diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowtv.py
index 11ce371688..ad938fb628 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowtv.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import compat_str
 from ..utils import (