diff --git a/qubes/vm/__init__.py b/qubes/vm/__init__.py
index d499d6a6..e878642e 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/__init__.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import collections
 import functools
 import sys
 
-import dateutil.parser
 import lxml.etree
 
 import qubes