2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index 08af3054..863659c9 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # SQLAlchemy overrides != False to have special meaning and pep8 complains
 # flake8: noqa
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 import threading
 from json import loads, dumps
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
 
     def __init__(self, connection, **kwargs):
         self._configure_entity_tablenames(connection.client.transport_options)
-        super(Channel, self).__init__(connection, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(connection, **kwargs)
 
     def _configure_entity_tablenames(self, opts):
         self.queue_tablename = opts.get('queue_tablename', 'kombu_queue')
diff --git a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 78d2645a..eefa529b 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """Kombu transport using SQLAlchemy as the message store."""
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ metadata = MetaData()
 ModelBase = declarative_base(metadata=metadata, class_registry=class_registry)
 
 
-class Queue(object):
+class Queue:
     """The queue class."""
 
     __table_args__ = {'sqlite_autoincrement': True, 'mysql_engine': 'InnoDB'}
@@ -27,14 +26,14 @@ class Queue(object):
         self.name = name
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return '<Queue({self.name})>'.format(self=self)
+        return f'<Queue({self.name})>'
 
     @declared_attr
     def messages(cls):
         return relation('Message', backref='queue', lazy='noload')
 
 
-class Message(object):
+class Message:
     """The message class."""
 
     __table_args__ = (