diff --git a/bob/db/cuhk_cufsf/utils.py b/bob/db/cuhk_cufsf/utils.py
index c7dc76dc7ec5790e2864f967ee8410e459b7d5e0..e88560f44bfd7cd89a187a647f0bddf9761b2baf 100644
--- a/bob/db/cuhk_cufsf/utils.py
+++ b/bob/db/cuhk_cufsf/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ This file has some utilities to deal with the files provided by the database
 
 import os
 import numpy
-import bob.db.arface
 import pkg_resources