diff --git a/Package Control.py b/Package Control.py
index 5eac7c71..0a711298 100644
--- a/Package Control.py	
+++ b/Package Control.py	
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 try:
     import ssl
     import httplib
-    import socket
 
     class InvalidCertificateException(httplib.HTTPException, urllib2.URLError):
         def __init__(self, host, cert, reason):