diff --git a/helpdesk/email.py b/helpdesk/email.py
index 96f3ec13..40652dc9 100644
--- a/helpdesk/email.py
+++ b/helpdesk/email.py
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ scripts/get_email.py - Designed to be run from cron, this script checks the
                        helpdesk, creating tickets from the new messages (or
                        adding to existing tickets if needed)
 """
+from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
+from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils import encoding, timezone
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+from helpdesk import settings
+from helpdesk.lib import safe_template_context, process_attachments
+from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, TicketCC, FollowUp, IgnoreEmail
 
 from datetime import timedelta
 import base64
@@ -31,18 +42,6 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 from email_reply_parser import EmailReplyParser
 
-from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-from django.db.models import Q
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.utils import encoding, timezone
-
-from helpdesk import settings
-from helpdesk.lib import safe_template_context, process_attachments
-from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, TicketCC, FollowUp, IgnoreEmail
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-
 import logging
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/forms.py b/helpdesk/forms.py
index 8cea3455..b2af26d5 100644
--- a/helpdesk/forms.py
+++ b/helpdesk/forms.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ forms.py - Definitions of newforms-based forms for creating and maintaining
 
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.utils.six import StringIO
 from django import forms
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/helpdesk/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py b/helpdesk/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
index fcda257d..8801e0f0 100644
--- a/helpdesk/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
+++ b/helpdesk/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
@@ -8,17 +8,15 @@ scripts/create_escalation_exclusion.py - Easy way to routinely add particular
                                          days to the list of days on which no
                                          escalation should take place.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+from helpdesk.models import EscalationExclusion, Queue
 
 from datetime import timedelta, date
 import getopt
 from optparse import make_option
 import sys
 
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
-
-from helpdesk.models import EscalationExclusion, Queue
-
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/management/commands/escalate_tickets.py b/helpdesk/management/commands/escalate_tickets.py
index 88d26e31..28592dde 100644
--- a/helpdesk/management/commands/escalate_tickets.py
+++ b/helpdesk/management/commands/escalate_tickets.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.
 scripts/escalate_tickets.py - Easy way to escalate tickets based on their age,
                               designed to be run from Cron or similar.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 from datetime import timedelta, date
 import getopt
@@ -17,11 +16,7 @@ import sys
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-
-try:
-    from django.utils import timezone
-except ImportError:
-    from datetime import datetime as timezone
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, FollowUp, EscalationExclusion, TicketChange
 from helpdesk.lib import safe_template_context
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0001_initial.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 3bd49746..8ae60e4a 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 import django.utils.timezone
 from django.conf import settings
+
 import helpdesk.models
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0002_populate_usersettings.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0002_populate_usersettings.py
index ba2979be..9c60205f 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0002_populate_usersettings.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0002_populate_usersettings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0003_initial_data_import.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0003_initial_data_import.py
index cc478377..c13bb47c 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0003_initial_data_import.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0003_initial_data_import.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import os
 from sys import path
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0004_add_per_queue_staff_membership.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0004_add_per_queue_staff_membership.py
index 1b96b3bc..d3a444f4 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0004_add_per_queue_staff_membership.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0004_add_per_queue_staff_membership.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0005_queues_no_null.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0005_queues_no_null.py
index 8a678635..e7e2ba76 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0005_queues_no_null.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0005_queues_no_null.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0006_email_maxlength.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0006_email_maxlength.py
index 7c50b32a..e1e37927 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0006_email_maxlength.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0006_email_maxlength.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0007_max_length_by_integer.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0007_max_length_by_integer.py
index 98b404a8..5b8deba3 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0007_max_length_by_integer.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0007_max_length_by_integer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0008_extra_for_permissions.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0008_extra_for_permissions.py
index ac6d1433..d9a75aa9 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0008_extra_for_permissions.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0008_extra_for_permissions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0009_migrate_queuemembership.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0009_migrate_queuemembership.py
index 10d27cd0..09e2a60f 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0009_migrate_queuemembership.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0009_migrate_queuemembership.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0010_remove_queuemembership.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0010_remove_queuemembership.py
index 3b097365..b0df7ee4 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0010_remove_queuemembership.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0010_remove_queuemembership.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0011_admin_related_improvements.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0011_admin_related_improvements.py
index a36ff1fb..1ac25317 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0011_admin_related_improvements.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0011_admin_related_improvements.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0012_queue_default_owner.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0012_queue_default_owner.py
index 7a731e00..aa8af6f4 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0012_queue_default_owner.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0012_queue_default_owner.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.2 on 2016-02-15 21:37
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0013_email_box_local_dir_and_logging.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0013_email_box_local_dir_and_logging.py
index 71ba784e..6fc936ca 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0013_email_box_local_dir_and_logging.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0013_email_box_local_dir_and_logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.10.1 on 2016-09-14 23:47
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0014_usersettings_related_name.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0014_usersettings_related_name.py
index ab58ee01..857e0293 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0014_usersettings_related_name.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0014_usersettings_related_name.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0015_expand_permission_name_size.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0015_expand_permission_name_size.py
index 5feecb38..b5aa3a1d 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0015_expand_permission_name_size.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0015_expand_permission_name_size.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2017-02-10 19:27
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0016_alter_model_options.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0016_alter_model_options.py
index a265317a..426b5864 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0016_alter_model_options.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0016_alter_model_options.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.10.2 on 2017-03-08 17:51
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0017_default_owner_on_delete_null.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0017_default_owner_on_delete_null.py
index 54591f64..ee8cad36 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0017_default_owner_on_delete_null.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0017_default_owner_on_delete_null.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.11.2 on 2018-01-19 09:48
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0018_ticket_secret_key.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0018_ticket_secret_key.py
index f3b2f4ee..bafd807c 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0018_ticket_secret_key.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0018_ticket_secret_key.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Generated by Django 2.0.1 on 2018-09-07 21:22
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import helpdesk.models
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0019_ticket_secret_key.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0019_ticket_secret_key.py
index be1dd385..ed3847da 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0019_ticket_secret_key.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0019_ticket_secret_key.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Generated by Django 2.0.1 on 2018-09-07 21:22
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import helpdesk.models
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0020_depickle_user_settings.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0020_depickle_user_settings.py
index 556dcafe..d5a550a1 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0020_depickle_user_settings.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0020_depickle_user_settings.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Generated by Django 2.0.7 on 2018-10-19 14:11
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import helpdesk.models
 
+
 def unpickle_settings(settings_pickled):
     # return a python dictionary representing the pickled data.
     try:
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ def unpickle_settings(settings_pickled):
         import cPickle as pickle
     from helpdesk.lib import b64decode
     try:
-        if six.PY2:
-            return pickle.loads(b64decode(str(settings_pickled)))
-        else:
-            return pickle.loads(b64decode(settings_pickled.encode('utf-8')))
+        return pickle.loads(b64decode(settings_pickled.encode('utf-8')))
     except Exception:
         return {}
 
+
 def move_old_values(apps, schema_editor):
     UserSettings = apps.get_model("helpdesk", "UserSettings")
     db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ def move_old_values(apps, schema_editor):
             for setting, value in settings_dict.items():
                 user_settings.__set_attr__(setting, value)
 
+
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
diff --git a/helpdesk/migrations/0021_voting_tracker.py b/helpdesk/migrations/0021_voting_tracker.py
index 26e49d63..691977a2 100644
--- a/helpdesk/migrations/0021_voting_tracker.py
+++ b/helpdesk/migrations/0021_voting_tracker.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Generated by Django 2.1.2 on 2018-10-17 17:37
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/models.py b/helpdesk/models.py
index 89f1a08b..a3080f8b 100644
--- a/helpdesk/models.py
+++ b/helpdesk/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ models.py - Model (and hence database) definitions. This is the core of the
             helpdesk structure.
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -15,18 +14,15 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ugettext
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+from io import StringIO
 import re
 
-import six
 import uuid
 
 from .templated_email import send_templated_mail
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Queue(models.Model):
     """
     A queue is a collection of tickets into what would generally be business
@@ -358,7 +354,6 @@ def mk_secret():
     return str(uuid.uuid4())
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Ticket(models.Model):
     """
     To allow a ticket to be entered as quickly as possible, only the
@@ -694,7 +689,6 @@ class FollowUpManager(models.Manager):
         return self.filter(public=True)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class FollowUp(models.Model):
     """
     A FollowUp is a comment and/or change to a ticket. We keep a simple
@@ -776,7 +770,6 @@ class FollowUp(models.Model):
         super(FollowUp, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class TicketChange(models.Model):
     """
     For each FollowUp, any changes to the parent ticket (eg Title, Priority,
@@ -839,7 +832,6 @@ def attachment_path(instance, filename):
     return os.path.join(path, filename)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Attachment(models.Model):
     """
     Represents a file attached to a follow-up. This could come from an e-mail
@@ -882,7 +874,6 @@ class Attachment(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _('Attachments')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class PreSetReply(models.Model):
     """
     We can allow the admin to define a number of pre-set replies, used to
@@ -924,7 +915,6 @@ class PreSetReply(models.Model):
         return '%s' % self.name
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class EscalationExclusion(models.Model):
     """
     An 'EscalationExclusion' lets us define a date on which escalation should
@@ -961,7 +951,6 @@ class EscalationExclusion(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _('Escalation exclusions')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class EmailTemplate(models.Model):
     """
     Since these are more likely to be changed than other templates, we store
@@ -1021,7 +1010,6 @@ class EmailTemplate(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _('e-mail templates')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class KBCategory(models.Model):
     """
     Lets help users help themselves: the Knowledge Base is a categorised
@@ -1054,7 +1042,6 @@ class KBCategory(models.Model):
         return reverse('helpdesk:kb_category', kwargs={'slug': self.slug})
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class KBItem(models.Model):
     """
     An item within the knowledgebase. Very straightforward question/answer
@@ -1123,7 +1110,6 @@ class KBItem(models.Model):
         return reverse('helpdesk:kb_item', args=(self.id,))
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class SavedSearch(models.Model):
     """
     Allow a user to save a ticket search, eg their filtering and sorting
@@ -1195,7 +1181,6 @@ def use_email_as_submitter_default():
     return get_default_setting('use_email_as_submitter')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class UserSettings(models.Model):
     """
     A bunch of user-specific settings that we want to be able to define, such
@@ -1275,7 +1260,6 @@ def create_usersettings(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
 models.signals.post_save.connect(create_usersettings, sender=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class IgnoreEmail(models.Model):
     """
     This model lets us easily ignore e-mails from certain senders when
@@ -1362,7 +1346,6 @@ class IgnoreEmail(models.Model):
             return False
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class TicketCC(models.Model):
     """
     Often, there are people who wish to follow a ticket who aren't the
@@ -1433,7 +1416,6 @@ class CustomFieldManager(models.Manager):
         return super(CustomFieldManager, self).get_queryset().order_by('ordering')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class CustomField(models.Model):
     """
     Definitions for custom fields that are glued onto each ticket.
@@ -1517,7 +1499,6 @@ class CustomField(models.Model):
     )
 
     def _choices_as_array(self):
-        from django.utils.six import StringIO
         valuebuffer = StringIO(self.list_values)
         choices = [[item.strip(), item.strip()] for item in valuebuffer.readlines()]
         valuebuffer.close()
@@ -1547,7 +1528,6 @@ class CustomField(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _('Custom fields')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class TicketCustomFieldValue(models.Model):
     ticket = models.ForeignKey(
         Ticket,
@@ -1572,7 +1552,6 @@ class TicketCustomFieldValue(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _('Ticket custom field values')
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class TicketDependency(models.Model):
     """
     The ticket identified by `ticket` cannot be resolved until the ticket in `depends_on` has been resolved.
diff --git a/helpdesk/templatetags/load_helpdesk_settings.py b/helpdesk/templatetags/load_helpdesk_settings.py
index b16838f9..de92a551 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templatetags/load_helpdesk_settings.py
+++ b/helpdesk/templatetags/load_helpdesk_settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.
 templatetags/load_helpdesk_settings.py - returns the settings as defined in
                                     django-helpdesk/helpdesk/settings.py
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 from django.template import Library
 from helpdesk import settings as helpdesk_settings_config
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py b/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
index 9dd53bf7..c3f667d3 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
+++ b/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ templatetags/saved_queries.py - This template tag returns previously saved
                                 queries. Therefore you don't need to modify
                                 any views.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
 from django.template import Library
 from django.db.models import Q
+
 from helpdesk.models import SavedSearch
 
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py b/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
index f62f590b..39683bfb 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
+++ b/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ templatetags/ticket_to_link.py - Used in ticket comments to allow wiki-style
                                  to show the status of that ticket (eg a closed
                                  ticket would have a strikethrough).
 """
-
-import re
-
 from django import template
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from helpdesk.models import Ticket
 
+import re
+
 
 def num_to_link(text):
     if text == '':
diff --git a/helpdesk/tests/helpers.py b/helpdesk/tests/helpers.py
index ef2c73ee..4aad4914 100644
--- a/helpdesk/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/helpdesk/tests/helpers.py
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ def get_staff_user(username='helpdesk.staff', password='password'):
 
 def reload_urlconf(urlconf=None):
 
-    from django.utils import six
-    if six.PY2:
-        from imp import reload
-    else:
-        from importlib import reload
+    from importlib import reload
 
     if urlconf is None:
         from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/helpdesk/tests/test_attachments.py b/helpdesk/tests/test_attachments.py
index ebc6a8d9..5433e378 100644
--- a/helpdesk/tests/test_attachments.py
+++ b/helpdesk/tests/test_attachments.py
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 # vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import os
-import shutil
-from tempfile import gettempdir
-
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.test import override_settings, TestCase
@@ -12,12 +6,12 @@ from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 
 from helpdesk import lib, models
 
-try:
-    # Python >= 3.3
-    from unittest import mock
-except ImportError:
-    # Python < 3.3
-    import mock
+import os
+import shutil
+from tempfile import gettempdir
+
+from unittest import mock
+
 
 MEDIA_DIR = os.path.join(gettempdir(), 'helpdesk_test_media')
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/tests/test_get_email.py b/helpdesk/tests/test_get_email.py
index fb97708c..546da873 100644
--- a/helpdesk/tests/test_get_email.py
+++ b/helpdesk/tests/test_get_email.py
@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, TicketCC, FollowUp, Attachment
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.management import call_command
-from django.utils import six
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
+
+from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, TicketCC, FollowUp, Attachment
+
 import itertools
 from shutil import rmtree
 import sys
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
-try:  # python 3
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-except ImportError:  # python 2
-    from urlparse import urlparse
 
-try:
-    # Python >= 3.3
-    from unittest import mock
-except ImportError:
-    # Python < 3.3
-    import mock
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from unittest import mock
 
 # class A addresses can't have first octet of 0
 unrouted_socks_server = "0.0.0.1"
@@ -100,7 +91,7 @@ class GetEmailParametricTemplate(object):
             if self.method == 'local':
                 with mock.patch('helpdesk.email.listdir') as mocked_listdir, \
                         mock.patch('helpdesk.email.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                        mock.patch('builtins.open' if six.PY3 else '__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
+                        mock.patch('builtins.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
                     mocked_isfile.return_value = True
                     mocked_listdir.return_value = ['filename1', 'filename2']
 
@@ -173,7 +164,7 @@ class GetEmailParametricTemplate(object):
             if self.method == 'local':
                 with mock.patch('helpdesk.email.listdir') as mocked_listdir, \
                         mock.patch('helpdesk.email.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                        mock.patch('builtins.open' if six.PY3 else '__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
+                        mock.patch('builtins.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
                     mocked_isfile.return_value = True
                     mocked_listdir.return_value = ['filename1', 'filename2']
 
@@ -286,7 +277,7 @@ class GetEmailParametricTemplate(object):
             if self.method == 'local':
                 with mock.patch('helpdesk.email.listdir') as mocked_listdir, \
                         mock.patch('helpdesk.email.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                        mock.patch('builtins.open' if six.PY3 else '__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=msg.as_string())):
+                        mock.patch('builtins.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=msg.as_string())):
                     mocked_isfile.return_value = True
                     mocked_listdir.return_value = ['filename1', 'filename2']
 
@@ -533,7 +524,7 @@ a9eiiQ+3V1v+7wWHXCzq
             if self.method == 'local':
                 with mock.patch('helpdesk.email.listdir') as mocked_listdir, \
                         mock.patch('helpdesk.email.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                        mock.patch('builtins.open' if six.PY3 else '__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
+                        mock.patch('builtins.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
                     mocked_isfile.return_value = True
                     mocked_listdir.return_value = ['filename1']
 
@@ -703,7 +694,7 @@ class GetEmailCCHandling(TestCase):
 
         with mock.patch('helpdesk.email.listdir') as mocked_listdir, \
                 mock.patch('helpdesk.email.isfile') as mocked_isfile, \
-                mock.patch('builtins.open' if six.PY3 else '__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
+                mock.patch('builtins.open', mock.mock_open(read_data=test_email)):
 
             mocked_isfile.return_value = True
             mocked_listdir.return_value = ['filename1']
diff --git a/helpdesk/views/staff.py b/helpdesk/views/staff.py
index 9dbb8d65..b4baed1f 100644
--- a/helpdesk/views/staff.py
+++ b/helpdesk/views/staff.py
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.
 views/staff.py - The bulk of the application - provides most business logic and
                  renders all staff-facing views.
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
-import re
-
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
@@ -27,14 +23,9 @@ from django.utils.html import escape
 from django import forms
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormView, UpdateView
-
-from django.utils import six
-
 # For datatables serverside
 from django.core.cache import cache
-from rest_framework import viewsets, status
-from rest_framework.response import Response
-from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
+
 from helpdesk.lib import query_tickets_by_args
 from helpdesk.serializers import TicketSerializer
 
@@ -57,6 +48,14 @@ from helpdesk.models import (
 from helpdesk import settings as helpdesk_settings
 from helpdesk.views.permissions import MustBeStaffMixin
 
+from rest_framework import viewsets, status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
+
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+import re
+
+
 User = get_user_model()
 
 if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_ALLOW_NON_STAFF_TICKET_UPDATE:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 918241ba..7ff6c0c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from distutils.util import convert_path
 from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = '0.3.0.dev1'
+version = '0.3.0.dev2'
 
 # Provided as an attribute, so you can append to these instead
 # of replicating them: