diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4d7654df..abe051bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Housekeeping
   `#135 <https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/pull/135>`_
 * Add flake8 checks in CI.
 * Add CPython 3.7 and PyPy 3.5 testing in CI.
+* Remove package future as a dependency, not needed anymore.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4083b222..04dd5d1b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 pycryptodome
 six
-future
 rsa
 ecdsa
 pyasn1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae32fa2c..01281158 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _cryptography_version():
     'pycryptodome': ['pycryptodome >=3.3.1, <4.0.0'] + pyasn1,
 }
 legacy_backend_requires = ['ecdsa <1.0', 'rsa'] + pyasn1
-install_requires = ['six <2.0', 'future <1.0']
+install_requires = ['six <2.0']
 
 # TODO: work this into the extras selection instead.
 install_requires += legacy_backend_requires
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def _cryptography_version():
     setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
     tests_require=[
         'six',
-        'future',
         'ecdsa',
         'pytest',
         'pytest-cov',