diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
-import traceback
 
 from .authproxy import JSONRPCException
 from . import coverage