diff --git a/pecan/middleware/resources/__init__.py b/pecan/middleware/resources/__init__.py
index 1a56d18..2d8c627 100644
--- a/pecan/middleware/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/pecan/middleware/resources/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ from mimetypes import guess_type
 from contextlib import closing
 from base64 import b64encode
 
-import six
-
 from pecan.compat import quote