diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
index 7f7a6ee53bf..43d194ad562 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ except ImportError:
     # For earlier Pythons w/distutils pybsddb
     from bsddb3 import db, dbshelve
 
-from test.test_support import verbose
-
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):