diff --git a/frontend/artiq_client.py b/frontend/artiq_client.py
index 018ad5f8b..d2056be40 100755
--- a/frontend/artiq_client.py
+++ b/frontend/artiq_client.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import argparse
 import time
-import sys
 import asyncio
 
 from prettytable import PrettyTable