diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 82c0f780..9a66ee1b 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,5 @@ except ImportError:
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-import warnings
-
 # FileModeWarnings go off per the default.
 warnings.simplefilter('default', FileModeWarning, append=True)