diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Chromosome.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Chromosome.pm
index d6c5cdc65526699a53d5d7edaf1a9fb41d8c2300..8dd2af27449637604e7d3b5be09173d202ca409e 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Chromosome.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Chromosome.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ package Bio::EnsEMBL::Chromosome;
 use vars qw(@ISA);
 use strict;
 use Bio::EnsEMBL::Root;
-use Bio::EnsEMBL::Species;
 
 @ISA = qw( Bio::EnsEMBL::Root );