diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
index 2b3a3daa72..862b706bf9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     remove_end,