diff --git a/libs/esl/python/events.py b/libs/esl/python/events.py
index e7257b79f6..2c59043447 100644
--- a/libs/esl/python/events.py
+++ b/libs/esl/python/events.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import string
 import sys
-import pickle
 
 from ESL import *