diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
index 1316cddb6..4ba61cd8a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_HTTPError,
     compat_str,
     compat_urlparse,
 )