diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e8efc4203..9baacc071 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'github3.py'
-copyright = u'2012-2018 - Ian Stapleton Cordasco'
+project = 'github3.py'
+copyright = '2012-2021 - Ian Stapleton Cordasco'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'github3.py.tex', u'github3.py Documentation',
-   u'Ian Cordasco', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'github3.py.tex', 'github3.py Documentation',
+   'Ian Cordasco', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'github3.py', u'github3.py Documentation',
-     [u'Ian Cordasco'], 1)
+    ('index', 'github3.py', 'github3.py Documentation',
+     ['Ian Cordasco'], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'github3.py', u'github3.py Documentation', u'Ian Cordasco',
+  ('index', 'github3.py', 'github3.py Documentation', 'Ian Cordasco',
    'github3.py', 'Wrapper for GitHub API v3', 'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/2.0.0.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/2.0.0.rst
index 33c755df9..c0962ab20 100644
--- a/docs/source/release-notes/2.0.0.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/2.0.0.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.0.0: 2020-01-02
+2.0.0: 2020-01-06
 -----------------
 
 Features Added
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Features Added
 Removals
 ````````
 
-Removal of already deprecated code on version 1.x:
+* Removal of legacy unicode future imports.
+
+* Removal of already deprecated code on version 1.x:
 
 - ``github3.api.all_events`` use ``github.GitHub.all_events``
 - ``github3.api.all_repositories`` use ``github.GitHub.all_repositories``
diff --git a/src/github3/auths.py b/src/github3/auths.py
index 687c3d9fe..57b31eaf3 100644
--- a/src/github3/auths.py
+++ b/src/github3/auths.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the Authorization object."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .decorators import requires_basic_auth
 from .models import GitHubCore
 
diff --git a/src/github3/checks.py b/src/github3/checks.py
index 657fbf4bb..de70bae8e 100644
--- a/src/github3/checks.py
+++ b/src/github3/checks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains all the classes relating to Checks."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from . import decorators
diff --git a/src/github3/events.py b/src/github3/events.py
index 62d566f55..cc065de7e 100644
--- a/src/github3/events.py
+++ b/src/github3/events.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the classes related to Events."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import copy
 
 from . import models
diff --git a/src/github3/gists/comment.py b/src/github3/gists/comment.py
index f2b3ca583..839fea923 100644
--- a/src/github3/gists/comment.py
+++ b/src/github3/gists/comment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module containing the logic for a GistComment."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import decorators
 from .. import models
 from .. import users
diff --git a/src/github3/gists/file.py b/src/github3/gists/file.py
index cc5624342..cefa9a79f 100644
--- a/src/github3/gists/file.py
+++ b/src/github3/gists/file.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module containing the GistFile object."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import models
 
 
diff --git a/src/github3/gists/gist.py b/src/github3/gists/gist.py
index 5781c976c..49fcef5a5 100644
--- a/src/github3/gists/gist.py
+++ b/src/github3/gists/gist.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the Gist, ShortGist, and GistFork objects."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from .. import models
diff --git a/src/github3/gists/history.py b/src/github3/gists/history.py
index 0ff1be815..c117be8ab 100644
--- a/src/github3/gists/history.py
+++ b/src/github3/gists/history.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module containing the GistHistory object."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import models
 from .. import users
 
diff --git a/src/github3/git.py b/src/github3/git.py
index ef0bc82b8..188e82f9f 100644
--- a/src/github3/git.py
+++ b/src/github3/git.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 See also: http://developer.github.com/v3/git/
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 
 from json import dumps
diff --git a/src/github3/github.py b/src/github3/github.py
index e740c0304..0c5926af1 100644
--- a/src/github3/github.py
+++ b/src/github3/github.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the main interfaces to the API."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import json
 import re
 
diff --git a/src/github3/issues/comment.py b/src/github3/issues/comment.py
index 0676fbe12..199c7297a 100644
--- a/src/github3/issues/comment.py
+++ b/src/github3/issues/comment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module with class(es) representing issue comments."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import decorators
 from .. import models
 from .. import users
diff --git a/src/github3/issues/event.py b/src/github3/issues/event.py
index 037d3d2be..b3e92c1ce 100644
--- a/src/github3/issues/event.py
+++ b/src/github3/issues/event.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Issue events logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .. import users
 from ..models import GitHubCore
 
diff --git a/src/github3/issues/issue.py b/src/github3/issues/issue.py
index 38d161edc..f954c8438 100644
--- a/src/github3/issues/issue.py
+++ b/src/github3/issues/issue.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module containing the Issue logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from uritemplate import URITemplate
diff --git a/src/github3/issues/label.py b/src/github3/issues/label.py
index b24bde7c0..257f767d0 100644
--- a/src/github3/issues/label.py
+++ b/src/github3/issues/label.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Module containing the logic for labels."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from json import dumps
 from ..decorators import requires_auth
diff --git a/src/github3/issues/milestone.py b/src/github3/issues/milestone.py
index dfcc9fd81..504330976 100644
--- a/src/github3/issues/milestone.py
+++ b/src/github3/issues/milestone.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from json import dumps
 
diff --git a/src/github3/licenses.py b/src/github3/licenses.py
index 855497786..83d0f6cdd 100644
--- a/src/github3/licenses.py
+++ b/src/github3/licenses.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 See also: https://developer.github.com/v3/licenses/
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import base64
 
 from . import models
diff --git a/src/github3/models.py b/src/github3/models.py
index ab0d0f52b..8a66dfe7b 100644
--- a/src/github3/models.py
+++ b/src/github3/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module provides the basic models used in github3.py."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import json as jsonlib
 import logging
 
diff --git a/src/github3/notifications.py b/src/github3/notifications.py
index 51dad1ffe..3dc316f34 100644
--- a/src/github3/notifications.py
+++ b/src/github3/notifications.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 See also: http://developer.github.com/v3/activity/notifications/
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 from . import models
 
diff --git a/src/github3/orgs.py b/src/github3/orgs.py
index 29ec5e3f7..45ffc0423 100644
--- a/src/github3/orgs.py
+++ b/src/github3/orgs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains all of the classes related to organizations."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from uritemplate import URITemplate
diff --git a/src/github3/pulls.py b/src/github3/pulls.py
index b645a6103..332def3a0 100644
--- a/src/github3/pulls.py
+++ b/src/github3/pulls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains all the classes relating to pull requests."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from uritemplate import URITemplate
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/branch.py b/src/github3/repos/branch.py
index 7aa50de64..e6b792c10 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/branch.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/branch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Implementation of a branch on a repository."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import commit
 from .. import decorators
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/comment.py b/src/github3/repos/comment.py
index ed021a441..a85eb89ca 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/comment.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/comment.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the RepoComment class."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 from .. import users
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/commit.py b/src/github3/repos/commit.py
index b9afd07be..e130220d7 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/commit.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/commit.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the RepoCommit classes."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import status
 from .. import checks, git, models, users
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/comparison.py b/src/github3/repos/comparison.py
index 80c067c89..ca9c5727f 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/comparison.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/comparison.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the Comparison object."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import commit
 from .. import models
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/contents.py b/src/github3/repos/contents.py
index 689ebe800..38ec925f8 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/contents.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/contents.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the Contents object."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from base64 import b64decode, b64encode
 from json import dumps
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/deployment.py b/src/github3/repos/deployment.py
index 857326ab3..ae354dc23 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/deployment.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/deployment.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """The module containing deployment logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import users
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/hook.py b/src/github3/repos/hook.py
index 02f4d7db1..bc98ab115 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/hook.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/hook.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains only the Hook object for GitHub's Hook API."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from json import dumps
 from ..decorators import requires_auth
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/invitation.py b/src/github3/repos/invitation.py
index 6c792badd..db14accd3 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/invitation.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/invitation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Invitation related logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from json import dumps
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/pages.py b/src/github3/repos/pages.py
index 7f5c8f9f2..2b4f47023 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/pages.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/pages.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """GitHub Pages related logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/release.py b/src/github3/repos/release.py
index 37e476806..864932b5d 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/release.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/release.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Release logic for the GitHub API."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/repo.py b/src/github3/repos/repo.py
index cab6be948..41c6c4cab 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/repo.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/repo.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 returned by GitHub.
