diff --git a/kombu/transport/mongodb.py b/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
index b31fce9b..ff0ff3e8 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from Queue import Empty
 import pymongo
 
 from pymongo import errors
-from pymongo.uri_parser import parse_uri
 from anyjson import loads, dumps
 from pymongo.connection import Connection