diff --git a/django_q/cluster.py b/django_q/cluster.py
index 4b6c44d..935bb66 100644
--- a/django_q/cluster.py
+++ b/django_q/cluster.py
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from builtins import range
 
-from future import standard_library
-
-standard_library.install_aliases()
-
 # Standard
 import importlib
 import signal
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6541dd4..854864a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ setup(
     license='MIT',
     description='A multiprocessing distributed task queue for Django',
     long_description=README,
-    install_requires=['django>=1.8', 'django-picklefield', 'blessed', 'arrow', 'future'],
+    install_requires=['django>=1.8', 'django-picklefield', 'blessed', 'arrow'],
     test_requires=['pytest', 'pytest-django', ],
     cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
     classifiers=[