diff --git a/tardis/gui/datahandler.py b/tardis/gui/datahandler.py
index 40b76addfb0..1c6215e6ab5 100644
--- a/tardis/gui/datahandler.py
+++ b/tardis/gui/datahandler.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
-import exceptions
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib