diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/server.py b/bigchaindb/web/server.py
index 84bbff8d..fc5c6e85 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/server.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/server.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 The application is implemented in Flask and runs using Gunicorn.
 """
-import os
 import copy
 import multiprocessing