diff --git a/hail/python/hail/context.py b/hail/python/hail/context.py
index 3d6f2531f62f..e3de60f9355b 100644
--- a/hail/python/hail/context.py
+++ b/hail/python/hail/context.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import os
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
-from random import Random
 
 import pkg_resources
 from pyspark import SparkContext