diff --git a/monasca_persister/persister.py b/monasca_persister/persister.py
index c5653cfd..4c541e8a 100644
--- a/monasca_persister/persister.py
+++ b/monasca_persister/persister.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import signal
 import sys
 import time
 
-import simport
+from monasca_common.simport import simport
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3fe6cc9e..68a7e5ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ oslo.log
 
 six>=1.9.0
 influxdb==2.8.0
-simport
 monasca-common