diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/bn_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/bn_plugin.py
index eec8e1690d..94e498bb44 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/bn_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/bn_plugin.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import random
 import re
-import urllib
 from contextlib import closing
 
 from lxml import html