diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index 0c84a43eca..3354796305 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ except EnvironmentError:
 
 from calibre.constants import (iswindows, ismacos, islinux, isfrozen,
         isbsd, preferred_encoding, __appname__, __version__, __author__,
-        fcntl, plugins, filesystem_encoding, config_dir)
+        plugins, filesystem_encoding, config_dir)
 from calibre.startup import get_debug_executable
 from calibre.utils.icu import safe_chr
 from calibre.prints import prints
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from calibre.prints import prints
 if False:
     # Prevent pyflakes from complaining
     get_debug_executable, __appname__, islinux, __version__
-    fcntl, isfrozen, __author__, isbsd, config_dir, plugins
+    isfrozen, __author__, isbsd, config_dir, plugins
 
 _mt_inited = False