diff --git a/Lib/test/test_format.py b/Lib/test/test_format.py
index 7972676..6a60603 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_format.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_format.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from test_support import verbose
-import string, sys
+import sys
 
 # test string formatting operator (I am not sure if this is being tested
 # elsewhere but, surely, some of the given cases are *not* tested because