diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0a8a43204..d2a149d93b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from os import path
-import wheel
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))