diff --git a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
index 0a4097a..993cbcf 100755
--- a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import urllib2
 import multiprocessing
 import itertools
 import gzip
-import json
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from multiprocessing import Pool