diff --git a/Lib/base64.py b/Lib/base64.py
index 573f76d3615..ad154ae0ae4 100755
--- a/Lib/base64.py
+++ b/Lib/base64.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import re
 import struct
 import binascii
-import itertools
 
 
 __all__ = [