diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
index 8e9b467964..352ebce61a 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from bson.son import SON
 from fs.osfs import OSFS
 from itertools import repeat
 from path import path
-from operator import attrgetter
 
 from importlib import import_module
 from xmodule.errortracker import null_error_tracker, exc_info_to_str