diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index d3eafd2d362..b18aeb2488e 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import sys
 import getpass
 import time
-from optparse import OptionParser
 
 import ansible.runner
 import ansible.constants as C
diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index 403ac19ee47..6dd3a1cee78 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import getpass
-from optparse import OptionParser
 
 import ansible.playbook
 import ansible.constants as C