diff --git a/Lib/ufoLib/glifLib.py b/Lib/ufoLib/glifLib.py
index 7932d8994..2949d0e9a 100755
--- a/Lib/ufoLib/glifLib.py
+++ b/Lib/ufoLib/glifLib.py
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ try:
 except NameError:
 	unicode = str
 
-try:
-	from xml.etree import cElementTree as ElementTree
-except ImportError:
-	from xml.etree import ElementTree
-
 from lxml import etree