diff --git a/components/net/http_cache.rs b/components/net/http_cache.rs
index cd0211399a0..1b7d8ad372b 100644
--- a/components/net/http_cache.rs
+++ b/components/net/http_cache.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //! and <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232>.
 
 use fetch::methods::DoneChannel;
-use http_loader::is_redirect_status;
 use hyper::header;
 use hyper::header::ContentType;
 use hyper::header::Headers;