diff --git a/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
index bb9557f..00ccec5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from distutils.errors import \
      DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError, \
      CompileError, LibError, LinkError