diff --git a/datastore/api/tasks.py b/datastore/api/tasks.py
index 0a1d3f6e7047..72d8fc2bf3b1 100644
--- a/datastore/api/tasks.py
+++ b/datastore/api/tasks.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 import argparse
 import datetime
 
-import gcloud
-
 # [START build_service]
 from gcloud import datastore