diff --git a/src/utils/irc/__init__.py b/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
index fa544c5d..b398cb56 100644
--- a/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/irc/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import json, string, re, typing, uuid
 from src import utils
-from . import protocol
 
 ASCII_UPPER = string.ascii_uppercase
 ASCII_LOWER = string.ascii_lowercase