diff --git a/pupil_src/capture/world.py b/pupil_src/capture/world.py
index c5aec23b9a..9a602091a0 100644
--- a/pupil_src/capture/world.py
+++ b/pupil_src/capture/world.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 from pupil_sync import Pupil_Sync
 from marker_detector import Marker_Detector
 from log_display import Log_Display
-from event_capture import Event_Capture
 
 
 # create logger for the context of this function
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ def world(g_pool,cap_src,cap_size):
 
     #manage plugins
     runtime_plugins = import_runtime_plugins(os.path.join(g_pool.user_dir,'plugins'))
-    user_launchable_plugins = [Show_Calibration,Pupil_Server,Pupil_Sync,Marker_Detector,Event_Capture]+runtime_plugins
+    user_launchable_plugins = [Show_Calibration,Pupil_Server,Pupil_Sync,Marker_Detector]+runtime_plugins
     system_plugins  = [Log_Display,Display_Recent_Gaze,Recorder]
     plugin_by_index =  system_plugins+user_launchable_plugins+calibration_plugins+gaze_mapping_plugins
     name_by_index = [p.__name__ for p in plugin_by_index]