diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index ab6f95644..11ae91f69 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import json
 
-import sputnik
-from sputnik.dir_package import DirPackage
-
 from .tokenizer import Tokenizer
 from .vocab import Vocab
 from .syntax.parser import Parser