diff --git a/pykafka/protocol.py b/pykafka/protocol.py
index 61d3eb94a..66b6578eb 100644
--- a/pykafka/protocol.py
+++ b/pykafka/protocol.py
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
 from zlib import crc32
 from datetime import datetime
-import types
 from six import integer_types
 from pkg_resources import parse_version