diff --git a/package_linter.py b/package_linter.py
index ca7c2be..4e25a78 100755
--- a/package_linter.py
+++ b/package_linter.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import json
 import shlex
 import urllib.request
 import codecs
-import apt
 import subprocess
 
 reader = codecs.getreader("utf-8")