diff --git a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
index 5cc913b64a7c25d8ceaf51e3d3cb5d16a97af9c2..5b339ac9b07140ba57251eb501578d6c14451206 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/account_backend.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from subprocess                 import CalledProcessError
 # stdlib
 import os
 import re
-import requests
 import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess