diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tkinter.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tkinter.py
index fcd162638d8..5a9088ea210 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tkinter.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tkinter.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.pythonpackage import det_pylibdir
 from easybuild.easyblocks.python import EB_Python
 from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-from easybuild.tools.config import build_option
 from easybuild.tools.filetools import copy, move_file, remove_dir
 from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root
 from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_shared_lib_ext