 
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import base64
 import json as jsonlib
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/stats.py b/src/github3/repos/stats.py
index 51b944569..85330fb53 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/stats.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/stats.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Repository and contributor stats logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/status.py b/src/github3/repos/status.py
index ed93b10bd..85d4b46e5 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/status.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/status.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the Status object for GitHub's commit status API."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 from .. import users
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/tag.py b/src/github3/repos/tag.py
index d2e1f2438..dc4042e34 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/tag.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/tag.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains the RepoTag object for GitHub's tag API."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from . import commit
 from .. import models
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/topics.py b/src/github3/repos/topics.py
index 99f9ef4c0..c880c4d80 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/topics.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/topics.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Topics related logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 
diff --git a/src/github3/repos/traffic.py b/src/github3/repos/traffic.py
index c11748465..141a70a26 100644
--- a/src/github3/repos/traffic.py
+++ b/src/github3/repos/traffic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Repository traffic stats logic."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 
diff --git a/src/github3/search/code.py b/src/github3/search/code.py
index a7138c305..f4632f4f6 100644
--- a/src/github3/search/code.py
+++ b/src/github3/search/code.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Code search results implementation."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 from .. import repos
diff --git a/src/github3/search/commit.py b/src/github3/search/commit.py
index e6f9be83d..f1803858d 100644
--- a/src/github3/search/commit.py
+++ b/src/github3/search/commit.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Commit search results implementation."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import git
 from .. import models
diff --git a/src/github3/search/issue.py b/src/github3/search/issue.py
index d408f1d08..1c2a4b27b 100644
--- a/src/github3/search/issue.py
+++ b/src/github3/search/issue.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Issue search results implementation."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from ..models import GitHubCore
 from ..issues import ShortIssue
diff --git a/src/github3/search/repository.py b/src/github3/search/repository.py
index c1ff50d80..9dfaf2f89 100644
--- a/src/github3/search/repository.py
+++ b/src/github3/search/repository.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Repository search results implementation."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import models
 from .. import repos
diff --git a/src/github3/search/user.py b/src/github3/search/user.py
index b37af468d..a67bd2ea1 100644
--- a/src/github3/search/user.py
+++ b/src/github3/search/user.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .. import users
 from ..models import GitHubCore
diff --git a/src/github3/users.py b/src/github3/users.py
index 08a4822c2..1fcb2c967 100644
--- a/src/github3/users.py
+++ b/src/github3/users.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """This module contains everything relating to Users."""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from json import dumps
 
 from github3.auths import Authorization
diff --git a/tests/integration/helper.py b/tests/integration/helper.py
index c7a3bc255..709715817 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helper.py
+++ b/tests/integration/helper.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.token = os.environ.get("GH_AUTH", "x" * 20)
         self.app_id = int(os.environ.get("GH_APP_ID", "0"))
         self.private_key_bytes = os.environ.get(
-            "GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY", u""
+            "GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY", ""
         ).encode("utf8")
         self.app_installation_id = int(
             os.environ.get("GH_APP_INSTALLATION_ID", "0")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_issues_issue.py b/tests/unit/test_issues_issue.py
index 9f2be8363..22ce57ab7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_issues_issue.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_issues_issue.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def test_close_with_unicode_labels(self):
             "body": "issue body",
             "assignee": "sigmavirus24",
             "state": "closed",
-            "labels": [u"标签1", u"标签2"],
+            "labels": ["标签1", "标签2"],
         }
         self.instance.edit(**data)
         self.patch_called_with(url_for(), data=data)