diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 0e85ca6f06e..0fb6f81efba 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ really defined in distutils.dist and distutils.cmd.
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os
-from types import *
 
 from distutils.debug import DEBUG
 from distutils.errors import *