diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 3318725ec..24c0d74f1 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
 
-import io
 import ujson
 import re
 from pathlib import Path