diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index 6a047f8300..faf1b45776 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import fnmatch
 import tempfile
 import fcntl
 import constants
-import getpass
 from ansible.color import stringc
 
 import logging