diff --git a/tools/check-string-maxlength.py b/tools/check-string-maxlength.py
index 7f3b92e8f..b0be64452 100755
--- a/tools/check-string-maxlength.py
+++ b/tools/check-string-maxlength.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import glob
 import os
 import sys
-import re
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 maxlengths = {