diff --git a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
index 7b03204ed1..2a6839d81e 100755
--- a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
+++ b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 """
 
 import os, os.path, sys
-import tempfile, popen2, pickle, getopt
+import tempfile, pickle, getopt
 import re
 
 # Maps hg version -> git version