diff --git a/ravenpackapi/models/results.py b/ravenpackapi/models/results.py
index 621e28c..e3ad18c 100644
--- a/ravenpackapi/models/results.py
+++ b/ravenpackapi/models/results.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from past.builtins import basestring
+from six import string_types, binary_type
 
 from ravenpackapi.models.fields import ANALYTICS_FIELDS_SET, FIELD_MAP, ANALYTICS_FIELDS
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __len__(self):
 
 class Result(object):
     def __init__(self, record):
-        if isinstance(record, basestring):
+        if isinstance(record, string_types) or isinstance(record, binary_type):
             self.data = json.loads(record)
         else:
             self.data = record
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9e2de10..8a36d9f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 requests[security]
-future
 six
 python-dateutil
 retry
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d740df9..6aa29e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
     ],
 
     keywords='python analytics api rest news data',
-    install_requires=['requests[security]', 'future', 'python-dateutil', 'six', 'retry'],
+    install_requires=['requests[security]', 'python-dateutil', 'six', 'retry'],
 )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 39a59fc..492d9c3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ toxworkdir = {homedir}/.tox/ravenpackapi
 deps =
 	pytest
 	pytest-xdist
-	future
 	python-dateutil
 	requests
 commands = pytest -n 4