diff --git a/linkcheck/httputil.py b/linkcheck/httputil.py
index aac1e8c4..ace317bc 100644
--- a/linkcheck/httputil.py
+++ b/linkcheck/httputil.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from . import gzip2 as gzip
 from . import httplib2 as httplib
 from . import log, LOG_CHECK, fileutil
 import re
-import mimetypes
 import zlib
 import urllib
 import urllib2