diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py
index ed00fef6986..bcc7abdc957 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 from functools import partial
 import types
-from ansible.module_utils import six
 
 try:
     import netaddr