diff --git a/tests/killdaemons.py b/tests/killdaemons.py
--- a/tests/killdaemons.py
+++ b/tests/killdaemons.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import os, sys, time, errno, signal
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import errno
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import time
 
 if os.name =='nt':
     import ctypes
diff --git a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
--- a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
   i18n/polib.py not using absolute_import
   setup.py not using absolute_import
   tests/heredoctest.py requires print_function
-  tests/killdaemons.py not using absolute_import
   tests/md5sum.py not using absolute_import
   tests/mockblackbox.py not using absolute_import
   tests/printenv.py not using absolute_import