diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
index 8d496488b7..175b14583e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     fix_xml_ampersands,