diff --git a/bob/bio/face/embeddings/__init__.py b/bob/bio/face/embeddings/__init__.py
index b82afd2c82fe73f92e7d3a551cb508d2bceaab80..0dfddd48ad7fabfe266912392fe9b069005d8c48 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/embeddings/__init__.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/embeddings/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import os
-
-
 # gets sphinx autodoc done right - don't remove it
 def __appropriate__(*args):
     """Says object was actually declared here, and not in the import module.