diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5810b5b8..208da74a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Cargo.lock
 /doc
 /gh-pages
 build/
+*.py[co]
 __pycache__/
 .cache
 .pytest_cache/
diff --git a/examples/word-count/setup.py b/examples/word-count/setup.py
index b5f713e8..99fe7cc3 100644
--- a/examples/word-count/setup.py
+++ b/examples/word-count/setup.py
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ class PyTest(TestCommand):
         self.run_command("test_rust")
 
         import subprocess
-        import sys
 
-        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "tests"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["pytest", "tests"])
 
 
 setup_requires = ["setuptools-rust>=0.10.1", "wheel"]
diff --git a/examples/word-count/tests/test_word_count.py b/examples/word-count/tests/test_word_count.py
index 523215a4..02aa59e6 100644
--- a/examples/word-count/tests/test_word_count.py
+++ b/examples/word-count/tests/test_word_count.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 import os
 
 import pytest
diff --git a/examples/word-count/word_count/__init__.py b/examples/word-count/word_count/__init__.py
index 2d00b18f..213ed69c 100644
--- a/examples/word-count/word_count/__init__.py
+++ b/examples/word-count/word_count/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 from .word_count import WordCounter, count_line
 
 __all__ = ["WordCounter", "count_line", "search_py"]