diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall
index 9275a209e..94302b5b2 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
-import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time