diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/viewster.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/viewster.py
index 1813b81d6..a93196a07 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/viewster.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/viewster.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
 )
 from ..utils import (