diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe-ls.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe-ls.py
index b5f389dcb..49f6ff9b2 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe-ls.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe-ls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/python
 
-import optparse, sys, urllib
+import optparse, urllib
 import simplejson
 
 def GET(url, outf):