diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 778341a9b..6aab6b7e6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ ignore =
     F405,  # name be undefined, or defined from star imports: module
     # mccabe error
     C901,  # function is too complex
-    # future-import errors
-    # FI12,  # `__future__` import "with_statement" missing
-    # FI14,  # `__future__` import "unicode_literals" missing
-    # FI15,  # `__future__` import "generator_stop" missing
-    # FI50,  # `__future__` import "division" present
-    # FI51,  # `__future__` import "absolute_import" present
-    # FI53,  # `__future__` import "print_function" present
     N818,  # Exception subclasses should be named with an Error suffix
 per-file-ignores =
     ./beet:D
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8fc2d7f8b..17294d446 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ setup(
         ],
         'lint': [
             'flake8',
-            'flake8-coding',
             'flake8-docstrings',
-            'flake8-future-import',
             'pep8-naming',
         ],