diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/translation.py b/r2/r2/lib/translation.py
index efcd5878a..1af282fb3 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/translation.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/translation.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 import pylons
-import pylons.config
 from pylons.i18n.translation import translation, LanguageError, NullTranslations
 
 try: