diff --git a/datadog_lambda/handler.py b/datadog_lambda/handler.py
index 433d9b92..4f12b1ad 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/handler.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/handler.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
 # Copyright 2020 Datadog, Inc.
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 from importlib import import_module
 
 import os