diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
index c84d161421..0b61ea0ba6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/eighttracks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
 import random
-import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (