diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/base/handlers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/base/handlers.py
index 561a3a4..e317ebd 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/base/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/base/handlers.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import os
 import stat
 import threading
 
-import logging
-
 from tornado import web
 from tornado import websocket