diff --git a/devscripts/create-github-release.py b/devscripts/create-github-release.py
index 6464ef3225..2ddfa10969 100644
--- a/devscripts/create-github-release.py
+++ b/devscripts/create-github-release.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import base64
 import io
 import json
 import mimetypes