diff --git a/pytools/tag.py b/pytools/tag.py
index e6956e31ae7d48b8d424eb201a9b8c3f059e48e0..4d44f249e85ec53d0154555135a18321ad176f79 100644
--- a/pytools/tag.py
+++ b/pytools/tag.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Tuple, Any, FrozenSet