diff --git a/network/basics/uri.py b/network/basics/uri.py
index 99b051a3f69..1b3ace2eccd 100644
--- a/network/basics/uri.py
+++ b/network/basics/uri.py
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ def main():
         content_type, params = cgi.parse_header(uresp['content_type'])
         if 'charset' in params:
             content_encoding = params['charset']
-        import q ; q.q(content_encoding)
         u_content = unicode(content, content_encoding, errors='replace')
         if content_type.startswith('application/json') or \
                 content_type.startswith('text/json'):