diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index 4221bcc9413..fda68e7b877 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Exported functions:
                  name (None if not present).
 """
 
-import re, string, sys, time, operator
+import re, string, time, operator
 
 from types import *