diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index d924c1532..dfdc4a198 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import pathlib
-
 from .util import set_lang_class, get_lang_class
-from .about import __version__
 
 from . import en
 from . import de
@@ -16,6 +13,7 @@ from . import sv
 from . import fi
 from . import bn
 
+
 try:
     basestring
 except NameError: