diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py b/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
index 5a8bead305..70f0abb30a 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import fnmatch
 import glob
 import io
-import locale
 import os
 import re
 import sys