related_regress/tests.py b/tests/select_related_regress/tests.py
index f6d21b2dd9c..da47cb771f6 100644
--- a/tests/select_related_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/select_related_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
diff --git a/tests/serializers/tests.py b/tests/serializers/tests.py
index bff7c53249f..07c220c52e8 100644
--- a/tests/serializers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/serializers/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/serializers_regress/tests.py b/tests/serializers_regress/tests.py
index 1751816ceec..3173f73985a 100644
--- a/tests/serializers_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/serializers_regress/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test case that is capable of testing the capabilities of
 the serializers. This includes all valid data values, plus
 forward, backwards and self references.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import decimal
diff --git a/tests/servers/urls.py b/tests/servers/urls.py
index a857c45f95f..03393c30ec3 100644
--- a/tests/servers/urls.py
+++ b/tests/servers/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/signals/tests.py b/tests/signals/tests.py
index 58f25c28684..1dfe72bf5fb 100644
--- a/tests/signals/tests.py
+++ b/tests/signals/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models import signals
 from django.dispatch import receiver
diff --git a/tests/signals_regress/tests.py b/tests/signals_regress/tests.py
index 8fb3ad5a48e..2c9858efda8 100644
--- a/tests/signals_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/signals_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/sites_framework/tests.py b/tests/sites_framework/tests.py
index 8e664fd5019..7860394aa2c 100644
--- a/tests/sites_framework/tests.py
+++ b/tests/sites_framework/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/str/tests.py b/tests/str/tests.py
index d82908a0ee6..3c0bc079c8f 100644
--- a/tests/str/tests.py
+++ b/tests/str/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 from unittest import skipIf
diff --git a/tests/string_lookup/tests.py b/tests/string_lookup/tests.py
index b011720ddfb..5a17e55560b 100644
--- a/tests/string_lookup/tests.py
+++ b/tests/string_lookup/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from .models import Foo, Whiz, Bar, Article, Base, Child
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ class StringLookupTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(repr(Article.objects.filter(submitted_from__contains='192.0.2')),
             repr([a]))
         # Test that the searches do not match the subnet mask (/32 in this case)
-        self.assertEqual(Article.objects.filter(submitted_from__contains='32').count(), 0)
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.assertEqual(Article.objects.filter(submitted_from__contains='32').count(), 0)
diff --git a/tests/swappable_models/tests.py b/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
index 858061db23b..2e2d544cea4 100644
--- a/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
+++ b/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
 
diff --git a/tests/syndication/feeds.py b/tests/syndication/feeds.py
index 1cd5c3d988e..f8ffb4b2e6c 100644
--- a/tests/syndication/feeds.py
+++ b/tests/syndication/feeds.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.syndication import views
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
diff --git a/tests/syndication/tests.py b/tests/syndication/tests.py
index d3b0058d539..8bc6b04939a 100644
--- a/tests/syndication/tests.py
+++ b/tests/syndication/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
diff --git a/tests/syndication/urls.py b/tests/syndication/urls.py
index 06a75a4e68d..1b5d77f2e1e 100644
--- a/tests/syndication/urls.py
+++ b/tests/syndication/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from . import feeds
diff --git a/tests/tablespaces/tests.py b/tests/tablespaces/tests.py
index 1eaddef079d..088938ca1da 100644
--- a/tests/tablespaces/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tablespaces/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/alternate_urls.py b/tests/template_tests/alternate_urls.py
index fa4985a9dc2..3c6a4e62f9f 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/alternate_urls.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/alternate_urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/test_custom.py b/tests/template_tests/test_custom.py
index e941bc223e9..c2dff03b10a 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/test_custom.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/test_custom.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/tests.py b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
index 81f4682f160..aa0283be790 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/urls.py b/tests/template_tests/urls.py
index b5498fade1f..f3720bbda77 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/test_client/tests.py b/tests/test_client/tests.py
index 0f3cba7e88d..85637b982ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/tests.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ testing against the contexts and templates produced by a view,
 rather than the HTML rendered to the end-user.
 
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import mail
diff --git a/tests/test_client/urls.py b/tests/test_client/urls.py
index bd395ca552b..4d2f4fb86ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py b/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
index 1332537d572..6a0b330e02c 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 
diff --git a/tests/test_runner/tests.py b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
index 48651b37ff1..7aefa4e0770 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Tests for django test runner
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from importlib import import_module
 from optparse import make_option
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/tests.py b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
index 24aa433dd3b..eb850cc3be1 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/urls.py b/tests/test_utils/urls.py
index 31fc5cc7fc6..65e8631735c 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from . import views
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/views.py b/tests/test_utils/views.py
index 5495488e2c5..77e598b72cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/views.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
@@ -8,4 +6,4 @@ from .models import Person
 
 def get_person(request, pk):
     person = get_object_or_404(Person, pk=pk)
-    return HttpResponse(person.name)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return HttpResponse(person.name)
diff --git a/tests/timezones/admin.py b/tests/timezones/admin.py
index 4c199813e25..81b49a4ab69 100644
--- a/tests/timezones/admin.py
+++ b/tests/timezones/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from .models import Event, Timestamp
diff --git a/tests/timezones/urls.py b/tests/timezones/urls.py
index e4f42972dbc..e9a7a90df99 100644
--- a/tests/timezones/urls.py
+++ b/tests/timezones/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
 from django.contrib import admin
 
diff --git a/tests/transactions/tests.py b/tests/transactions/tests.py
index afb573f3663..9cf8b4d7428 100644
--- a/tests/transactions/tests.py
+++ b/tests/transactions/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import sys
 from unittest import skipIf, skipUnless
diff --git a/tests/transactions_regress/tests.py b/tests/transactions_regress/tests.py
index 01f8fc41864..2376bcd2774 100644
--- a/tests/transactions_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/transactions_regress/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipIf, skipUnless
 
