diff --git a/direct/src/plugin_installer/make_installer.py b/direct/src/plugin_installer/make_installer.py
index 93b49af2cd..1763978221 100755
--- a/direct/src/plugin_installer/make_installer.py
+++ b/direct/src/plugin_installer/make_installer.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import shutil
 import platform
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import subprocess
-import direct
 from pandac.PandaModules import *
 
 usage = """