diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/control.py b/src/sage/doctest/control.py
index 1e8403f6057..ac4ca62a1f9 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/control.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/control.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from .reporting import DocTestReporter
 from .util import Timer, count_noun, dict_difference
 from .external import external_software, available_software
-from sage.features import PythonModule
 
 nodoctest_regex = re.compile(r'\s*(#+|%+|r"+|"+|\.\.)\s*nodoctest')
 optionaltag_regex = re.compile(r'^\w+$')