diff --git a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
index 3cb9c80..b8d048e 100644
--- a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
+++ b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ usage:          subclass of BaseOAuth2 Third Party Authtencation client to
                 actually needs.
 """
 import json
-import re
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 from logging import getLogger