diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 2b25c9e2..6cce5bfe 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from .models import HTTPError, Request, Response
 from .api import request, get, head, post, patch, put, delete
 from .sessions import session
 from .status_codes import codes
-from .config import settings
 from .exceptions import (
     RequestException, AuthenticationError, Timeout, URLRequired,
     TooManyRedirects