diff --git a/quantum/rootwrap/wrapper.py b/quantum/rootwrap/wrapper.py
index 4d44d1776..7579ef898 100644
--- a/quantum/rootwrap/wrapper.py
+++ b/quantum/rootwrap/wrapper.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import ConfigParser
 import os
 import string
-import sys
 
 # this import has the effect of defining global var "filters",
 # referenced by build_filter(), below.  It gets set up by