diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index d44b2667..15a50506 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import packages
 from core import *
-
 from core import __version__