diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation.py
index 2c4c4c695b..353bf84962 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudformation.py
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ stack_outputs:
 
 import json
 import time
-import yaml
 import sys
 import traceback