diff --git a/mininet/term.py b/mininet/term.py
index 46ba607c43bf26f5c9652884ee4c1cdc0ee6a483..2132d01afff1f6c9d650ce9f58aa1539b10f0404 100644
--- a/mininet/term.py
+++ b/mininet/term.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 Optionally uses gnome-terminal.
 """
 
-from subprocess import Popen
 from os import environ
 
 from mininet.log import error