diff --git a/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl b/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
index 8c5180fc8..07f576f91 100644
--- a/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
+++ b/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #     scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
 #
 
-import $project_name
-
 BOT_NAME = '$project_name'
 BOT_VERSION = '1.0'