Index: python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_main.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/test/test_main.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_main.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # coding=utf-8
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-from builtins import *
 import unittest
 from whois import extract_domain
 
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_nicclient.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/test/test_nicclient.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_nicclient.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # coding=utf-8
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-from builtins import *
 import unittest
 from whois.whois import NICClient
 
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_parser.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/test/test_parser.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/test/test_parser.py
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-from builtins import *
 import unittest
 
 import os
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/whois/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/whois/__init__.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/whois/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import division
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-from builtins import *
 import re
 import sys
 import os
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/whois/parser.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/whois/parser.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/whois/parser.py
@@ -6,20 +6,9 @@
 # This module is part of python-whois and is released under
 # the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import division
-from future import standard_library
-
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
 import json
-from past.builtins import basestring
-from builtins import str
-from builtins import *
-
-standard_library.install_aliases()
 
 try:
     import dateutil.parser as dp
@@ -169,7 +158,7 @@ class WhoisEntry(dict):
 
     def _preprocess(self, attr, value):
         value = value.strip()
-        if value and isinstance(value, basestring) and not value.isdigit() and '_date' in attr:
+        if value and isinstance(value, str) and not value.isdigit() and '_date' in attr:
             # try casting to date format
             value = cast_date(
                 value,
@@ -1050,7 +1039,7 @@ class WhoisBr(WhoisEntry):
 
     def _preprocess(self, attr, value):
         value = value.strip()
-        if value and isinstance(value, basestring) and '_date' in attr:
+        if value and isinstance(value, str) and '_date' in attr:
             # try casting to date format
             value = re.findall(r"[\w\s:.-\\/]+", value)[0].strip()
             value = cast_date(
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/whois/time_zones.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/whois/time_zones.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/whois/time_zones.py
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-from builtins import *
 _tz_string = '''-12 Y
 -11 X NUT SST
 -10 W CKT HAST HST TAHT TKT
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/whois/whois.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/whois/whois.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/whois/whois.py
@@ -27,21 +27,12 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWAR
 THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from future import standard_library
-
 import os
 import optparse
 import socket
 import sys
 import re
-from builtins import object
-from builtins import *
 import logging
-standard_library.install_aliases()
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
Index: python-whois-0.8.0/setup.py
===================================================================
--- python-whois-0.8.0.orig/setup.py
+++ python-whois-0.8.0/setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     version='0.8.0',
     description="Whois querying and parsing of domain registration information.",
     long_description=read('README.rst'),
-    install_requires=[
-        'future',
-    ],
+    install_requires=[],
     classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Web Environment',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
@@ -33,8 +31,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
     extras_require={
         'better date conversion': ["python-dateutil"]
     },
-    test_suite='nose.collector',
-    tests_require=['nose', 'simplejson'],
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False
 )