diff --git a/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py b/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
index de4dba5f93..4f07527d75 100644
--- a/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
+++ b/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import exc
 from quantum import context as quantum_context
 from quantum import manager
 from quantum.api.v2 import attributes
-from quantum.db import api as db
 from quantum.openstack.common import context