diff --git a/films_by_country.py b/films_by_country.py
index b4fc514..30c464e 100755
--- a/films_by_country.py
+++ b/films_by_country.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from optparse import OptionParser
-import codecs
 import json
 import re
 import sys