diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
index 6bb481ddec..ab3354497d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import re, sys
+import sys
 from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import QComboBox, QLabel, QSpinBox, QDoubleSpinBox, QDateEdit, \
@@ -548,4 +548,4 @@ bulk_widgets = {
         'datetime': BulkDateTime,
         'text' : BulkText,
         'series': BulkSeries,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}