diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
index 976e69e05f..e8cb7646a0 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
 #
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import base64
 import random
 
-from . import qmp
+import qmp
 
 
 class QemuGuestAgent(qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol):
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp b/scripts/qmp/qmp
index 33a0d6b73a..6cb46fdae2 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys, os
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 def print_response(rsp, prefix=[]):
     if type(rsp) == list:
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index 26418dab95..a42306dd89 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@
 # sent to QEMU, which is useful for debugging and documentation generation.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from . import qmp
+import qmp
 import json
 import ast
 import readline
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse b/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
index e524e798fc..4d85970a78 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 ##
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import fuse, stat
 from fuse import Fuse
 import os, posix
 from errno import *
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 fuse.fuse_python_api = (0, 2)
 
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-get b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
index a3f5d7660e..ec5275d53a 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-get
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 ##
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
 import os
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 cmd, args = sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]
 socket_path = None
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-list b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
index 2ba25e1792..0f97440973 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-list
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 ##
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
 import os
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 cmd, args = sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]
 socket_path = None
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-set b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
index 0352668812..26ed9e3263 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-set
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 ##
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
 import os
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 cmd, args = sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]
 socket_path = None
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
index 32e708a13e..31603c681f 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 ##
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
 import os
-from .qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol
 
 cmd, args = sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]
 socket_path = None