diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/SearchDialogBase.py b/Lib/idlelib/SearchDialogBase.py
index faf526918f36..d5f13db9e2ca 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/SearchDialogBase.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/SearchDialogBase.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import string
 from Tkinter import *
 
 class SearchDialogBase: