diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbccouk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbccouk.py
index beb6cfc8ae88..01c02d360cd7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbccouk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbccouk.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor