diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py b/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
index 7dcfec4ebc..1ec641bac4 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import inspect
 import copy
 import tempfile
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
-import importlib
 
 import six
 import pyblish.plugin