diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
index 2d25ebc63e..a27502d30e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 # License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
-import re
 import cgi
 from StringIO import StringIO
-import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.tty.colify import *
 import spack