diff --git a/libact/query_strategies/__init__.py b/libact/query_strategies/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/libact/query_strategies/__init__.py
+++ b/libact/query_strategies/__init__.py
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from .active_learning_by_learning import ActiveLearningByLearning
-try:
-    from .hintsvm import HintSVM
-except ImportError:
-    logger.warn('HintSVM library not found, not importing.')
+from .hintsvm import HintSVM
 from .uncertainty_sampling import UncertaintySampling
 from .query_by_committee import QueryByCommittee
 from .quire import QUIRE
remove try except when hintsvm is not installed