diff --git a/libsemanage/utils/semanage_migrate_store b/libsemanage/utils/semanage_migrate_store
index 7b5bee81..360f143e 100755
--- a/libsemanage/utils/semanage_migrate_store
+++ b/libsemanage/utils/semanage_migrate_store
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
-import ctypes
-
-sepol = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('libsepol.so.1')
 
 try:
 	import selinux