diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 7ec1441..d3675e1 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def package_files(directory):
       include_package_data=True,
       package_data={'':['*.csv', '*.json', '*.nc', '*.grib2*'],},
       install_requires=[
-        'importlib',
         'pika',
         'jsonschema',
 	'netcdf4',