diff --git a/salt/config/__init__.py b/salt/config/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/config/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/config/__init__.py
@@ -3572,7 +3572,6 @@ def apply_master_config(overrides=None, defaults=None):
     '''
     Returns master configurations dict.
     '''
-    import salt.crypt
     if defaults is None:
         defaults = DEFAULT_MASTER_OPTS
Removing unused import which is causing salt-master to not start when using openssl <I>-1.