diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
index d4f5a991e..65c459fad 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-import json
 import itertools
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor