diff --git a/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage b/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage
index bd6c5265..36b41cd7 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage
+++ b/policycoreutils/semanage/semanage
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #
 #
 
-import policycoreutils.default_encoding_utf8
 import argparse
 import seobject
 import sys