diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
index a69ee482b1..c3296283d0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_str,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )