diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f384deb7cd730..6e008c78992eb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@
 
 def write_version_py(filename='pandas/version.py'):
     cnt = """\
-from datetime import datetime
-
 version = '%s'
 """
     a = open(filename, 'w')