diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
index fdba34cd9..a7a7d2d77 100755
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import argparse
 import atexit
 import math
 import os
-import pickle
 import tempfile
 import time
 import shutil