diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
index ba0b9fd05..7cfbffb4e 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from sipyco.broadcast import Receiver
 from sipyco import common_args
 from sipyco.asyncio_tools import atexit_register_coroutine
 
-from artiq import __version__ as artiq_version
 from artiq import __artiq_dir__ as artiq_dir, __version__ as artiq_version
 from artiq.tools import get_user_config_dir
 from artiq.gui.models import ModelSubscriber