diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be56e0e47989f2141226607e38a615d235fe1f9f..57267f8151c326c7b52b1d01881cbf12a3e6cabd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import sys
 import os
 import os.path
 import shlex