diff --git a/emotion-depechemood/depechemood_plugin.py b/emotion-depechemood/depechemood_plugin.py
index 9f7a883..39367e8 100644
--- a/emotion-depechemood/depechemood_plugin.py
+++ b/emotion-depechemood/depechemood_plugin.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ def ignore(dchars):
         tbl = str.maketrans("", "", deletechars)
         ignore = lambda s: s.translate(tbl)
     else:
-        from functools import partial
         def ignore(s):
             return string.translate(s, None, deletechars)
     return ignore