diff --git a/Lib/formatter.py b/Lib/formatter.py
index 25dbe73d78c..504807da6f6 100644
--- a/Lib/formatter.py
+++ b/Lib/formatter.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import regex
-import regsub
 import string
 import sys
 from types import StringType