diff --git a/lib/bibclassifylib.py b/lib/bibclassifylib.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/bibclassifylib.py
+++ b/lib/bibclassifylib.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import os
 import sre
 import sys
 import time
-import MySQLdb
 import Numeric
 import signal
 import traceback
Changed database access code in order not to depend on MySQLdb but rather
on dbquery only.  Functions like escape_string() or exceptions like
DatabaseError should rather be imported from there.  Useful for potential
future database abstraction.