diff --git a/recipes/science_news.recipe b/recipes/science_news.recipe
index 6e296b404f..3cf08e0cb2 100644
--- a/recipes/science_news.recipe
+++ b/recipes/science_news.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ sciencenews.org
 '''
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, prefixed_classes
-import datetime
 import re