diff --git a/tests/unit/test_pillar.py b/tests/unit/test_pillar.py
index defc9c238505..aee11c976a92 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_pillar.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_pillar.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # Import salt libs
 import salt.exceptions
 import salt.fileclient
-import salt.pillar
 import salt.utils.stringutils
 from salt.utils.files import fopen
 from tests.support.helpers import with_tempdir