diff --git a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
index f7f6123a2..2086748e9 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
-import sys
 import operator
 import _pytest
 import py