diff --git a/GPy/util/__init__.py b/GPy/util/__init__.py
index 95d7366c..c3edfc48 100644
--- a/GPy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/util/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ import diag
 import initialization
 import multioutput
 import linalg_gpu
-import mpi