diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dfe69b1f..68202779 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import platform
 import stat
 import string
 import glob
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension, DEBUG
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 import distutils.dist
 from distutils.command.bdist_wininst import bdist_wininst