diff --git a/recipes/indian_express.recipe b/recipes/indian_express.recipe
index 1ef612b11b..cea9d8a5e5 100644
--- a/recipes/indian_express.recipe
+++ b/recipes/indian_express.recipe
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+# from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from calibre.utils.date import parse_date
+# from calibre.utils.date import parse_date
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes