diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/pytest_esp_local_ctrl.py b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/pytest_esp_local_ctrl.py
index 44cc5e4858..aaa5ace52a 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/pytest_esp_local_ctrl.py
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/pytest_esp_local_ctrl.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 import os
diff --git a/tools/esp_prov/README.md b/tools/esp_prov/README.md
index 2528472c20..4c8c2a0cf2 100644
--- a/tools/esp_prov/README.md
+++ b/tools/esp_prov/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ For Android, a provisioning tool along with source code is available [here](http
 
 This requires the following python libraries to run:
 * `bleak`
-* `future`
 * `protobuf`
 * `cryptography`
 
diff --git a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_ble.py b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_ble.py
index 3baa9be96f..671dd7a7d9 100644
--- a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_ble.py
+++ b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_ble.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 from . import ble_cli
 from .transport import Transport
 
diff --git a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_http.py b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_http.py
index 4d21dcd028..f17cfc8f6d 100644
--- a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_http.py
+++ b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_http.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import socket
 from http.client import HTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection