diff --git a/salt/modules/libcloud_compute.py b/salt/modules/libcloud_compute.py
index 64a1df7c4e6..b3ad97f0387 100644
--- a/salt/modules/libcloud_compute.py
+++ b/salt/modules/libcloud_compute.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud Compute Management
 ==================================
@@ -30,21 +29,16 @@ Clouds include Amazon EC2, Azure, Google GCE, VMware, OpenStack Nova
 # keep lint from choking on _get_conn and _cache_id
 # pylint: disable=E0602
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-# Import Python libs
 import logging
 import os.path
 
-# Import salt libs
 import salt.utils.args
 import salt.utils.compat
-from salt.ext import six
 from salt.utils.versions import LooseVersion as _LooseVersion
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Import third party libs
 REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION = "2.0.0"
 try:
     # pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -69,7 +63,7 @@ def __virtual__():
     """
     if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
         msg = (
-            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {0} was not " "found"
+            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {} was not " "found"
         ).format(REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION)
         return (False, msg)
     return True
@@ -790,7 +784,7 @@ def _get_by_id(collection, id):
     if not matches:
         raise ValueError("Could not find a matching item")
     elif len(matches) > 1:
-        raise ValueError("The id matched {0} items, not 1".format(len(matches)))
+        raise ValueError("The id matched {} items, not 1".format(len(matches)))
     return matches[0]
 
 
@@ -824,7 +818,7 @@ def _simple_node(node):
     return {
         "id": node.id,
         "name": node.name,
-        "state": six.text_type(node.state),
+        "state": str(node.state),
         "public_ips": node.public_ips,
         "private_ips": node.private_ips,
         "size": _simple_size(node.size) if node.size else {},
diff --git a/salt/modules/libcloud_dns.py b/salt/modules/libcloud_dns.py
index f0355c3c348..86107ef9982 100644
--- a/salt/modules/libcloud_dns.py
+++ b/salt/modules/libcloud_dns.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud DNS Management
 ==============================
@@ -28,17 +27,13 @@ Connection module for Apache Libcloud DNS management
 # keep lint from choking on _get_conn and _cache_id
 # pylint: disable=E0602
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-# Import Python libs
 import logging
 
-# Import salt libs
 from salt.utils.versions import LooseVersion as _LooseVersion
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Import third party libs
 REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION = "2.0.0"
 try:
     # pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ def __virtual__():
     """
     if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
         msg = (
-            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {0} was not " "found"
+            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {} was not " "found"
         ).format(REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION)
         return (False, msg)
     return True
diff --git a/salt/modules/libcloud_loadbalancer.py b/salt/modules/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
index 93347247db2..5a93706b6aa 100644
--- a/salt/modules/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/salt/modules/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud Load Balancer Management
 ========================================
@@ -30,20 +29,15 @@ Clouds include Amazon ELB, ALB, Google, Aliyun, CloudStack, Softlayer
 # keep lint from choking on _get_conn and _cache_id
 # pylint: disable=E0602
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-# Import Python libs
 import logging
 
-# Import salt libs
 import salt.utils.args
 import salt.utils.compat
-from salt.ext import six
 from salt.utils.versions import LooseVersion as _LooseVersion
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Import third party libs
 REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION = "1.5.0"
 try:
     # pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ def __virtual__():
     """
     if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
         msg = (
-            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {0} was not " "found"
+            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {} was not " "found"
         ).format(REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION)
         return (False, msg)
     return True
@@ -186,7 +180,7 @@ def create_balancer(
     if algorithm is None:
         algorithm = Algorithm.ROUND_ROBIN
     else:
-        if isinstance(algorithm, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(algorithm, str):
             algorithm = _algorithm_maps()[algorithm]
     starting_members = []
     if members is not None:
diff --git a/salt/modules/libcloud_storage.py b/salt/modules/libcloud_storage.py
index cab9fc28ce1..d1ff680eabd 100644
--- a/salt/modules/libcloud_storage.py
+++ b/salt/modules/libcloud_storage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud Storage Management
 ==================================
@@ -30,19 +29,15 @@ Clouds include Amazon S3, Google Storage, Aliyun, Azure Blobs, Ceph, OpenStack s
 # keep lint from choking on _get_conn and _cache_id
 # pylint: disable=E0602
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-# Import Python libs
 import logging
 
-# Import salt libs
 import salt.utils.args
 import salt.utils.compat
 from salt.utils.versions import LooseVersion as _LooseVersion
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Import third party libs
 REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION = "1.5.0"
 try:
     # pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ def __virtual__():
     """
     if not HAS_LIBCLOUD:
         msg = (
-            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {0} was not " "found"
+            "A apache-libcloud library with version at least {} was not " "found"
         ).format(REQUIRED_LIBCLOUD_VERSION)
         return (False, msg)
     return True
diff --git a/salt/states/libcloud_dns.py b/salt/states/libcloud_dns.py
index 7e1fdef9ef9..a78a5d17dde 100644
--- a/salt/states/libcloud_dns.py
+++ b/salt/states/libcloud_dns.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Manage DNS records and zones using libcloud
 
@@ -47,9 +46,6 @@ Example:
 :depends: apache-libcloud
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 
 def __virtual__():
     if "libcloud_dns.list_zones" in __salt__:
@@ -189,8 +185,6 @@ def record_absent(name, zone, type, data, profile):
                     matching_zone["id"], record["id"], profile
                 )
             )
-        return state_result(
-            all(result), "Removed {0} records".format(len(result)), name
-        )
+        return state_result(all(result), "Removed {} records".format(len(result)), name)
     else:
         return state_result(True, "Records already absent", name)
diff --git a/salt/states/libcloud_loadbalancer.py b/salt/states/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
index 68daecb5f5e..c49ea093c1f 100644
--- a/salt/states/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/salt/states/libcloud_loadbalancer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud Load Balancer State
 ===================================
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ Using States to deploy a load balancer with extended arguments to specify region
 :depends: apache-libcloud
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ def member_present(ip, port, balancer_id, profile, **libcloud_kwargs):
     )
     return state_result(
         True,
-        "Member added to balancer, id: {0}".format(member["id"]),
+        "Member added to balancer, id: {}".format(member["id"]),
         balancer_id,
         member,
     )
diff --git a/salt/states/libcloud_storage.py b/salt/states/libcloud_storage.py
index d888169ca1d..b8b7aaae348 100644
--- a/salt/states/libcloud_storage.py
+++ b/salt/states/libcloud_storage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Apache Libcloud Storage State
 =============================
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ This example will download the file from the remote cloud and keep it locally
 :depends: apache-libcloud
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 
diff --git a/templates/module/salt/modules/{{module_name}}.py b/templates/module/salt/modules/{{module_name}}.py
index d5e0444bcf1..2d22bf9f867 100644
--- a/templates/module/salt/modules/{{module_name}}.py
+++ b/templates/module/salt/modules/{{module_name}}.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 '''
 {{module_name}} execution module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -13,14 +12,10 @@
         <your example config>
 
 '''
-# Import Python libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals, print_function
 import logging
 
-# Import salt libs
 import salt.utils.compat
 
-# Import third party libs
 try:
     #  Import libs...
     {% if depending_libraries %}
diff --git a/templates/state/salt/states/{{module_name}}.py b/templates/state/salt/states/{{module_name}}.py
index b1021b51dba..692f82aef66 100644
--- a/templates/state/salt/states/{{module_name}}.py
+++ b/templates/state/salt/states/{{module_name}}.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 '''
 {{module_name}} state module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -14,14 +13,10 @@
 
 '''
 
-# Import Python libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals, print_function
 import logging
 
-# Import salt libs
 import salt.utils.compat
 
-# Import third party libs
 try:
     #  Import libs...
     {% if depending_libraries %}
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_compute.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_compute.py
index 8285b73d1c8..57c2bd4c8c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_compute.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_compute.py
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     :codeauthor: :email:`Anthony Shaw <anthonyshaw@apache.org>`
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 
 import salt.modules.libcloud_compute as libcloud_compute
 from salt.utils.versions import LooseVersion as _LooseVersion
-
-# Import Salt Testing Libs
 from tests.support.mixins import LoaderModuleMockMixin
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_dns.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_dns.py
index 0a5ed336f6d..5800b099b90 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_dns.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_dns.py
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     :codeauthor: Anthony Shaw <anthonyshaw@apache.org>
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import salt.modules.libcloud_dns as libcloud_dns
-
-# Import Salt Testing Libs
 from tests.support.mixins import LoaderModuleMockMixin
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock
 from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
 
 
-class MockDNSDriver(object):
+class MockDNSDriver:
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_loadbalancer.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_loadbalancer.py
index 7f94b511a65..c04ee07a282 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_loadbalancer.py
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     :codeauthor: :email:`Anthony Shaw <anthonyshaw@apache.org>`
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import salt.modules.libcloud_loadbalancer as libcloud_loadbalancer
-
-# Import Salt Testing Libs
 from tests.support.mixins import LoaderModuleMockMixin
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_storage.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_storage.py
index cf4194c231b..44058c00c48 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_storage.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_libcloud_storage.py
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     :codeauthor: :email:`Anthony Shaw <anthonyshaw@apache.org>`
 """
 
-# Import Python Libs
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import salt.modules.libcloud_storage as libcloud_storage
-
-# Import Salt Testing Libs
 from tests.support.mixins import LoaderModuleMockMixin
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf