diff --git a/plugins/filter/jc.py b/plugins/filter/jc.py
index 6a2feb93f0..d88b5e0b5b 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/jc.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/jc.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFilterError
 import importlib
 
 try:
-    import jc  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+    import jc
     HAS_LIB = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_LIB = False