diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 3c0505c88..748f261de 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, namedtuple
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
-from rest_framework import renderers, views
+from rest_framework import views
 from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse