diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
index d9ffe2d8ddef47defb6b0d6bb812f21d933c502b..6fed370c4e714813b1a7ce6768cc93209cff1c5e 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 """
 
-from abc import abstractmethod
-
 # PyTango imports
 from tango.server import attribute, command, Device, DeviceMeta
 from tango import AttrWriteType, DevState, DebugIt, Attribute, DeviceProxy