diff --git a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi.py b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi.py
index 6225612cc8..668fb5156f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import os, shutil
+import os
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 from calibre import strftime