diff --git a/docs/source/plugin-development/registering-plugins.rst b/docs/source/plugin-development/registering-plugins.rst
index 0f4280f..d18d2fa 100644
--- a/docs/source/plugin-development/registering-plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/source/plugin-development/registering-plugins.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ like:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    from __future__ import with_statement
     import setuptools
 
     requires = [