diff --git a/ring_mon/apply-state b/ring_mon/apply-state
index 680b078..afc3048 100755
--- a/ring_mon/apply-state
+++ b/ring_mon/apply-state
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import Popen, check_output, CalledProcessError
 from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe
 
-import pyinotify
-
 
 def rotate(lst: list, n: int) -> list:
     return lst[n:] + lst[:n]