diff --git a/openstackclient/shell.py b/openstackclient/shell.py
index 2e384f8fc..58a771202 100644
--- a/openstackclient/shell.py
+++ b/openstackclient/shell.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import sys
 
 from osc_lib.api import auth
 from osc_lib import shell
-from oslo_utils import importutils
 import six
 
 import openstackclient
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ from openstackclient.common import client_config as cloud_config
 from openstackclient.common import clientmanager
 from openstackclient.common import commandmanager
 
-osprofiler_profiler = importutils.try_import("osprofiler.profiler")
-
 
 DEFAULT_DOMAIN = 'default'