diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
index 42101bae1e..aa6903414d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ EXAMPLES='''
 
 import datetime
 import base64
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
-    import simplejson as json
 
 def auth_header(user, passwd, token):
     if token: