diff --git a/examples/minitwit/minitwit_tests.py b/examples/minitwit/minitwit_tests.py
index a3502f64..cd761aa6 100644
--- a/examples/minitwit/minitwit_tests.py
+++ b/examples/minitwit/minitwit_tests.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import minitwit
 import unittest
 import tempfile
-from contextlib import closing
 
 
 class MiniTwitTestCase(unittest.TestCase):