diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
index 1fee5068e..b75c2e252 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
-from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework import parsers
 from rest_framework import renderers
 from rest_framework.response import Response