diff --git a/lbrynet/conf.py b/lbrynet/conf.py
index 077a62155..3f859b396 100644
--- a/lbrynet/conf.py
+++ b/lbrynet/conf.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import typing
-import json
 import logging
 import yaml
 from argparse import ArgumentParser