diff --git a/scrapy/utils/misc.py b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
index 99e5317f2..543892d7e 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/misc.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Helper functions which doesn't fit anywhere else"""
 
 import re
-import inspect
 import hashlib
 from pkgutil import iter_modules