diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/shahid.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/shahid.py
index c3684d1dec..e118fe8a1a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/shahid.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/shahid.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import json
 import math
-import re
 import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor