diff --git a/fc/excel_io.py b/fc/excel_io.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/fc/excel_io.py
+++ b/fc/excel_io.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import collections
 
 import xlrd
-import xlwt
 import openpyxl
 
 def import_rows(workbook_name, worksheet_name):
xlwt dependency has been removed.