diff --git a/notebook/utils.py b/notebook/utils.py
index f0ad0e26c6..c8bae60543 100644
--- a/notebook/utils.py
+++ b/notebook/utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 # in tornado >=5 with Python 3
 from tornado.concurrent import Future as TornadoFuture
 from tornado import gen
-import requests_unixsocket
 from ipython_genutils import py3compat
 
 # UF_HIDDEN is a stat flag not defined in the stat module.