diff --git a/awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py b/awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py
index 42bf6be70b..3e89ccef36 100755
--- a/awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py
+++ b/awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import time
-from copy import copy
 from ansible import constants as C
 try:
     from ansible.cache.base import BaseCacheModule