diff --git a/python/HeaderService/hutils.py b/python/HeaderService/hutils.py
index 83018ea..2b26c57 100644
--- a/python/HeaderService/hutils.py
+++ b/python/HeaderService/hutils.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import time
 import fitsio
 import yaml
-import numpy
 import logging
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
 import hashlib