diff --git a/reclass/storage/yaml_git/__init__.py b/reclass/storage/yaml_git/__init__.py
index 038c9fa..614d481 100644
--- a/reclass/storage/yaml_git/__init__.py
+++ b/reclass/storage/yaml_git/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import distutils.version
 import fnmatch
 import os
-import paramiko
 
 # Squelch warning on centos7 due to upgrading cffi
 # see https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/39871