diff --git a/urbansim/utils/misc.py b/urbansim/utils/misc.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/urbansim/utils/misc.py
+++ b/urbansim/utils/misc.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
-import yaml
-
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
one more - no longer need to import yaml here