diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/lib/stattext.py b/wxPython/wxPython/lib/stattext.py
index 5b1656e030..eeef81764e 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/lib/stattext.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/lib/stattext.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 """
 
 from wxPython.wx import *
-import string
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------