diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
index db161f83473..3dfecc336ce 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import json
 import tempfile
 from yaml import YAMLError
 
-from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFileNotFound, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.errors.yaml_strings import YAML_SYNTAX_ERROR
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import is_executable