diff --git a/IPython/html/files/handlers.py b/IPython/html/files/handlers.py
index ed3d2d5..1301b8e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/files/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/files/handlers.py
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ import mimetypes
 import json
 import base64
 
-try:
-    # py3
-    from http.client import responses
-except ImportError:
-    from httplib import responses
-
 from tornado import web
 
 try: