diff --git a/bitbake/lib/layerindexlib/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/layerindexlib/__init__.py
index 77196b408f..f30ee9e259 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/layerindexlib/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/layerindexlib/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import datetime
 
 import logging
-import imp
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from layerindexlib.plugin import LayerIndexPluginUrlError