diff --git a/ietf/idindex/generate_all_id2_txt.py b/ietf/idindex/generate_all_id2_txt.py
index 6d116bae0..43a137bde 100755
--- a/ietf/idindex/generate_all_id2_txt.py
+++ b/ietf/idindex/generate_all_id2_txt.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-import locale
 import os
 import six
 import sys