diff --git a/src/go/mongolib/stats/stats.go b/src/go/mongolib/stats/stats.go
index 3fa27218..43e3de70 100644
--- a/src/go/mongolib/stats/stats.go
+++ b/src/go/mongolib/stats/stats.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package stats
 
 import (
 	"crypto/md5"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"