diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
index 27c004946..22f71588d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import itertools
 import re
-import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (