diff --git a/pandas/tseries/converter.py b/pandas/tseries/converter.py
index 811d21ed1b522..eac6d7bb69323 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/converter.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/converter.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import matplotlib.units as units
 import matplotlib.dates as dates
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
-from matplotlib import pylab
 from matplotlib.ticker import Formatter, AutoLocator, Locator
 from matplotlib.transforms import nonsingular