diff --git a/platform/android/SCsub b/platform/android/SCsub
index cf6752fa54b..d772dc9d711 100644
--- a/platform/android/SCsub
+++ b/platform/android/SCsub
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 Import('env')
 
-from compat import open_utf8
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from detect import get_ndk_version