diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/publio_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/publio_plugin.py
index fe58fed03e..c732d2b9ca 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/publio_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/publio_plugin.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2012, Tomasz Długosz <tomek3d@gmail.com>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import re
 import urllib
 from contextlib import closing