diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
index c5e54144d86..ccb8e083b6c 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import random
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import time
-import json
 
 from shlex import split
 from subprocess import check_call, check_output