diff --git a/examples/AlignDet/scripts/AlephTPC.py b/examples/AlignDet/scripts/AlephTPC.py
index bd4993fcf988b7dfd67e9fe0e4c54da9487dda81..09ee685b368b887f20098ee2e2c2c41eae57d02e 100644
--- a/examples/AlignDet/scripts/AlephTPC.py
+++ b/examples/AlignDet/scripts/AlephTPC.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 import os
-import time
 import DDG4
 from DDG4 import OutputLevel as Output
 from g4units import GeV, MeV, m, cm