diff --git a/tests/unmanaged_models/tests.py b/tests/unmanaged_models/tests.py
index d7cf961a37a..7b23a460963 100644
--- a/tests/unmanaged_models/tests.py
+++ b/tests/unmanaged_models/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import connection
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/update/tests.py b/tests/update/tests.py
index 7a1177c1fda..9db9625183f 100644
--- a/tests/update/tests.py
+++ b/tests/update/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/tests/update_only_fields/tests.py b/tests/update_only_fields/tests.py
index 97c05ddc793..1f85c3bbb28 100644
--- a/tests/update_only_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/update_only_fields/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/extra_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/extra_urls.py
index d3a04e6b317..94e225fb469 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/extra_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/extra_urls.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Some extra URL patterns that are included at the top level.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls.py
index 353aed255e2..366fe9b57a9 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls2.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls2.py
index b31bdb1f7ef..b8e4c531fa2 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls2.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_named_urls2.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_namespace_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_namespace_urls.py
index 7a2096ecd94..ae098a64dcf 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_namespace_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_namespace_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .namespace_urls import URLObject
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls.py
index c8c9001843a..af6b6882e01 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls2.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls2.py
index 98605047f48..9dcafc85356 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls2.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/included_urls2.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ each name to resolve and Django must distinguish the possibilities based on the
 argument list.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/middleware.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/middleware.py
index fbf577786e2..0de692835f3 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/middleware.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/middleware.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse
 
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/named_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/named_urls.py
index 3290cab29c9..d4d35bac339 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/named_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/named_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/namespace_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/namespace_urls.py
index cf960070eca..014bc659905 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/namespace_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/namespace_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .views import view_class_instance
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/reverse_lazy_urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/reverse_lazy_urls.py
index 693c6e1b38e..0ef0a1f3132 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/reverse_lazy_urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/reverse_lazy_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import empty_view, LazyRedirectView, login_required_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
index 222ebe053b1..aef0fa05147 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Unit tests for reverse URL lookups.
 """
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urlconf_outer.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urlconf_outer.py
index 0cdebf83ff5..20b9b09f98e 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urlconf_outer.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urlconf_outer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from . import urlconf_inner
@@ -8,4 +6,4 @@ from . import urlconf_inner
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^test/me/$', urlconf_inner.inner_view, name='outer'),
     url(r'^inner_urlconf/', include(urlconf_inner.__name__))
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
index 1dbc8d889f0..cb08e2e664d 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 
 from .views import empty_view, absolute_kwargs_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_error_handlers_callables.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_error_handlers_callables.py
index befeccaf457..0900ec94ba4 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_error_handlers_callables.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_error_handlers_callables.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Used by the ErrorHandlerResolutionTests test case.
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 
 from .views import empty_view
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_without_full_import.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_without_full_import.py
index ca3e424f23f..c1dce5549c3 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_without_full_import.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls_without_full_import.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # A URLs file that doesn't use the default
 # from django.conf.urls import *
 # import pattern.
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import empty_view, bad_view
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_safestring.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_safestring.py
index a6f0c0a01c5..5d4528a9a8f 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_safestring.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_safestring.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.template import Template, Context
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/validation/test_custom_messages.py b/tests/validation/test_custom_messages.py
index c5a1ee744f6..2e259b7aef2 100644
--- a/tests/validation/test_custom_messages.py
+++ b/tests/validation/test_custom_messages.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from . import ValidationTestCase
 from .models import CustomMessagesModel
 
diff --git a/tests/validation/test_unique.py b/tests/validation/test_unique.py
index a481fcb1c43..bca1b36c93c 100644
--- a/tests/validation/test_unique.py
+++ b/tests/validation/test_unique.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/validation/test_validators.py b/tests/validation/test_validators.py
index e58d9fd4a6e..c3875d46012 100644
--- a/tests/validation/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/validation/test_validators.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import ValidationTestCase
 from .models import ModelToValidate
diff --git a/tests/validation/tests.py b/tests/validation/tests.py
index c8b679541af..34cde3fc8a6 100644
--- a/tests/validation/tests.py
+++ b/tests/validation/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import NON_FIELD_ERRORS
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/generic_urls.py b/tests/view_tests/generic_urls.py
index c3ac1fcafad..10e7601eb6a 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/generic_urls.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/generic_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/templatetags/debugtags.py b/tests/view_tests/templatetags/debugtags.py
index cd2d2d9ad29..9e1945cb23b 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/templatetags/debugtags.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/templatetags/debugtags.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from django import template
 
 from ..views import BrokenException
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/__init__.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/__init__.py
index bfb2ed73765..dae149a8ef2 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .test_debug import (DebugViewTests, ExceptionReporterTests,
     ExceptionReporterTests, PlainTextReportTests, ExceptionReporterFilterTests,
     AjaxResponseExceptionReporterFilter)
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index bc77fc351a4..01598869188 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # This coding header is significant for tests, as the debug view is parsing
 # files to search for such a header to decode the source file content
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import inspect
 import os
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_defaults.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_defaults.py
index 5efd338d345..af812b4446a 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_defaults.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_defaults.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.test import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
index c1852ee71f4..7a7e615e92b 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import gettext
 import os
 from os import path
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_static.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_static.py
index 6104ad063e3..d2f3f47fa70 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_static.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_static.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import mimetypes
 from os import path
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/urls.py b/tests/view_tests/urls.py
index d792e47ddfb..3dcee2fe532 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from os import path
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/views.py b/tests/view_tests/views.py
index 1cfafa4333d..a40b1e0c579 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/views.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import sys