diff --git a/src/htmlminifier.js b/src/htmlminifier.js
index d7efa99148a21..eb19dd6b33ff3 100644
--- a/src/htmlminifier.js
+++ b/src/htmlminifier.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var decode = require('he').decode;
var HTMLParser = require('./htmlparser').HTMLParser;
var RelateUrl = require('relateurl');
var TokenChain = require('./tokenchain');
-var UglifyJS = require('uglify-js');
var utils = require('./utils');
function trimWhitespace(str) {