diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index bc3954e9d25..5034417029e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import time
 import threading
 import traceback
 import types
-import exceptions
 
 import linecache
 from code import InteractiveInterpreter